IN THE DARK

As recorded by Billy Squier
(From the 1981 Album DON'T SAY NO)


Words and Music by Billy Squier

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Billy Squier - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Cary Sharaf - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Cary Sharaf - Nylon String Acoustic Guitar'


Intro
Q=118
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H Q E E +W +H. +E E
|-----------12-----|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-----------15b17==|=(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q E E +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|---------------------------|
|------------2-----|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|------------2-----|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|------------------|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12------|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17===|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2------|
|--------------------|---------0------------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +Q
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)---||
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E H
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------||
|--------------------|---------0-----------||


1st - 3rd Verses
$
C5 D5
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5s7-7-7--|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5s7-7-7--|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3s5-5-5--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


E5 C5
Gtr I
Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q W W
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--|-----------------|-----------------|
|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| W W
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------|
| Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--|-----------------|-----------------|
|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0--------------|-0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
W W


D5 E5
W W Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--||
|-----------------|-----------------|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0--------------||
| W W
|
| PM------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-|----9--9-7-(7)--|----9--9-7-(7)--||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-|----------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0--------------||
W W


Chorus
D G5 D G5 D G5 D G5
Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E
|-2---2-2-2-3---3-|-2---2-2-2-3---3-|-2---2-2-2-3---3-|-2---2-2-2-3---3-|
|-3---3-3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3-3-3---3-|-3---3-3-3-3---3-|
|-2---2-2-2-0---0-|-2---2-2-2-0---0-|-2---2-2-2-0---0-|-2---2-2-2-0---0-|
|-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-|-0---0-0-0-0---0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------3---3-|-----------3---3-|-----------3---3-|-----------3---3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-|-----------3-3-3-|


C5 D5 C5
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


1.
D5 E5 D5 C5
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5--||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5--||
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


2.,D.S.
E5 D5 C5 D5 C5
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


To Coda
D5 E5 N.C.
Gtr I
W W H Q E E
|-----------------|------------------|----------------12-----||
|-----------------|------------------|----------------15b17==||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| PM---------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9\----------||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|-9-9-9-9-9-9\----2-----||
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7\----2-----||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------------||


Interlude
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----||
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----||
|--------------------|---------0-----------------||


Bridge
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +E E
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)--12-----|
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r-15b17==|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E Q E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------2-----|
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------2-----|
|--------------------|---------0-----------------|


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +H. +Q
|-(12)---------------|-(12)---------(12)---||
|-(15)---------------|-(15)---------(15)r--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E Q E H
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2----2---------||
|--(2)-4-2-4-5-4-2-0-|--(0)-2--------------||
|--------------------|---------0-----------||


Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-3\-1-1-1-(1)-----------|---5-5-5-5---5-7--|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-4\-2-2-2-(2)-----------|---5-5-5-5---5-7--|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5----5---5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5--5----5---5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3----3---3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W H S S S S E E W
|-----------------|--------------0---------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------------3p1p0-1-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|------------------|


D.S. al Coda
D5 E
TP TP
E E E E +E Q. W +W
|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
|-8-7-5-7-(7)-8------|----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
|-9-7-5-7-(7)-9------|----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-0--------------|-(0)--------------||
|
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q E E +Q Q Q E E +Q
|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|----9--9-7-(7)--|------9--9-7-(7)--||
|-5-5-5-5--5--5--7-7-|----9--9-7-(7)--|------9--9-7-(7)--||
|-5-5-5-5--5--5--7-7-|----------------|------------------||
|-3-3-3-3--3--3--5-5-|----------------|------------------||
|--------------------|-0--------------|--0---------------||
W W


Outro
&
E5 D5 C5 D5 C5
Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


D5 E5
PM----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-|-(9)----------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-9-|-(9)----------*|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-7-|-(7)----------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|


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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths



Life isn't easy from the singular side
Down in the hole, some emotions are hard to hide
It's your decision, it's a chance that you take
It's on your head, it's a habit that's hard to break

Do you need a friend
Would you tell no lies
Would you take me in
Are you lonely in the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark

You never listen to the voices inside
They fill your ears as you run to a place to hide
You're never sure if the illusion is real
You pinch yourself but the memories are all you feel

Can you break away
From your alibis
Can you make a play
Oh, will you meet me in the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark

Don'tcha need me, hey, hey
Don'tcha need me, oh yeah
Don'tcha leave me, hey, hey
Don'tcha need me, oh yeah

You take no interest, no opinion's too dear
You make the rounds, oh, you try to be so sincere
You guard your hopes and you pocket your dreams
You'd trade it all to avoid an unpleasant scene

Can you face the fire
When you see me there
Can you feel the fire
Will you love me in the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark
In the dark