Actually It's Darkness chords by Idlewild

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
D                             Em       G
You thought the fire could protect you from it
    D                   Em             G
But why have you been so, why have you been ill informed?
D                        Em         G
  I felt that fire could protect me from everything
D                 Em       G
  You're just too gullible

Pre-Chorus:
A               G           Em                  A
  Actually it's darkness, I don't know what I'm scared of
     G           Em      A                   G
It's darkness, I must be scared of something
    Em      A                   G            A
You must be scared of something, quite quite special

Chorus:
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm      A
You shed a shade of shyness
    D         G       Bm       A
Why can't you be more cynical?

Verse 2:
D                         Em         G
  I knew the winter could protect me from it
D                    Em        G
One box if film won't  make it all go cold
D                             Em      G
  I thought that winter could hide me from everything
D              Em        G     A
  I'm just too gullible,   for words

Pre-Chorus:
 A              G           Em                  A
   Actually it's darkness, I don't know what I'm scared of
     G           Em      A                   G
It's darkness, I must be scared of something
    Em      A                   G            A
You must be scared of something, quite quite special

Chorus:
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm      A
You shed a shade of shyness
    D         G       Bm       A
Why can't you be more cynical?

Bridge:
G                            D
I don't look the same in the photograph
  G                          D
I need to look the way I did   in the photograph
   G                         D
By mentioning places it will all become clear
      G                                 A
If we speak the same language, you're a deeper darker reason...

Chorus:
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm  A
You shed a shade of shy-ness
    D      G        Bm      A
You shed a shade of shyness
    D         G       Bm       A
Why can't you be more cynical?