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Dark Is The Night Tab by Ry Cooder

Dark Is The Night tab by Ry Cooder

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Artist: RY COODER
Song : Dark Is The Night
Album: Paris, Texas
Tabbed by: nicolasberry@yahoo.fr


This is a really great song from the famous slide guitarist Ry Cooder,
and you can hear it on the soundtrack of the fabulous movie ^ÓParis,
Texas^Ô by Wim Wenders.

It is his own interpretation of the ^ÓDark Was The Night, Cold Was The
Ground^Ô by the bluesman Blind Willie Johnson.
It is actually the darker blues stuff I^Òve ever heard and It^Òs so ^Ófun^Ô
to play.
Thanks to Kay-Uwe Graw
(http://www.rostock.igd.fhg.de/private/kugraw/slidingzone.html)
for having put online another version that helped me to tab this one as
close to the original as I could.
So this is my own work.
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Easy to learn and easy to play (if you already manage that
bottleneck^Å).
Anyway you^Òll have to listen to the song to get the feeling right.
Hope you enjoy!

Tuning (from low to high): DADF#AD (open D) one step down (CGCEGC).

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide between notes
# - note played slightly sharp


C|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------
C|----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2---0-----------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2------0--------


 -----/7--2---/4\3/4------/7----/12\11/12~----/5--/7\6/7--
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0--------------------0---------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----------0---------0-----------------------/5----------


 --2--0-----0-0--/3\2---/7\6/7---0-0--/3--2---/3--2-------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------0---------0--------------------0------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------


 -0----------------/4---/4\2-0----------------------------
 ---0--/3\5/3\5~----------------0-/7--/5--0-/#3--/5--\3--0
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------0-/7--/5----/#3--/5-------
 -------------------0-------------------------------------

 ---------------------------------------------------------
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 --0-/3--/5--/7--/4~---0-/4-/5-/7\5-\4~~-\2--0------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0-/3--/5--/7--/4~---0-/4-/5-/7\5-\4~~-\2-----0---------


 --/4^×-4\2-0--------/16--\12---------------------0-----/7-
 --------------/14------------/14--/12\11/12~-------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------0------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------0----


 --/4p0--/4--/4\2-0---4\3/4\7/9~----0-----2---0^×4\2/4-----
 ---------------------------------------------------------
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 -------------------------------------0-------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------0-------0---------


 --/5-\4------/4--/4\3/2p0--------------------------------
 --------/5~-----------------0-/7--\5--/3-0-/5--\3-0------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------0-/7--\5-------/5--------0---
 --------------0------------------------------------------


 ----------------------------------------------------/7p0-
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2---0-----------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~---------------0--------


 ----/4\3/4---/7---/12\11/12~---------5---/7\6/7---2--0---
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------3#/5----------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0----------0-----------------3#/5----------------------


 0-0--/3--2--/7\6/7/9p0--0-0-/3\2^×-0-/3-2--0--------------
 --------------------------------------------0--/3\5/4-/5~
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----0-----------------------0-------0-------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------


 --/4^×-4\2p0---------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------0--0--/7--/5~---0--/3--/5~--\3-0----/12~---
 --------------------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------------/7--/5~------/3--/5~--\3-0-----------
 --0------------------------------------------------------



That^Òs it!
Any comments and corrections are welcome !
Mail me at : nicolasberry@yahoo.fr

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  [ Part 2: "dark_is_the_night.txt" ]


Artist: RY COODER
Song : Dark Is The Night
Album: Paris, Texas
Tabbed by: nicolasberry@yahoo.fr


This is a really great song from the famous slide guitarist Ry Cooder, and you can hear it on the soundtrack of the fabulous movie "Paris, Texas" by Wim Wenders.

It is his own interpretation of the "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground" by the bluesman Blind Willie Johnson.
It is actually the darker blues stuff I've ever heard and It's so "fun" to play.
Thanks to Kay-Uwe Graw (http://www.rostock.igd.fhg.de/private/kugraw/slidingzone.html)
for having put online another version that helped me to tab this one as close to the original as I could.
So this is my own work.

Easy to learn and easy to play (if you already manage that bottleneck...).
Anyway you'll have to listen to the song to get the feeling right.
Hope you enjoy!

Tuning (from low to high): DADF#AD (open D) one step down (CGCEGC).

/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer on
p - pull off
s - slide between notes
# - note played slightly sharp


C|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------
C|----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2---0-----------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
C|----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2------0--------


 -----/7--2---/4\3/4------/7----/12\11/12~----/5--/7\6/7--
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0--------------------0---------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----------0---------0-----------------------/5----------


 --2--0-----0-0--/3\2---/7\6/7---0-0--/3--2---/3--2-------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------0---------0--------------------0------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------


 -0----------------/4---/4\2-0----------------------------
 ---0--/3\5/3\5~----------------0-/7--/5--0-/#3--/5--\3--0
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------0-/7--/5----/#3--/5-------
 -------------------0-------------------------------------

 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0-/3--/5--/7--/4~---0-/4-/5-/7\5-\4~~-\2--0------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0-/3--/5--/7--/4~---0-/4-/5-/7\5-\4~~-\2-----0---------


 --/4--4\2-0--------/16--\12---------------------0-----/7-
 --------------/14------------/14--/12\11/12~-------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------0------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------------------------------0----


 --/4p0--/4--/4\2-0---4\3/4\7/9~----0-----2---0-4\2/4-----
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------------0-------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------0-------0---------


 --/5-\4------/4--/4\3/2p0--------------------------------
 --------/5~-----------------0-/7--\5--/3-0-/5--\3-0------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----------------------------0-/7--\5-------/5--------0---
 --------------0------------------------------------------


 ----------------------------------------------------/7p0-
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~----2\3/2---0-----------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ----0--/3~~--/5~~--/5--\3/5--/7~~---------------0--------


 ----/4\3/4---/7---/12\11/12~---------5---/7\6/7---2--0---
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -------------------------------3#/5----------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 --0----------0-----------------3#/5----------------------


 0-0--/3--2--/7\6/7/9p0--0-0-/3\2--0-/3-2--0--------------
 --------------------------------------------0--/3\5/4-/5~
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------
 -----0-----------------------0-------0-------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------------


 --/4--4\2p0---------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------0--0--/7--/5~---0--/3--/5~--\3-0----/12~---
 --------------------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------------------------------------------/12~---
 --------------------/7--/5~------/3--/5~--\3-0-----------
 --0------------------------------------------------------



That's it!
Any comments and corrections are welcome !
Mail me at : nicolasberry@yahoo.fr

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