Dark Was The Night Tab

Dark Was The Night (Blind Willie Johnson)

as played by Sam Mitchell on the album Art Of Bottleneck/Slide Guitar
tabbed by Kay-Uwe Graw on the 27th of December 1997

#---------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This tab is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this tab for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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Playing Notes:

s - slide between notes
/ - slide up into the note
\ - slide down into the note
p - pull off
~ - vibrato
+ - artificial harmonics

Played in Open E (E B E G# B E from low to high)


E-|----------------0-0-/4-/5-/7-/4~-------0-0-/4-/5-/7--/7~--5-s-4-/5---------|
B-|-------+12---------------------------------------------------------/5-5~---|
G#|-----+12-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|---+12--------------------------------0------------------------------------|
B-|-+12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------------------0--------------------------------------|



|----0-0-/7~--4-s-2-p-0--/4-s-3-s-4~----0--/7--/12~-(0)----------5-s-4-5-/7-|
|-----------------------------------------------------(0)-------------------|
|---0----------------------------------0------------------0--/5~------------|
|--0----------------------------------0-------------------0--/5~------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------------0--------------------0--/5~------------|



|-4-s-2-p-0----------------------------------------0-0-/4-/5-/7--/4-s-2-s-4-|
|---------------0--/7--/5~--0-0-3-s-5-5s4-/5~-------------------------------|
|--------------0----------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-------------0----------------------------------0--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------0----------------------------------0---------------------------|



|-----0-/4-/5-/7--/7~-5-s-4-/5-----------0--/7--4-s-2-p-0-------------------|
|------------------------------/5-5~--------------------------0-0--/7--s--5-|
|---0-----------------------------------0--------------------0--------------|
|--0-----------------------------------0--------------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------0--------------------0----------------|



|------------------------0--/5--5-s-4-5--/7~--/4~-s-2-p-0-------------------|
|-0-0--3-s-5-5s4-/5--------------------------------------------0--/7--s--5--|
|----------------------0-------------------------------------0--------------|
|---------------------0--0--/5------------------------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0-------------------------------------0----------------|



|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-3-s-5s4s5~-----------------------------------/5~------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------0-4-5-/5--5s4-5-/7~---4-s-2-p-0----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------0-0--/7--5~--0--/3----|
|--------------0-------/5--5s4-5-/7~-------------------------------------3--|



|----------------------------0-----12~---------------------12-12s10---------|
|-----------0-3-s-5s4s5~-------/12-----\10-------------/12----------/12--10-|
|-------------------------------------------/12~-----0----------------------|
|---------0----------------0------------------------0-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3s2s3-0-----------------0------------------------0------------------------|



|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12s10-------------0-/5--------------/7--5--0-0-3-s-5s4s5~-----------------|
|-------/12--------------5--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12----0---------3-s-2-p-0---------------------------------------|
|---------------------/5--------------------------------------0--/12--/7-5--|
|---------------0-------------------------------------------0---------------|



|-----------------------------0-0-/4-/5-/7--/4~-----0-0-/4-s-5-s-7--s-5s4---|
|--------------0-3-s-5s4s5~-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0-------------------------|
|-3-0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----/3-/3--0--------------0--------------------0--------------------------|



|-/5----------0--/7--s--12s11s12---0-----------------5~--4-s-2-p-0----------|
|----5-5~----------------------------0---/5----5s4s5--------------------0-0-|
|--------------------------------------0----5-------------------------------|
|-----------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------0-----|
|---------0--------------------------------------------------------0--------|



|------------------------------------|
|-/7-5~--0-0-3-s-5-5s4-/5~--s--12~---|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|