In
The Darkest Place
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In
The Darkest Place
Am Em
In the darkest place
F
I know
Dm
That is where you'll find me
F Dm
Even though you didn't have to remind me
Dm9
I shut out the lights
Dm9 G/D
Your eyes adjust
Dm9 G/D Cmaj7 G/B
They'll never be the same
Dm
You know I love you so
G/D G/A
Lets start again
Am Em
Since you put me down
F
It seems
Dm
I've been very gloomy
F Dm
You may laugh, but pretty girls look right through me
Dm G/D
They don't sense the faintest glimmering
Dm G/D
That is the torch I bear
Dm G/D G/A (f# d f# e d b)
There's light enough for me to find my way
Am Am(maj7)
But I only have to tell myself that by now
You could be with someone else
F/A
Is there light beneath your door and
G
Laughter from within?
Dm G/B
Do your friends come around
Dm G/D
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?
Dm Bm7b5
He won't love you like I do
Bbmaj7#11
....
In the darkest place
I'm lost
I have abandoned every hope
Maybe you'll understand I must
Shut out the light
Your eyes adjust
They'll never be the same
You know I love you so
Lets start again
Do your friends come around
Saying, "Try to find another lover"?
He won't love you like I do
A E/G# Dmaj7/F#
In the darkest place
A E/G# Dmaj7/F#
That is where you'll find me
In the darkest place
That is where you'll find me
G6 F#m
G6 F#m Bm
All through the night you telephoned
C
I saw the light blinking red
A
Beside the cradle
G6 F#m Bm
But you don't know how far I've gone
C
Now I must live with the lie
A
That I made
E C#m G#m F#m B/A G#m
But if I call, I know I won't have to say it
E C#m G#m F#m B/A G#m G#dim
You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it
A
But do people living in Toledo
F#m
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
D
And does anybody in Ohio
Bm
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
A
But it's no use saying that I love you
F#m
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
D
For if anyone should look into your eyes
Bm
It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see
A F#m Dm6
You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"
You hear her voice - "How could you do that?"
So I walked outside in the bright
Sunshine and lovers pass by
Smiling and joking
But they don't know the fool I was
Why should they care what was lost
What was broken?
But if I call, I know I won't have to say it
You'll hear my voice - something is bound to betray it
But do people living in Toledo
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
And does anybody in Ohio
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
But it's no use saying that I love you
And how that girl really didn't mean a thing to me
For if anyone should look into your eyes
It's not forgiveness that they're gonna see
But do people living in Toledo
Know that their name hasn't travelled very well?
And does anybody in Ohio
Dream of that Spanish citadel?
But we still have Florence, Alabama
We don't have Paris, and we don't have Rome
F Db
F Db Bbm
F Dm
I have to say that we should finish it now
Bb Am Gm Bb/C F
Before we weaken 'cause we already know this is wrong
F Dm
I could give in, sometimes I think that I will
Dm Am E7 Am
Despite the temptation I try to be very strong
Bbmaj7 Gm7
In my reluctance seems a surprise
Ebmaj7 C7sus4 C7
It's not 'cause I don't want you
Gm
But I just
Am/G Gm7
Know I must... hesitate
Bbmaj7 Am
Because I still have that other girl
Dm9
In my head
Gm7 C7sus F
I still have that other girl in my head
F Db
F Db
Bb
There may be ugly rumors that
A7 Dm
I have been lying
Bb
There may be angry tears, but
A7 Dm
They're never worth the crying
Gm
That is why
Am/G Gm7
Sometimes I... hesitate
Bmaj7 Bbm
Because I still have that other girl
Ebm
In my head
Abm7 Db7sus Gb
I still have that other girl in my head
I still have that other girl in my head
Gb D Gb
Cm7 Eb/F
These rooms play tricks upon you
Dsus4 D/C Gm9/Bb
Remember when they were always filled with laughter?
Cm7 Eb/F
But now they're quite deserted
Dsus4 D/C Gm9/Bb
They seem to just echo voices raised in anger
Ebmaj7
Maybe you will see my face
Cm9 Fsus F
Reflected there on the pane
F E Ebmaj7
In the window of our poor
Cm9
Forlorn and broken home
Eb/F F Bbmaj7/D
Still this house is empty now
Eb/F
There's nothing I can do
F Bbmaj7/D D7
To make you want to stay
(b9)
So tell me how
Gm9/Bb
Am I supposed to live without you?
These walls were lined with pictures
Remember the glass we charged in celebration?
But now I fill my life up
With all that I can to deaden this sensation
Do you recognize the face
Fixed in that fine silver frame
Were you really so unhappy then?
You never said
So this house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
Cm9 Eb/F Bbmaj7/D
Oh, if I could just become forgetful
D7 Gm7
When night seems endless
Gm7/F Em7b5
Does the extinguished candle care
G/A
About the darkness?
It's funny how my mem'ry
Will bring you so close then make you disappear
Meanwhile all our friends must choose
Who they will favour, who they will lose
Hang the garland high or close the door
And throw away the key
This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
This house is empty now
There's no one living here
You have to care about
This house is empty now
There's nothing I can do
To make you want to stay
So tell me how
Am I supposed to live without you?
G Fmaj7/G G Adim7
Am7 Fmaj7/A
Think back now when we were young
Em7/A
There were always tears at the birthday party
Dm7 Dm6
You know how children can be
C6
So cruel
G
That's how it starts, but
C Bb/C
What if we never learn how to behave?
Fmaj7 Em Dm
I did something, and you never forgave me
F/G
I never thought that it could be like this
C Bb/C
But now I see
F/C Fm6/C
I see you share your cake with him
G Fmaj7/G
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
G
What can I do?
Adim7
Must I watch you?
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
Dm9
So Happy Birthday again
G#dim7 Am7 Fmaj7/A
And it's the same every year
Em7/A
Seems that I remember it as something more, but
Dm9 Dm6
You know how children can grow
Cmaj7
So strange
G/B
I still adore you
What if we never learn from our mistakes?
But then, you'll never know how my heart aches
I never thought that it would be like this
But now I see
I see you share your cake with him
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
What can I do?
Must I watch you?
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
One day I know he'll forget
To pay you the compliments you're after
You'll hang your sad, aching head
Behind a brittle smile or a shrill of laughter
What if we only get what we deserve?
Somehow I couldn't quite summon the nerve
Upon each anniversary
Then do you ever think of me?
Unwrapping presents that I should have sent
What can I do?
Must I watch you?
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Close the door, dim the lights, blow out the candles
So Happy Birthday again
Gsus G Fsus F
Gsus G Fsus
Cm7 F7
On a hot city day
Cm7 F#m7
When your white shirt turns to grey
Bm9
That's when she'll arrive
Cm7 F7
When you look how you feel
Cm7 F#m7
Someone steps upon your heel
Bm9
That's when she will come
Gmaj7
Listen now
Em7
I'm not saying that there will be violins
A F#m7 D#m7
But don't be surprised if they appear
Gmaj7
Playing in some doorway
Em7
Still I can't believe that this is happening
Cmaj7#11 (D/C)
We're such unlikely lovers
Gmaj7 F#m7sus4
Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by
Gmaj7 F#m7sus4 D/E
Ask me what I'm thinking, and I won't deny it
C/D D/E
Can you believe it's happening?
C/D
Can you believe it's happening?
There were no magic spells
You can keep the flowers and bells
They just don't seem right
Can it actually be?
Me and you and you and me
Though we're like day and night
Listen now
I'm not saying that there will be violins
But don't be surprised if they appear
Playing in some doorway
Still I can't believe that this is happening
We're such unlikely lovers
Though no one seems to notice as they hurry by
Ask me what I'm feeling, and I won't deny it
Can you believe it's happening?
I am bewildered
Can you believe it's happening?
Somebody help me
Can you believe it's happening?
Em9 Am9
When I go to sleep, you become my thief
Dsus G
Why don't you steal what you can keep?
Bm7
But you won't let me be
Am7
You break into my dreams
Dsus
And every day seems different
Em9 Am9
Sometimes I pretend you'll come back again
Dsus G
And you'll console the heart you stole
Bm7
Have pity on the man
Am7
Who knows that you have gone
Dsus D Dsus
And has begun to break down
E C#m9
I feel almost possessed
G#m7 Am7
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
E C#m7
You can take all I have left
G#m7
I know it's over
F#m7
If you can't be my lover
NC
Be my thief
I'm so drowsy now, I'll unlock the door
What fades in time will hurt much more
So here's that happy scene
Where you come back to me
It's only found in fiction
I feel almost possessed
So long as I don't lose this glorious distress then
You can take all I have left
I know it's over
If you can't be my lover
Be my thief
Em9
"I didn't lead you on,
Am9
But there will always be
Dsus G
A little larceny in everyone
Em9
So hush and don't you cry
Am9
I'm trying to be kind
Dsus
Because I have a perfect alibi"
Fm7
Did somebody try to catch your eye
Ab/Bb Eb/G Db/Eb
And almost change your sad expression?
Fm7
Did somebody's hand linger too long?
Ab/Bb Eb/G Db/Eb
Must I now make my confession?
Abmaj7
But you'll never know
Eb/G
What suspicion is
Gsus4 G7 Cm7
Until you lie awake
Gm7
And every night you ask yourself
Cm7 Gm7 G7
"What am I to do?"
Cm7 Gm7
Can it be so hard to calculate?
Cm7 Gm7
When three goes into two
Bb/C C7
There's nothing left over
How's it gonna feel? This time it's real
It's not a temporary fracture
This is what you get, the stage is set
For you and your attempted rapture
Is he gonna smile
That indulgent smile
When you come running home?
And every night you ask yourself,
"What am I to do?"
Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
There's nothing left over
What am I gonna say? You turn away
And you leave me here despairing
What am I going to do? I look at you
You seem to be so long past caring
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Only to find out now that it's a joke
So ask yourself,
"What am I to do?"
Can it be so hard to calculate?
When three goes into two
There's nothing left over
Abmaj7
Did somebody say,
Eb/G
"Can we still be friends?"
Abmaj7
Did somebody say,
Eb/G Gsus4 G7
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Did somebody say,
"Can we still be friends?"
Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
Fm7 Bbm7 Gm7b5 Ab/Gb Gbdim7
Db Cbmaj7
Such a picture of loveliness
Gb/Bb Ab Db
Didn't you notice the resemblance?
Db Eb/G Adim7
Doesn't it look like she could speak?
Db Db9/F Ebdim7
Those eyes I tried to capture
Gm7b5 Cdim7 Db/Ab
They are lost to me now forever
Gb/Bb Cb9 Fm7 Bbm7 Ebm7 Gb/Ab
They smile for someone else
Fm7 Bbm7 Gm7b5 Gbdim7
Funny, how looks can be decei ving
Fm7 Bbm7
But she's not easily
Ebm7 Gb/Ab Ab
Painted from mem ory
You'd think that I would know by now
Those eyes I tried to capture
They are lost to me now forever
They smile for someone else
And so this had to be
Painted from memory
She is gone, and I must accept it
She is lost to me now
But I can't look away just yet though
She smiles for someone else
And so this had to be
Painted from memory
Funny, now I can see
How looks can be deceiving
And so this had to be
Painted from memory
Funny, now I can see
How looks can be deceiving
G Bbmaj9
G Bbmaj9
G Bm7 Em9
You only saw red
Am7 Am7/G D/F#
After I said, "How can we continue?"
G Bm7
Hidden from your view
Em9 Am7 Am7/G F#m7b5 B7
In the blue corner that I painted myself into
Em G
Then we started to fight
C D/E
And it changed everything
Here's the ring
F#/E
You dropped the band, I can't understand it
Bm/D
Not after all we've been through
F#/E
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Bm/D
Will find one to walk right into
C
You knocked me out
Am7
It was the sweetest punch
G
The bell goes...
G Cmaj7
I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
Em7
We all say things we don't mean
Am7 Dsus
You can't take it back
G Cmaj7
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
Em7
I can see I'll never win
Am7 Dsus
So if you're going
Then you better go to him
G
Then you better go to him
I only saw stars
I dropped my guard, and that's how it ended
What was I to do
In the blue corner where I seemed to hang suspended?
Then with seconds to go
You delivered the blow
Here I go
You dropped the band, I can't understand it
Not after all we've been through
Words start to fly, my glass jaw and I
Will find one to walk right into
You knocked me out
It was the sweetest punch
The bell goes...
I can hear it ringing, but I didn't see it coming
We all say things we don't mean
You can't take it back
Now the room is spinning, but was I the last to notice?
I can see I'll never win
So if you're going
Then you better go to him
Then you better go to him
Dm7
What's her name today?
Fmaj9/6
What's her name today?
Em7
She could be anyone
Gm7/C
I might have known you'd leave her crying
Dm7
What's her name again?
Fmaj9/6
You should be ashamed
Em7
How could you treat her so unspeakably?
Gm7/C Am7
Or did you think she was a different girl?
Bbmaj7 C
For as the radio played in the bedroom wall
Dm7
What was that name you called her?
Ab Fm7 Gb
Was she the one who took away your pride
Ebm7
And your reason?
Ab Fm7
Oh, why did you decide that
Cm7 Fm7
You'd punish any girl you meet
Cm7 Csus4 C7
To try and make that feeling go away?
What's her name today?
What's her name today?
Is her hair hanging down?
Or maybe it's fixed with a ribbon
Are her eyes still blue?
Should she trust in you?
Because it's a lonely world
She wants to believe for a while in all the things you say
But as the radio played in the bedroom wall
What was that name you called her?
Isn't her smile reminiscent of someone else?
Well, is it or isn't it?
Oh, why did you decide that
You'd punish any girl you meet
To try and make that feeling go away?
What's her name today?
Is she going to stay
So you can ruin her?
And soon she'll be twisted in chiffon
Dress her like a doll
String her like a pearl
She hears peals of bells, but it's hard to tell
Now that she's hung up like a chandelier
Fm
What's her name?
What's her name?
Ab Db
What's her name today?
Tabbed by John Lewitt <emplex@istar.ca> Notes: This song is ideally suited to the piano, but a strong voice can carry it on the guitar. The 'Asus' chords in the bridge are more of a counter point, they are used in the song but not as the base of the song. Intro: Gm9 D (4x) Bm G D Now I have nothing, so God give me strength C#m7 C#m F#m7 'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake C#m F#m F#7 And if I'm strong I might still break Bm A G And I don't have anything to share Bm E A That I won't throw away into the air G A That song is sung out G A This bell is rung out Em F#m A [He] She was the light that I'd bless Em F#m A [He] She took my last chance at happiness Gm7 Bm Gm9 Em D G Em A So God give me strength, God give me strength (second verse same as first) I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength When the phone doesn't ring And I'm lost in imagining Everything that kind of love is worth As I tumble back down to the earth That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, Gm9 Em D G Em God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline (e, f#, g#) Asus4 A Asus2 I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory (e, f#, g#) Asus4 A Asus2 Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy Bm E A Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt Bm E A See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt Asus4 A A7 I want him, I want him to hurt [instrumental - repeat structure of first verse, these last two lines are picked up as you reach the end of the verse)] Since I lost the power to pretend That there could ever be a happy ending That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, God give me strength Gm D Wipe her from my life... I might as well... God give me strength... God give me strength... I might as well