Chords for Arlo Guthrie - "Darkest Hour"

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ It's the 10th of January, [Bb] Miss [C] Deline had no [Dm]
sleep.
_ [F] She comes waltzing in the nighttime made [C] of waves.
_ _ [F] She's dressed up like a bandit with a hundred sparkling [Dm] rings.
_ _ [C] _ [F] Looking [Bb] for my company [C] to keep.
_ _ _ [Bb] Coming [C] closer to me [F] she doesn't say a [Bb] word.
In the shadows [Gm] of the carved rock tower,
[F] _ [C] _
Where [F] the sounds of the night [Bb] were [F] the only things [Dm] we heard.
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In [C] my [F] darkest hour, _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She don't want to hear no secrets, she would guarantee [Dm] me that.
_ [F] _ She knows there [Bb] ain't no words that can [C] describe her.
_ [F] With the white silk scarves and her black Spanish [Dm] hat. _
_ _ [F] She knows there [Bb] ain't no way I [C] can deny her.
_ [Bb] It's a blue [C] velvet perfume [F] filling up [Bb] the night.
The guards are [Gm] all asleep that watch the tower.
[F] _ [C] _
_ [F] The moonlight held her breast, [Bb] yet she's [F] easily [Dm] undressed.
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In [C] my [F] darkest hour, _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ Her father's in his chambers with his friends all [Dm] gathered round.
_ _ _ [F] They're plotting [Bb] their enemy's [C] demise.
_ [F] With their last detail done, they await the coming [Dm] sun.
_ _ [F] While I am [Bb] staring in my [C] lover's eyes.
_ [Bb] Her brothers and [C] her [Gm] sisters [F] are all through for [Bb] tonight. _
[Dm] Pretending that [Gm] they've just come into [C] power.
[F] _ [C] _
_ [F] But she far most of all [Bb] knows [C] that they can [Dm] only fall.
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In [C] my [F] darkest hour. _ _
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_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ Hunger wings and melodies, as my [C] love awakens [Dm] me in here.
_ [F] In the midst [Bb] of the _ [C] sunburst's first light.
_ Her [F] hands are holding up the skies, [Bb] and I hid [F] my [Dm] opened eyes.
_ [C] [F] Every move just for [Bb] herself and [C] that's alright.
_ _ [Bb] Soon I went along [C] my way [F] with no words that [Bb] could explain.
As [F] she [Gm] began descending to the [C] tower.
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[C] Her [F] safety now concerns [Bb] me, her [C] circumstance [Dm] to blame.
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In [C] my [F] darkest hour. _ _
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