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Hey all...

Did want to start a post in the Hip section just tried to keep this one low key (no pun intended).

The Darkest One...it is driving me nuts. The chords during the verse may be something like E-D-A-E. Paul seems to play the riff in the opening verse but later as the song winds down he is jamming some chords. There is not much video available for this song and the one I have if blown up gets grainy.

Paul seems to be playing round the 9th fret, then 7th, then slides to an open chord, then down the board to the higher frets again. I can come up with some things that sound decent but as usual not quite right. The fingering looks more inverted (or sliding the open E down) as opposed to standard power chords but again with the grainy video it is hard to make out.

Can anyone provide some insight?

Dave

Does this help?

Code:
darkest_one.tab

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Author/Artist: The Tragically Hip

Title: The Darkest One

Album: In Violet Light

Transcribed by: Rick S.

Email: ricksloukji@hotmail.com

Great song from the new album. Sounds great live.

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---------4-----------2-----------7-----------4--------------------------------

-----4h6---6-----2h4---4-----7h9---9-----4h6---6------------------------------

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-0-0---------0-0---------0-0---------0-0--------------------------------------

 Intro                                                                        

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------------------7-----------------------------------------------------------

-----2----0---7h9-------------------------------------------------------------

--0h2--0h2--------------------------------------------------------------------

---------------------3\2\0----------------------------------------------------

 Verse                                                                        

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-666-------4-----6------------------------------------------------------------

-777--777--4--7--6--7---------------------------------------------------------

-777--777--2--7--4--7---------------------------------------------------------

-555--555-----5-----5---------------------------------------------------------

 Pre-Chorus                                                                   

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-4---6--------------4---------------------------------------------------------

-4-7-6-7------22222-4-7-------------------------------------------------------

-2-7-4-7------22222-2-7-------------------------------------------------------

---5---5------00000---5-------------------------------------------------------

 Chorus                                                                       

Structure : 

Intro

Verse

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Verse

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Verse (w/solo)

Hey Chris....

Thanks...I looked at the tab and should be able to just figure out the chords but can't quite pick up on what Paul is doing at the end (even though the chords appears to be basic). The video is from a Vancouver show (IVL Tour). The post lyrics part of the clip has a good shot of Paul however if full screen it gets quite grainy.

My ear has never been that good but it is coming along. Guess half the fun is trying to figure things out.

Dave

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chris

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