The Darkness - Holding My Own 
 
(number 10 on Permission To Land) 
 
The darkness rock! cant wait to see them at reading! 
 
Intro/ Verse 
 
     Dsus2   Dsus2/B   Dsus2/A  Dsus2/G 
e ------0--------0--------0--------0-2-0------------------------------------------ 
B ----3--3-3---3--3-3---3--3-3---3------------------------------------------------ 
G ---2-2--2---2-2--2---2-2--2---2-2----------------------------------------------- 
D --0----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A -----------2--------0----------------------------------------------------------- 
E -----------------------------3-------------------------------------------------- 
 
Solo 1 
 
e ------------------------------------------11h12-12-11-11-9-9-------------------- 
B ------------------10-------------10-12^----------------------12-12-10----------- 
G -/11-9h11p9----/11--11-9-11-9-11------------------------------------------------ 
D ------------12------------------------------------------------------------------ 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G -9^-9^-9^-9/11-9^p7-9^p7-9^p7-11-----9------------------------------------------ 
D ---------------------------------------12p9-12---------------------------------- 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Pre Chorus 
 
     Dsus2   Dsus2   Dsus2/B  D 
e -----0-------0-------0------2--------------------------------------------------- 
B ----3-3-2---3-3-2---3-3-2---3--------------------------------------------------- 
G ---2-------2-------2--------2--------------------------------------------------- 
D --0-------0-----------------0--------------------------------------------------- 
A ------------------2------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Chorus 
 
    G GbG Gb E   D  D       
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B --8-7-8-7--5---3--3------------------------------------------------------------- 
G --7-6-7-6--4---2--2--4---------------------------------------------------------- 
D --5-4-5-4--2---0--0--4---------------------------------------------------------- 
A ---------------------2---------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Fill (over the B in the Chorus) 
 
e ----2-5------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B --5-----5^-3-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G -------------4------------------------------------------------------------------ 
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
Post Chorus (im not sure about this but i think the guitar sticks with D 
while the bass changes D-B-A-G) 
 
     D       D       D       G 
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G ---7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7------------------------------------------------------- 
D ---7-7--7--7-7--7--7-7--7--5-5--5----------------------------------------------- 
A ---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5----------------------------------------------- 
E ---------------------------3-3--3----------------------------------------------- 
 
Verse 
 
Pre Chorus 
 
Chorus 
 
Then a decending run 
 
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
G --7----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
D --7-----------5----------------------------------------------------------------- 
A --5-4-2---2---5----------------------------------------------------------------- 
E --------5---5-3----------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
then a quiet part before the second solo 
 
    Csus2  Dsus2          Csus2 Dsus2 
e ----3-3-/-5-5-5-5-------5-5-4-3------------------------------------------------- 
B ----3-3-/-5-5-5-5-------5-5-4-3------------------------------------------------- 
G ----5-5-/-7-7-7-7-------7-7-6-5------------------------------------------------- 
D ----5-5-/-7-7-7-7-------7-7-6-5------------------------------------------------- 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Solo 2 
 
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
B ------------------------------------------------------------12~----------------- 
G --------9-9^-9^9^9^r9-9-11-12-11-9-7-9^-9p7-------------9-11-------------------- 
D --11-12------------------------------------9--7--/9-12-------------------------- 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
e --12^12^12^r12-12\--15-14-15-12-10-9-------------------------------------------- 
B ------------------------------------12-10--------------------------------------- 
G ------------------------------------------12-11-9~----7~-\---------------------- 
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
Chorus 
 
Solo 3 
 
 
This is all i have so far, the 3rd solo is gonna be a bitch to tab but i'll do it over  
the next couple of days, hope you like the tab i made it as simple as possible so it  
should be quite easy to follow any corrections welcome. 
 
          cheers, 
                       Jack Kelly