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Dark End Of The Street Chords by Percy Sledge

Dark End Of The Street chords by Percy Sledge

Guitar chords with lyrics

Here's the version of Dark End of the Street that I've got - learned it from
a Percy Sledge recording though, not the Commitments soundtrack.

Dark End of the Street

         G      F#min   Emin
At the dark end of ....
         G      F#min   Emin
That's where ...
             G             C        G
Hiding in shadows ...
               C       D        G
Living in darkness to ...
C       G            C      D       G
You and me, at the ...
C       G
You and me
             G           F#min     Emin
I know that time's ...
             G                 F#min        Emin
We've got to give back all ....
        G          C         G
It's a sin and we ...
           C          D         G
Oh but our love ...
C     G             C       D      G
Steal away, to the dark ...
C     G

        G
They're going ...
        F#min
They're going ...
        Emin
They're ...
C        G
Oh someday
C       G           C       D      G
You and me, at the dark ...
C       G
You and me

              G#       Gmin      Fmin
And when the ...
          G#        Gmin     Fmin
And if by ...
              G#        C#       G#
If you should see me ...
     C#             D#    G#
But darling, ...
C#            G#           C#       D#     G#
Tonight we'll meet, at the ....
C#      G#


I usually don't do the key change for the final verse, but it was there in
the original so I thought I'd include it for the purists in the bunch.  BTW,
the lyrics may be a little screwy, my favourite version of this tune was
recorded by Richard Thompson and my memory of the words may include some of
his own idiosyncratic choices.

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