The Darkness - Holding My Own

Tabbed By: N. Curran [ irish_blues_rocker@hotmail.com ]

This is the last track off the class album "Permission To Land" by
The Darkness. Who rock. The whole song is tabbed, hate getting TABs
off the net that are only the chorus or the riff. This works best
with two guitars. Listen out for the timing because it isn't accurate
here. The TAB itself is pretty close, I’m sure there’s a note wrong
or missing here and there, but is that a reason not to jump around in
a leotard in front of a Marshall stack (or 10)with a wailing Les
Pauls? Hell no.

Key:

     5h7    - Hammer-On
     5p7    - Pull-Off
    7^(9)   - Bend Note To Indicated Pitch (In Brackets)
   (9)^7    - Prebend To Pitch And Release
5^(7)^(5)p3 - Bend Note, Release To Original Pitch And Pull-Off
   / Or \\   - Slide Up Or Down
     ~~~    - Vibrato

*** Drop D Tuning: d, a, d, g, b, e ***
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Intro (Clean, With Delay...Maybe...):

e|--------------0----------|--------------0----------|
b|--------3----------2-----|--------3----------3-----|
g|-----2-----2----------3--|-----2-----2----------2--|
d|--0----------------------|-------------------------|
a|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------0----------||--------------0--2--0----|
|--------3----------3-----||-----------3-------------|
|-----2-----2----------2--||--0-----0----------------|
|-------------------------||-----0-------------------|
|--0----------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
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Solo 1 (Distortion):

|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----10-10----10----10-12^(14) ~~~ --|
|--9^(11)--9^(11)^(9)p7-7 ~~~ |-/11-------11----11------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|


|-10h12-10--9--9---------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------12--12--10--10--8--|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-9^(11)-9^(11)-(11)^9p7-9 ~~~ |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------(7)-10p7------7-------------------------------|
|-9^(11)^(9)p7h9-9^(11)-------9^(11)--9p7-9^(11)^(9)p7----7--9 ~~~ ^|
|-------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-----------7 ~~~~~~|~~~~~~\\-|
|--9--7--9----------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
|-------------------|--------|
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Verse (Clean):

|--------------0----------|--------------0----------|
|--------3----------2-----|--------3----------3-----|
|-----2-----2----------3--|-----2-----2----------2--|
|--0----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|--2----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                            1,3
|--------------0----------||--------------0--2--0----|
|--------3----------3-----||-----------3-----------3-|
|-----2-----2----------2--||--0-----0----------------|
|-------------------------||-----0-------------------|
|--0----------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|

  2,                        4,
|--------------0--2--0----|--------------3--2--0----|
|-----------3-------------|-----------3-------------|
|--0-----0----------------|--0-----0----------------|
|-----0-------------------|-----0-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


|-------------------|------------------|----------------|--0------|
|-------2--3----2---|--------2-3-2-----|-------0------0-|--3------|
|-----2-----------2-|------2-------2---|-----2------2---|--0------|
|-------------------|----2-----------2-|--(2)-----------|--0------|
|--0----------------|--0---------------|-2--------------|---------|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------|---------|
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Chorus (Distortion):
                               1,2 (Fill)        3 (2nd Time)
|---------------------------||-----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------||-----------------|----------------|
|---------------------------||-----------------|----------------|
|--9----7----5----5----7--\\-||--0----7----5----|--5-------------|
|--9----7----5----5----7--\\-||--0----7----5----|--5-------------|
|--9----7----5----5----7--\\-||--0----7----5----|--5-------------|

Chorus Fill:

|--10----------------------------|
|--10----10--7 ~~~ --------------|
|-------------------7--7 ~~~ ----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
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Pre - 2nd Verse:

|--0----0----0--0----0--|--0----0----0----|
|--3----3----2--3----3--|--2----2----3----|
|--2----2----2--2----2--|--2----2----0----| Back To Verse,
|--0----0----0--0----0--|--0----0----0----| then Chorus (x3)
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

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After 3rd Chorus, As Bass Goes Down By Step:

|-------------|---------------|-------------
|--------0----|--------0------|--------0----
|------2------|------2--------|------2------
|----2--------|----2----------|----2--------- Etc...
|--0----------|--0------------|--0-----------
|-------------|---------------|-------------
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Pre - Solo 2 (With Delay):

|--3------3-3-3/5--5------5-4-3-3------3-3-3-3/5--5----------5-5-5-|
|--3------3-3-3/5--5------5-4-3-3------3-3-3-3/5--5----------5-5-5-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Solo 2 (Distortion, Pose):

|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------7--9^(slowww bend...)(11) ~~~|-9^(11)-9^(11)-9^(11)--9 ~~~|
|-5/7--9-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------|


|-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------(7)h8--7---------------------------------|
|--9 ~~~ --7-----------9--7--9^(11)^(9)p7-------------|
|------------------------------------------9--7 ~~~ --|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------|--12^(14)--12^(14)--12^(14)--12 ~~~ --12\\|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------10-12 ~~~|-----------------------------------------|
|------7-9-/-11----------|-----------------------------------------|
|--7-9-------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


|-12h14^(15)^(14)p12------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------15p12-------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14---12--11--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------14p12------14 ~~~ --12--11 ~~~|
|--------------------------------------------14---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

To End Of Verse, Drum Fill, Then Corus
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Solo 3 (Distortion):

|------------------------------7------------------------------------|
|----------------------------7--10p7-------7-10p7------------------.|
|9^(11)-9^(11)^(9)p7---9^(11)--------9^(11)-------9^(11)^(9)p7--9~~7|
|--------------------9-----------------------------------------9----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----10-10----10-10--10h12 ~~~|------------------------------------|
|-/11-------11-----------------|--9^(11)^(9)p7-----7h9 ~~~ ---------|
|------------------------------|----------------7-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9^(11)^(9)p7------/12 ~~~ --11 ~~~(11)h12p11--9 ~~~ ----9\\-------|
|----------------9-7------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-/12^(14)^(12)^(14) ~~~ --10--12^(14)^(12)p10---------------------|
|------------------------12-------------------12-13^(15)^(13)p10---|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------15-14-15-12-15---------|
|-12--11 ~~(11)h12--9--7-|-------------11-12----------------14-14 ~~|
|------------------------|-12-11-12-14------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------------------|
                          |__Palm Mute (?)__|

|-17^(19)--17 ~~~ --15-14-15--15p14p12-14-12--------------------|
|--------------------------------------------15-12-15 ~~~~~~ ---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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Final Chords (Clean):

|--0--------------------|--0---------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------|--3---------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------|--2----------\\x\\x\\x\\ Pick Scrape \\x\\x\\x\\--|
|--2--------------------|--0---------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|