Darkness Chords by Peter Gabriel

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[E] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] I'm _ [E] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _
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[E] scared of swimming in the sea, [Eb] dark shapes moving under me.
[E] Every fear I swallow [Eb] makes me small. _
_ [E] Inconsequential [Bb] things occur, [Eb] alarms are triggered, memories stir.
[E] It's not [Gb] the way it [Abm] has to be. _
[Bb] [Eb] I'm [E] afraid of flood I do not know, [Eb] I hate being undermined.
_ [E] I'm scared to be [Bb] the devil man, but [Eb] I'm afraid to be divine.
I'm [E] a mess beneath my fears, a [Eb] shock beneath the skin these fragments carve.
[E] When [B] I am to [Abm] be, _ _
_ [E] there's no [Gb] control [Abm] over me. _
_ [E] _ [Ab] I have my [Abm] fears, _ _
_ [E] but [Ab] they do not [Abm] have me. _ _
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Walking through [B] the undergrowth, to the house [Gb] in the woods. _
The _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [Dbm] _ _
deeper I [B] go, the darker it [Gb] gets. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ [Dbm] _ I peer through [B] the window, _ _ _ [Abm] _ _
knock at the [B] door.
_ _ [E] And the monster I was so afraid of, [Eb] _ has curled up on the floor.
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Cm] _ He's curled up on [B] the floor, just like a baby [Eb] boy. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Eb] I cry into [B] the house. _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] [E] I'm afraid of being [Bb] mothered, [Eb] my father's trying to repent.
[Bb] I'm afraid of loving women, and [Eb] I'm scared of loving men.
[Bb] Don't tell me everything's alright, [Eb] my flashbacks coming in every night.
[E] When I [B] allow it [Abm] to be, _ _
_ [E] there's no [Gb] control over [Abm] me. _ _
_ [E] I [B] have [Abm] my fears, _
_ [E] so [B] it [Gb] doesn't [Abm] own me. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Dbm] _ Walking through [B] the undergrowth, to the house [Gb] in the woods.
The deeper [Abm] _ [Gb] _ [B] _ [Dbm] _ _
I [B] go, the darker it [Gb] gets.
I _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [Dbm] _ peer through [B] the window, _ _ _ [Abm] _ knock at the [B] door.
_ _ [E] And the monster I was _ so afraid of, [Eb] _ has curled up on the floor. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ He's curled up on [B] the floor, just like a baby [Eb] boy.
I _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Cm] _ cry into [B] my love. _
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