Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: Eb MajorEb
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
Eb MajorEb Abadd9Abadd9
I’ve seen dark before, but not like this
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
This is cold. This is empty. This is numb.
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
The life I knew is over. The light’s are out.
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
Hello darkness, I’m ready to succumb.
Verse 2:
C minorCm Abadd9Abadd9
I follow you around I always have.
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
But you’ve gone to a place I cannot find
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 FF G+G
But a tiny voice whispers in my mind:
C minorCm Bb majorBb
You are lost, hope is gone
Eb MajorEb AbAb
But you must go on
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And do the next right thing
Verse 3:
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb
Can there be a day beyond this night?
Bb majorBb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
I don’t know anymore what is true
C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
I can’t find my direction, I’m all alone
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 FF G+G
The only star that guided me was you.
C minorCm Bb majorBb
How to rise from the floor
Eb MajorEb AbAb
When it’s not you I’m rising for?
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Just do the next right thing
AbAb Bbsus
Take a step, step again
Eb MajorEb C minorCm Eb MajorEb AbAb
It is all that I can to do
Bb majorBb BB
The next right thing
Bridge:
B/F#
I won’t look too far ahead
B/E# G# minorG#m A#mA#m
It’s too much for me to take
D#m7b5D#m7b5 F minorFm
But break it down to this next breath
AbaugAbaug
This next step
E MajorE C#m7C#m7 G#sus G#G#
This next choice is one that I can make
Verse 4:
C# minorC#m BB
So I’ll walk through this night
E MajorE A augmentedA
Stumbling blindly toward the light
E MajorE BB
And do the next right thing
A augmentedA B7sus B7B7
And with the dawn, what comes then?
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA
When it’s clear that everything will never be the same again
F#m7F#m7 E/G#
Then I’ll make the choice to hear that voice
A augmentedA BB E MajorE
And do the next right thing