Allan Holdsworth - Velvet darkness
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Tuning: E A D G B E
[Instrumental]
e|----------12--|-13-12-----|---------------|-------------|
B|-12-10--------|-------13--|---------------|-------------|
G|-------12--9--|-----------|-11----9-------|-11-------10-|
D|--------------|-----------|----12---10-11-|----12-------|
A|--------------|-----------|---------------|-------12----|
E|--------------|-----------|---------------|-------------|
e|----------12--|-13-12-----|---------------|----------------------|
B|-12-10--------|-------13--|---------------|----------------------|
G|-------12--9--|-----------|-11----9-------|-11-------10----------|
D|--------------|-----------|----12---10-11-|----12-------10-------|
A|--------------|-----------|---------------|-------12-------12-10-|
E|--------------|-----------|---------------|----------------------|
e|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------10h13p10----------|
G|-7-9-/10-7-9-/10-9---|-7-9-/10----------9-10-9---|
D|-------------------7-|-------------------------7-|
A|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------|
e|----------12--|-13-12-----|---------------|
B|-12-10--------|-------13--|---------------|
G|-------12--9--|-----------|-11----9-------|
D|--------------|-----------|----12---10-11-|
A|--------------|-----------|---------------|
E|--------------|-----------|---------------|
During the piano solo, guitar/bass is some variation of:
Am-C#m-Cm-Bm
Am-C#m-Cm-Bm
Am-C#m-Cm-Bm or Am-C#m-Dm-Ebm
G-A-Bb
A-G-F
F-D-Eb
"Jazz" chords may be substituted as appropriate.
Afer Al's solo it comes back as:
e|---------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------10h13p10----------|
G|-7-9-/11-7-9-/11-9---|-7-9-/10----------9-10-9---|
D|-------------------7-|-------------------------7-|
A|---------------------|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------|
e|----------12--|-13-12-----------|---------------|
B|-12-10--------|-------13h15p13--|---------------|
G|-------12--9--|-----------------|-11----9-------|
D|--------------|-----------------|----12---10-11-|
A|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-11-------10-------/13-|
D|----12-------10----/14-|
A|-------12-------12-----|
E|-----------------------|
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| r Release
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Yes, Holdsworth hated this album which was never meant to see the light of day, but it formed a huge formative
influence on my guitar development back in the day, as I suspect it did for many. Still a great album
in my opinion - always loved the early rock-oriented Holdsworth.