Long Black Night chords by Dave Sharp

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: C

Intro:

C F
C F

Verse 1:
         C                             F
Take the gold, take the coal, take the heat
                        C    F
But leave the money and run.
         C                     F               C    F
Take the wrong way out and the rain is sure to come.
             Am                                             C   F
And when the levee’s done broke and the high tide’s rollin’ in,
          C                     G               C    F
Well it’s sure comin’ down to a case of sink or swim.

Chorus:
       F          G              C
In the long black night ‘til the sunrise
          Am            F               G
When it’s too black and dark to see the way
       F          G             C                   F
In the long black night between now and the mornin’ light
           C             G               F
Oh lay you down, til the breakin’ of the day.
           C    F    C    F
Oh lay you down

Verse 2:
         C                         F                  C
Don’t be losin’ no sleep tryin’ to figure it one more time
         C                 F                        C
When the black dog’s lyin’ down it’s the end of the line.
           Am                                            C      F
And at the table of the shark on a bloodstained downtown street
          C                 G                       C     F
There’s a loaded game goin’ down and everybody gets beat.

Chorus:
       F          G              C
In the long black night ‘til the sunrise
          Am            F               G
When it’s too black and dark to see the way
       F          G             C                   F
In the long black night between now and the mornin’ light
           C             G               F
Oh lay you down, til the breakin’ of the day.

[Solo]
C    F
C    F
C    F    C    F
Am    C    F
C    G    F

Verse 3:
            C                         F                    C    F
Ah don’t be diggin’ them bones by the light of the quarter moon
       C                          F                   C    F
It’s a total waste of time—it’s a diggin’ a grave too soon.
   Am                                 C    F
Anyway it’s too late over the Great Divide

       C                     G                 C
For to find any peace in the lonesome valley tonight.

Chorus:
       F          G              C
In the long black night ‘til the sunrise
          Am            F               G
When it’s too black and dark to see the way
       F          G             C                   F
In the long black night between now and the mornin’ light
           C             G               F
Oh lay you down, til the breakin’ of the day.

Outro:
           C             G               F
Oh lay you down, til the breakin’ of the day.
           C             G               F     C
Oh lay you down, til the breakin’ of the day.