Biography:
Will Varley (born in Brixton, London, on 7 March 1987) is a British folk singer and co-founder of the arts collective Smugglers Records.
Varley spent his teenage years in Kingston playing solo shows and singing in bands. His debut album was released on Smugglers Records in July 2011. He plays an explosive and subversive brand of British folk music.
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- As For My Soul
- As The Crow Flies
- Dark Days Away
- From Halcyon
- I Got This Email
- Is Anyone Out There
- King For A King
- Newborn
- One Last Look At The View
- Outside Over There
- Seize The Night
- Send My Love To The System
- Seven Days
- Something Is Breaking
- Statues
- The Endlessness And The Space Between
- The Man Who Fell To Earth
- The Sound Of The Markets Crashing
- These Are The Days
- This House
- To Build A Wall
- Until The Grass Gets Greener
- We Dont Believe You
- We Want Our Planet Back
- Weddings And Wars
- When Youre Gone
- Where The Wild Wind Blows
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I wrote out the lyrics by myself too since there are no complete lyrics of this song online.
There are still some words missing – I'll gladly accept suggestions on what the words are :-).
I believe that Will plays the song with a capo on the 7th fret in the key of G so he can play the C/G easily.
He picks the song playing the bass notes of with his thumb in constant eight-notes.
I also tried to tab out the intro for you. That's basically how he plays the chords the throughout the song.
G C/G* G
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----1-------|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|-0h2-----2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The little C/G* thing at the end of the verses goes something like this.
It's very similar to the intro but the hammer-on is on the B string and starts a bit later.
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----0h1-----|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|---------2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The chords are really simple and repeat themselves - so I have just written them out for the first time of
each new part for readability's sake.
Will
Will Varley – Dark Days Away
[Intro]
G C/G* G
[Verse]
C/G G C/G* G
She could be my gas and water, she could be my electricity
C/G G C/G* G
She could be my son and daughter, she could be my daytime TV
C/G G C/G* G
She'd be my 17, 39, 48, 25 and more
D C G C/G* G
She'd be my last glass of wine, she could be my drunken phone calls
Well, she could be my sun and moon and the light thats fills the room (adone?/alone?)
She'd be my hadron collider, my broken typewriter and more
Well she'd be my whiskey and my gin, she could be my Marilyn Monroe
She'd be the day that I left, she could be the day the day that I came home
[Chorus]
G Am7 G/B Cadd9
And she could take these
D G/B D/A Cadd9
dark days away
[Verse]
(from now on, you may add the 9 instead of just playing a C/G)
She'd be my now and then, she could be my future and my long-lost past
She'd be my lover and my friend, she'd be the answer when the question's asked
She'd be my monday morning, tuesday night, saturday, thursday afternoon
She'd be my "how have you been?", my "I'm alright" and my "see you soon"
She could be my October winds and my november rain
She'd be my brand new diamond ring and my rusty old chain
Well she could be middle street half an hour before the sunrise
Well she could be my (wardened beast?) she could be the one that keeps me up all night
[Chorus]
And she could take these
dark days away
[Bridge]
Cadd9 D
She'd be the air that I breathe and the wind that takes my ashes 'cross the mountain
Cadd9 D
She'd be the colors that I see, the black holes, the stars and their surrounding
Cadd9 D
She'd be my dreams and what I'm dreaming, she'd be what I remember bein' awake
Cadd9 G/B D7/A G C/G G
She'd be my first memories, my winin' rose in my dyin' days
[Chorus 2x]
And she could take these
dark days away
dark days away
dark days away
(end on Cadd9)
There are still some words missing – I'll gladly accept suggestions on what the words are :-).
I believe that Will plays the song with a capo on the 7th fret in the key of G so he can play the C/G easily.
He picks the song playing the bass notes of with his thumb in constant eight-notes.
I also tried to tab out the intro for you. That's basically how he plays the chords the throughout the song.
G C/G* G
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----1-------|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|-0h2-----2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The little C/G* thing at the end of the verses goes something like this.
It's very similar to the intro but the hammer-on is on the B string and starts a bit later.
E|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
B|-----0--------|-----0h1-----|-----0--------|--------------|
G|-----------0--|-----------0-|-----------0--|--------------|
D|--------------|---------2---|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
E|--3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
The chords are really simple and repeat themselves - so I have just written them out for the first time of
each new part for readability's sake.
Will
Will Varley – Dark Days Away
[Intro]
G C/G* G
[Verse]
C/G G C/G* G
She could be my gas and water, she could be my electricity
C/G G C/G* G
She could be my son and daughter, she could be my daytime TV
C/G G C/G* G
She'd be my 17, 39, 48, 25 and more
D C G C/G* G
She'd be my last glass of wine, she could be my drunken phone calls
Well, she could be my sun and moon and the light thats fills the room (adone?/alone?)
She'd be my hadron collider, my broken typewriter and more
Well she'd be my whiskey and my gin, she could be my Marilyn Monroe
She'd be the day that I left, she could be the day the day that I came home
[Chorus]
G Am7 G/B Cadd9
And she could take these
D G/B D/A Cadd9
dark days away
[Verse]
(from now on, you may add the 9 instead of just playing a C/G)
She'd be my now and then, she could be my future and my long-lost past
She'd be my lover and my friend, she'd be the answer when the question's asked
She'd be my monday morning, tuesday night, saturday, thursday afternoon
She'd be my "how have you been?", my "I'm alright" and my "see you soon"
She could be my October winds and my november rain
She'd be my brand new diamond ring and my rusty old chain
Well she could be middle street half an hour before the sunrise
Well she could be my (wardened beast?) she could be the one that keeps me up all night
[Chorus]
And she could take these
dark days away
[Bridge]
Cadd9 D
She'd be the air that I breathe and the wind that takes my ashes 'cross the mountain
Cadd9 D
She'd be the colors that I see, the black holes, the stars and their surrounding
Cadd9 D
She'd be my dreams and what I'm dreaming, she'd be what I remember bein' awake
Cadd9 G/B D7/A G C/G G
She'd be my first memories, my winin' rose in my dyin' days
[Chorus 2x]
And she could take these
dark days away
dark days away
dark days away
(end on Cadd9)
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