Dark Matter tab by The Word Alive

Tabs

One of the best songs on the album. It's originally played on a 7 string but they only use 6 of them.

Rhythm(G#G# D#D# G#G# C#C# FF A#A#)
Lead (G#G# D#D# G#G# C#C# FF A#A#)


[Intro]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5--12--12---5--12--12---5--12--12---5--10-8-------------------------------|
G#G#|0-0---12----5-5---12----3-3---12----3-3---0--------------------------------|

[Main Riff]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
D#D#|-5--12--12---5--12--12---5--12--12---5--10-8-------------------------------|
G#G#|0-0---12----5-5---12----3-3---12----3-3---0--------------------------------|


[Verse]

The whole verse is just the main riff repeated.


[Chorus]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|----------------------------------------------|
FF |----------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|-----------------------------------------|
FF |-----------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|

[Main Riff]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| (x2)
D#D#|-5--12--12---5--12--12---5--12--12---5--10-8-------------------------------|
G#G#|0-0---12----5-5---12----3-3---12----3-3---0--------------------------------|


[Verse 2]

A#A#|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
FF |------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D#----5h8p5----(x3)-++++++-|----5----12T----3---10T------------------10T-5T----|(x2)
G#G#|5h8------8-------888888-|-5h8-858-----3h5-535------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
                            *   *


[Chorus]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|----------------------------------------------|
FF |----------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|-----------------------------------------|
FF |-----------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|


[Bridge]

Lead
A#A#|--17T-13T-10T-(x6)------------13-17----------------------------------------|
FF |-------------------------14-15---------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------------14-15--------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
D#D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm
A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|--0T-8T-5T-8T-(x2)----------------------------------------------------------|


[Breakdown]

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|--------------------------------------------------0~-0~-000----------------|
G#G#|-0xx0xx0-0-0-(x2)-0-0-000-(x8)--0xx0xx0-0-0-(x4)--0~-0~-000-(x4)-----------|
                           * * ***

[Chorus]

Rhythm

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|----------------------------------------------|
FF |----------------------------------------------|
C#C#|----------------------------------------------|
G#G#|----------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--0-0-0-0-0-0--3-3-3-3-3-3--------|

A#A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#D#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
G#G#|-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8--5-5-5-5-5-5--12-12-12-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-----|

A#A#|-----------------------------------------|
FF |-----------------------------------------|
C#C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#G#|-----------------------------------------|
D#D#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
G#G#|-8-8-8-8-8-8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|


Lead

A#A#|-17-15-13-------------------------------------------------------------------|
FF |---------15-14--------------------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|--------------15-14-12-14-15-14---------------------------------------------|
G#G#|-------------------------------15-14-12-14-15-14----------------------------|(x4)
D#D#|------------------------------------------------15-13-12-10-12-10-8---------|
G#G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


A#A#|--17-15-13-------------------12----------------------------------------------|
FF |----------15-14---------14-15--------------------------------------------------|
C#C#|---------------15-12-14-------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|(x2)
D#D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


************************************
| ~  Ring Out
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| +  Natural Harmonic
| T  Tremolo Picking
| *  Palm Mute
| x  Left hand mute