Within Temptation - In the middle of the night
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----NOTES----
Main motif is on a seven-string tuned down to standard --Bb--.
LINE GUIDE FOR TAB PART:
1-7: tab
8: articulation markings (m = palm mute)
9: counting
10: Chords as they'll sound in the tuning provided (B tuning)
11: Chords as they sound in the original recording
'eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
'Bb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|-----6---7---4---6-------4--------|-----6---7---4---6-------4--------|
Ab|---------------------7-------6-7--|---------------------7-------6-7--|
Eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb|-2-2------------------------------|-2-2------------------------------|
m m m m
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
10 C#m C#m
11 Cm Cm
'eb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
'Bb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Db|-----6---7---4---6-------4--------|-----6---7---4---6-------4--------|
Ab|-0-0-----------------7-------6-7--|---------------------7-------6-7--|
Eb|----------------------------------|-7-7------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
m m m m
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
10 AM7 B ( E B/D# )
11 AbM7 Bb ( Eb Bb/D )
--END NOTES--
ORDER: I V1 PC1 C1 INT1 V2 PC2 C2 INT2 B INT3 C3 O
[INTRO] - RIFF IT
C#m C#m AM7 B
C#m C#m AM7 B E B/D#
C#m C#m AM7 B E B/D#
[VERSE 1]
C#m I've been walking this Eroad of desire
B I've been begging for C#mblood on the wallG#m B
C#m I don't care if I'm Eplaying with fire
B I'm aware that I'm C#mfrozen inside,
A I have known all aBlong B G#m
C#m So much more going Eon, no denying
B But I know I'm not C#mstanding alone C#m7/B
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
A You've been playing my mind through my Bwishes
C#m You can feel that we're Ehaunting the truth
A Don't know I can't hold F#mon always losing coG#ntrol
[CHORUS 1] (motif plays through strings)
In the Emiddle B/D#of the night
C#m I don't understand what's going Aon, it's a world gone aBstray
In the middle of the night
C#m I can't let it out
Someone keeps Asearching and shatters your Blife
It will never be aF#fraidA in the Bmiddle G#mof the night
[INTERLUDE 1]
C#m | C#m E F#
C#m | C#m
[VERSE 2] (much tritone action first two lines; palm-mute chugging starting at third line)
C#m No more tears, no, 'cause nothing else matters
B I've been closing my C#meyes for too long
C#m Only vengeance will Emake me feel better
B There's no rest till I C#mknow that it's doneC#m7/B
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
A You've been playing my mind through my Bwishes
C#m You can feel that we're Ehaunting the truth
A Don't know I can't hold F#mon always losing conG#trol (always losing control)
[CHORUS 2] (motif plays through strings)
In the Emiddle B/D#of the night
C#m I don't understand what's going Aon, it's a world gone aBstray
In the middle of the night
C#m I can't let it out
Someone keeps Asearching and shatters your Blife
It will never be aF#fraidA in the Bmiddle G#mof the night
[INTERLUDE 2]
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim
[BRIDGE] (Choral)
C#m AM7 B#dim7/A
C#m
E
D#m7b5 B#dim7/A G#7
[INTERLUDE 3] - LET IT RIFF
C#m C#m AM7 B E B/D#
C#m C#m AM7 B In the Emiddle B/D#of the night
C#m C#m In the middle of the nightAM7 B
[CHORUS 3]
In the Emiddle B/D#of the night
C#m I don't understand what's going Aon, it's a world gone aBstray
In the middle of the night
C#m I can't let it out
Someone keeps Asearching and shatters your Blife
It will never be aF#fraidA in the Bmiddle G#mof the night
[OUTRO]
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim
(quieter)
C#m D | C#dim B | C#4 D | C#m C#m7 C#dim