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    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 21, 2020
      ·  Edited: Feb 21, 2020

    Darkling Down Chords

    in Fake Book

    Intro:

    Em/Ab Eb/G Dm/Gb Db/F C/E Cmajb5/Gb Fm#7 Gsus4/F


    Asus 4 A7 Asus4 A7

    Well along in the 21st hour when the whole damn grid goes down

    Asus 4 A7 Asus4 A7

    This is how a party gets started in for a penny — in for a pound


    Cadd9


    Asus 4 A7 Asus4 A7

    All at once the whole joint goes quiet and all the wavy lines go straight

    Asus 4 A7 Asus4 A7

    One fool among fools is wondering what happens if I die too late?

    F/A G7 F/A G7

    Get back with your dimestore nihilism Big Daddy’s on a glory run

    F/A G7 C C/Db

    Gettin’ down on the cellular level just in case I got to call someone


    Dm C Bdim Am

    Darkling down — on a darkling plain

    Am G Am G

    In the dim dank night of the pissin’-down rain

    Dm C Bdim Am

    Darkling down — on the balls of his ass

    Am G Am G

    While he prays and waits for the storm to pass


    Dbm7(b5) Gb7(b9) Bm7(b5) E7(b9)


    Lemme show you where the good thing happens it’s a barbershop in Inglewood

    Too bad we won’t get past the bouncer sadly I’ve been banned for good

    There’s a coffee shop right ‘round the corner the proprietor knows my name

    Cup of joe and a Vicks inhaler now you’re ready for the big boy game

    Steady son come seven come eleven, if either one of us can count that high

    Muscatel if the deal gets dicey, milk and honey in the by and by


    Darkling down — it’s a damn disgrace

    Going round and round in a very small place

    Darkling down — with a hole in his soul

    That he can’t explain and he can’t control


    Dbm7(b5) Gb7(b9) Ebm7(b5) Ab7(b9)


    Solo:


    Dbsus4 Db7 Dbsus4 Db7

    Absus4 Ab7 Absus4 Ab7

    Dbsus4 Db7 Dbsus4 Db7

    Absus4 Ab7 Absus4 Ab7

    Ebsus4 Eb7 Dbsus4 Db7


    Asus4 A7 Asus4 A7

    For the fun or for the money. For the fuck of it or just because

    Asus4 A7 Asus4 A7

    Listen, friend, this is no damn picnic but let’s imagine for a minute that it was

    Asus4 A7 Asus4 A7

    Who will feast on this buzzard’s banquet? Who will render my heroic bust?

    Asus4 A7 Asus4 A7

    Who will choke on my lachrymose musings? Who will eat my zero dust?

    F/A G7 F/A G7

    Who will wear this puke-streaked tunic? Who shall gorge on this cup of spleen?

    F/A G7 C C/Db

    Who will sing about the good bad and ugly? And all and everything in between?


    Darkling down — this is god’s good man

    On his hands and knees livin’ god’s good plan

    Darkling down — and we don’t know still

    When he’ll come around if he ever will

    Darkling down — on a zero-G dive

    And we just can’t say will the fool survive

    Darkling down — in a seven-G turn

    Glowing like a coal in the afterburn



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    12 comments
    Dan Belcher
    Feb 21, 2020

    Looking forward to trying this one out on piano when I get home!

    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 21, 2020

    A lot of two note hits. In the verse, Asus4 is D and G in the right hand and A7 is C# and G, both over the pedal A. F/A is C and F, G7 is B and F. The bass stays on A until the last two chords of the verse, but rests every other measure. The verse bass line is A E G A A. So for the verse, this is the Asus4 and A7 sections:





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    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 21, 2020

    Ignore tempo notation there.

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    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 21, 2020

    This is the transition from the first chorus to the second verse:


    Dbm7(b5) Gb7(b9) Bm7(b5) E7(b9)




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    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 21, 2020

    And the transition from the second chorus to the solo section:


    Dbm7(b5) Gb7(b9) Ebm7(b5) Ab7(b9)



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    Timothy Judd Meyer
    Feb 22, 2020

    Very kind of you Matthew to just give us the chords to Darkling Down......

    Matthew Kerns
    Feb 22, 2020

    @Timothy Judd Meyer, I very much enjoyed your acoustic cover of Upside Looking Down. Let me know if I got anywhere close on this one.

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    Moderator: D-Mod
    Feb 22, 2020

    Impressive Matt -- Darkling himself and I sez thanks.

    Matthew Kerns
    Jul 14, 2020

    Recently uploaded to YouTube by someone...


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    Tony Favia
    Jul 18, 2020

    Funny how they have Larry and Lawrence Klein listed separately as if there were three composers for the song.

    Moderator: D-Mod
    Aug 12, 2020

    Was this chart generated by the poster? Or is thya credit ? Depending, this may b something Lisa T might have to clean up. Thx

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    Matthew Kerns
    Aug 13, 2020

    I assume it was generated by the Youtube poster. Doesn't seem to be tied to anything else.

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