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Darkness Descends

Laura Marling
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 2nd invertion: 575755
 with b9 variation: 877797
 2nd inversion: 030200
 2nd inversion: 002200
 No idea of the name: 000200 (let's call it Em-)
 2nd inversion: 020200
 She picks the chords at the beginnig and then strums softly. You can figure out the
 picking, it isn't that difficult, you just have to listen
 Laura Marling - Darkness Descends
You're  holding bits of Styrofoam  with your face  painted on to your  friends
 You listen to them whine and moan about everything you can't understand
Can  I just say  I don't fear  the light?
 But darkness descends once more into my life
And  suddenly we're all  alone in silence so  I take a step away
 I look up to the falling snow as it makes its home upon my face
Well  I wouldn't want to  ruin something  I couldn't  save
 The gap will keep us safe, the gap will keep us safe
Step away, get  me when I'm down
Aaaaaaaaah
And  suddenly I'm 5  years old and I'm just  so cold I want to cry
 I haul up on my gentlemen who have always been there in hard times
They're  just not like  that man  of mine
 Who visits me from time to time
My love, I  treasure you
Aaaaaaaaah
 I hear  that summer's coming back so I stretch out my back and travel on
 The winter though it darkens me it is pure and clean and all I want
I'll  apologise  to the ones  I love
 For leaving them when the sun comes up
Too  bright for  me, darkens  descends
Aaaaaaaaah
Oh  well, I'm not well  again and once  more darkness it descends
 The ground is falling under me and I can't find the means to leave
Convinced  that I am going  mad oh I bury  my head into his hands
 So sure that I am losing faith oh I clear a space in his father's land
You  deal with  God far  too young,  D
 Before you know it your life has run away
 This happens to be my very first tab, but I don't need your pity, so feel free to tell
 me that it is completely wrong and that I suck!
 cheers,
 Marlene

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Readable chord sheet for Darkness Descends by Laura Marling

[D7] 2nd invertion:      575755
[Bm7] with b9 variation: 877797
[A7Sus4] 2nd inversion:  030200
[Asus2] 2nd inversion:   002200
No idea of the name:   000200 (let's call it Em-)
[A7] 2nd inversion:      020200

She picks the chords at the beginnig and then strums softly. You can figure out the
picking, it isn't that difficult, you just have to listen

Laura Marling - Darkness Descends

[G]You're holding bits of [Bm7]Styrofoam with your [D7]face painted on to y[G]our friends
You listen to them whine and moan about everything you can't understand

[Asus4]Can I just [Asus2]say I don't [Em]fear the [Asus2]light?
But darkness descends once more into my life

[G]And suddenly we're [Bm7]all alone in silence [D7]so I take a step a[G]way
I look up to the falling snow as it makes its home upon my face

[Asus4]Well I wouldn't want to[Asus2] ruin somethi[Em]ng I couldn[Asus2]'t save
The gap will keep us safe, the gap will keep us safe

[G]Step [Asus2]away, [G]get me when I'm [Asus2]down

[Em] [A7] [Em]
Aaaaaaaaah

[G]And suddenly I'm [Bm7]5 years old and I'm [D7]just so cold I want to [G]cry
I haul up on my gentlemen who have always been there in hard times

[Asus4]They're just not [Asus2]like that [Em]man of [Asus2]mine
Who visits me from time to time

[G]My [Asus2]love, [G]I treasure [Asus2]you

[Em] [A7] [Em]
Aaaaaaaaah

[G]                    [Bm7]              [D7]
I [G]hear that summer's coming back so I stretch out my back and travel on
The winter though it darkens me it is pure and clean and all I want

[Asus4]I'll apolo[Asus2]gise to the [Em]ones I [Asus2]love
For leaving them when the sun comes up

[G]Too bright f[Asus2]or me, [G]darkens des[Asus2]cends

[Em] [A7] [Em]
Aaaaaaaaah

[Em]Oh well, I'm not [A7]well again and [Em]once more darkness it [A7]descends
The ground is falling under me and I can't find the means to leave

[G]Convinced that I am [Bm7]going mad oh I [D7]bury my head into his [G]hands
So sure that I am losing faith oh I clear a space in his father's land

[Asus4]You deal wit[Asus2]h God [Em]far too [Asus2]young,     D
Before you know it your life has run away

This happens to be my very first tab, but I don't need your pity, so feel free to tell
me that it is completely wrong and that I suck!
cheers,
Marlene

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