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DARKNESS DESCENDS
                            As recorded by Dark Angel
                     (From the 1986 Album DARKNESS DESCENDS)
                           Copyright (c) 1986 Combat

Arranged by Dark Angel
Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek
Version - Final - July 27, 2005


Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 2'


 0:00
  Q=65
 4/4
  Gtrs I, II
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q    W          +W           W          +W
|-------------|----------|------------|----------|--------
|-------------|----------|------------|----------|--------
|-3-----------|----------|------------|----------|--------
|-1--2--------|----------|------------|----------|--------
|----0--4--6--|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----
|-------2--4--|-1--------|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)----


 0:36
  Q=120
  Gtr I
  PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~  PM-----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
  S S S S E E E E E E   S  S S S E E E E S S E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------3-3-2-2-----|----------3-3-2-2-----3-|
|-0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0--0-0-0---------0-0-1-|
|
| Gtr II
| W                     H.               S S E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------3-|
|---------------------|------------------0-0-1-|


  PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~  PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
  S S S S E E E E E E   S S S S E E E E S S E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----3---|
|-0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-1---|
|
| PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~  PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
| S S S S E E E E E E   S S S S E E E E S S E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----3---|
|-0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-1---|


    Gtrs I, II
    PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~  PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|     PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~
    S S S S E E E E E E   S S S S E E E E S S E   S S S S E E E E E E
||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
||o---------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
||----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------
||o---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----3-|---------3-3-2-2------
||--0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-1-|-0-0-0-0---------5-5--


  PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM|
  S S S S E E E E S S E   W          +W      4x
|-----------------------|----------|---------||
|-----------------------|----------|--------o||
|-----------------------|----------|---------||
|-----------------------|----------|---------||
|---------3-3-2-2-----3-|-2--------|-(2)----o||
|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-1-|-0--------|-(0)-----||


  PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~  PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~
  S S S S E E S S S S E E   S S S S E E S S S S E E   W          +W
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---------3-3-|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-0--------|-(0)----|


   1:36
    Q=230
    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E   8x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0---------||
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|---------------------------||


   1:52
      PM--------|   PM------------------------------------------|
    E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


    PM--------|   PM--------------------------|
                                                |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S E E E E E E  4x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------0h1p0--------||
|-4-------------3-------------|-----------------------0h1p0-o||
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E   8x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0---------||
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|---------------------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


   2:38
    PM------------|          PM------------|
    S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q
||-------------------------|-------------------------
||o------------------------|-------------------------
||-------------------------|-------------------------
||----------------------5--|---------------------5---
||o-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3---
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-----


  PM------------|          PM------------|
  S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q   4x
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------5--|-------------------------||
|-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-1---||


   2:54
      PM--------|   PM------------------------------------------|
    E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


    PM--------|   PM--------------------------|
                                                |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S E E E E E E  4x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------0h1p0--------||
|-4-------------3-------------|-----------------------0h1p0-o||
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E   8x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0---------||
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|---------------------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


   3:41
    PM------------|          PM------------|
    S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q
||-------------------------|-------------------------
||o------------------------|-------------------------
||-------------------------|-------------------------
||----------------------5--|---------------------5---
||o-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3---
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-----


  PM------------|          PM------------|
  S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q   4x
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------5--|-------------------------||
|-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-1---||


  W
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|


   3:57
    PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------3h4h6-|-------------------------3h4h6-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|


  PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------3h4h6-|-------------------------3h4h6--|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|


  PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------3h4h6-|-------------------------3h4h6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E    4x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------3h4h6-|-------------------------3h4h6----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||


  PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------2h3h5-|-------------------------2h3h5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  PM--------------------|         PM--------------------|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------2h3h5-|-------------------------2h3h5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


   4:25
                                                       6/4
    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x Q  Q  E Q  H
||------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------
||o-----------------------|-------------------------o||-----------------
||------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||-----------------
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||-2-----6-5--3----
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|--------------------------||-0-----4-3--1----


   4:34
   4/4
      PM--------|   PM------------------------------------------|
    E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-------------3-------------|---------------------------------|
||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


    PM--------|   PM--------------------------|
                                                |-3-| |-3-|
  E S S S S S S E S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S E E E E E E  4x
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------0h1p0--------||
|-4-------------3-------------|-----------------------0h1p0-o||
|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E   8x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0---------||
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|---------------------------||


    PM----------------------------|
                                      |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   E E E E E E E E E E E E  4x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|--------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0--------||
||o---------------------------------|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0-o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------||


   5:21
    PM------------|          PM------------|
    S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------5--|---------------------5---|
||o-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3---|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-----|


  PM------------|          PM------------|
  S S S S S S S S E E Q    S S S S S S S S E E Q   4x
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------5--|-------------------------||
|-----------------5S4-3--|-----------------5S4-3--o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-1---||


    PM------------|
                            |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
    S S S S S S S S Q  Q    E E E E E E E E E E E E   4x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||------------------------|-0h1p0-------0h1p0---------||
||o-----------------4--6--|-------0h1p0-------0h1p0--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|---------------------------||


 6/4
  Q  Q  E Q  H
|-----------------*|
|-----------------*|
|-----------------*|
|-----------------*|
|-2-----6-5--3----*|
|-0-----4-3--1----*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th;
T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it
represents the duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them
represent rests.  Multi-bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the
number of bars to rest for.  Low melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
<n>  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16),
where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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