The Darker Side Of Me chords by Otis Gibbs

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

   E MajorE                               A augmentedA
As we pulled out of Milwaukee I could feel my head and back begin to sway

   F# minorF#m                             B7B7
After riding thirteen hours I was ready to get my feet off of the train

 E MajorE                          A augmentedA  E MajorE F# minorF#m
Reminded of what happened in Wichita, St. Paul, and Abilene

B7B7                               E MajorE
Somewhere in the distance I was followed by the darker side of me


Verse 2:

 E MajorE                                 A augmentedA
I stumbled through the city looking for a place that I could lay my head

  F# minorF#m                                 B7B7
But first I needed work because it'd been a couple days since I've been fed

    E MajorE                              A augmentedA    E MajorE F# minorF#m
On the shores of Lake Michigan I found a spot where I could finally breathe

 B7B7                              E MajorE
I slept next to the water and I dreamt about the darker side of me

Verse 3:

    E MajorE                              A augmentedA
When I woke I found a fishing boat loading up it's nets to meet the day

  F# minorF#m                             B7B7
The captain walked up to me and offered me a job and a place to stay

  E MajorE                                    A augmentedA  E MajorE F# minorF#m
He promised he'd feed me and I could sleep inside his boat when the day was done

    B7B7                               E MajorE
I could feel the darkness fading as we sailed off in the early morning sun


Verse 4:

  E MajorE                                 A augmentedA
The next two months were filled with the longest days that I had ever seen

  F# minorF#m                            B7B7
The work was never ending and I barely had the time to eat or sleep

        E MajorE                              A augmentedA  E MajorE F# minorF#m
We hauled four hundred pounds of salmon from the cold and frigid water everyday

   B7B7                            E MajorE
After all my days of toiling I forgot about the darker side of me

Verse 5:

     E MajorE                            A augmentedA
When the season finally ended I went and asked the captain for my pay

    F# minorF#m                             B7B7
When I walked into his office, he claimed he didn't have a dime for me

  E MajorE                            A augmentedA   E MajorE F# minorF#m
He said I owed him money for sleeping inside his boat every night

    B7B7                                E MajorE
When I heard the bogus charges I could feel the darkness churning deep inside


Verse 6:

 E MajorE                             A augmentedA
I closed the door behind me and offered him a chance to come clean

  F# minorF#m                              B7B7
I'm here for all my money and I'm not the type of man that walks away

  E MajorE                                   A augmentedA  E MajorE F# minorF#m
He laughed and spit at me and said there ain't no way in hell I'm getting paid

    B7B7                                   E MajorE
But his laughter filled with silence as I introduced him to the darker side of me


Instrumental:
E MajorE   A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
B7B7  E MajorE


Verse 7:

   E MajorE                               A augmentedA
As I pulled out of Milwaukee I could feel my head and back begin to sway

    F# minorF#m                              B7B7
I'll be riding thirteen hours and I'm ready to get my feet off of the train

 E MajorE                             A augmentedA  E MajorE F# minorF#m
Reminded of what happened in Gillsburg, Flagstaff, and Milwaukee

B7B7                                E MajorE
Somewhere in the distance I keep running from the darker side of me


Tag:

   F# minorF#m             B7B7              E MajorE
If we meet inside a boxcar may you never see the darker side of me