New Pornographers - Up In The Dark

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artist : the new pornographers
album : together
song : up in the dark
tabber : john baer ( eddiebauerman16@aol . com )
tabbed on 7/13/2010

F#/G : 2×0033

intro chords/riff ( x2 )

guitar 1 ( acoustic ) :
D D D Em Em Em D D D Em Em Em D D D Em Em B B B A
E – x – x – x – x – x – – – x – | – – – – – | x – x – x – x – x – – – x – | – – – – – – – | x – x – x – x – x – – x – x – x – x – x – |
B – 3 – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – – – – – | 3 – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – – – – – – – | 3 – 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – x – x – x – x – |
G – 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – x – x – | 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – x – x – x – | 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 2 – | ( x2 )
D – 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – – 2 – | – x – x – | 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – – 2 – | – x – x – x – | 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – 2 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 2 – |
A – 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – – 2 – | – x – x – | 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – – 2 – | – x – x – x – | 0 – 0 – 0 – 2 – 2 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – |
E – x – x – x – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – x – x – | x – x – x – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – | – x – x – x – | x – x – x – 0 – 0 – – 0 – x – x – x – x – |

guitar 2 ( electric and acoustic ) :
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – 45 – 5 – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – – 45 – 5 – – – | – – – – – – – | – – – 45 – 5 – – – – – – 3 – 3 – 2 – 2 |
G – – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – | – 4 – 4 – | – – – – – – – – – – – – 4 – | – 4 – – 4 – – | – – – – – – – – 4 – 4 – 4 – – – – – – – – | ( x2 )
D – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – | – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – |

verse 1 : ( 0 : 22 )
D Em D
it’s no secret why we’re here
D Em D
you can’t keep it from it
D Em B A
in another moonless minute it’s open wide
D Em D
you hide secrets from them
D Em D
you hide secrets but they’re spent
D Em B A
all that kept the lights on when the power went

chorus 1 :
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
D Em
what turns up in the dark
D Em
what turns up in the dark

( repeat intro riffs x1 )

verse 2 : ( played same as before )
D Em D
you can’t see them in it
D Em D
it gets weaker , watch it go
D Em B A
wrap yourself around me in the shadow show
D Em D
you hide secrets from them
D Em D
they were the weakest ones we heard
D Em B A
only when the lights were killed they sang that verse

chorus 2 :
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
D Em
what turns up in the dark
D Em
what turns up in the dark

( repeat intro riffs under solo x2 )

outro chorus :
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G F#/G
what’s love?
G D
but what turns up in the dark?
D Em
what turns up in the dark
D Em
what turns up in the dark
D Em
what turns up in the dark
D Em
what turns up in the dark

outro : ( repeat intro x1 )

end on : A

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– john baer