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VOICE IN THE DARK
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Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
G
ba ba ba
G
A
You can read right through a book of matches
G
But that won’t make you smart
C7
You can laugh in the face of watches
Fm
But time will only break your heart
Fm
Kings reign beneath umbrellas
A
Hide pennies down in cellars
A
And money pours down and yet
G
No everyone gets soaking wet
F
When bores and bullies conspire
A7
To stamp out your spark
D7
Listen for…
....C
A Voice In The Dark
G
Not a moment too soon as we blue the moon
G
And a wolf begins to howl in tune
Dm7
I announced for all mankind
......G
A boon
C7
Stand aside you big baboon
.........................F..........
Now I’m the a prize invention
..................Fm
You’re the image of yourself
......C
Forget your cares
..............A
And disapproving stares
D7
I’m not here to try to jump your borders
G
Just ask your nieces and daughters
G
I’m flat as sole, I’m happy as a clam
C..............Am7........Dm7.........G (could also be another D#dim)
But they don’t know the kind of man I am
G
Little fish swimming in a jealous shoal
...............C7
Now my net is overflowing
.........................Fm
And I suddenly seem to be all seeing and all knowing
.......C
I’ve got something right there
................A
That you might want to hear
D7
But have no fear
Lend a hand
Lend an ear
G
If your rent-money is in arrears
A
We’ll be striking up a symphony bandstand
G
Long of hair and loose of tooth
C7
There’ll be pirouettes and startling handstands
Fm
And who but acrobats know how to tell the truth
Fm........
When is said that then redundant
A
They gallivant in peg-leg pants
Dm
I‘ll be your servant
............A
You’ll be my pal
G
I’ll be ever faithful you know I shall
F
There’s no fool like an old fool
A
Who blames it all upon his youth
C
When times are tough and you find you’re down
.............................A
Without a star to wish upon
.......D7
Just listen for…
..........................G
A Voice In The Dark
A
I was striking through a box of matches
G
Hoping that one would spark
C7
I heard somebody calling to me
F...........
A voice in the dark
Fm
A sound both wild and gentle
A
Daring and confidential
Dm......................
I thought there was music playing
.G
But it was all and only talk
A
When liars and bullies conspire to stamp out your spark
G
Fill up that empty space in your heart
A
Listen up, when the herald says, “Hark”
C
Believe in just a voice in the dark…
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Last Updated: February 7, 2026