Darkness darkness (1969) (video) (wiki)

Am - G - Am (2x)

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1. Darkness, darkness, be my pillow,

G Am

take my head and let me sleep,

Am

in the coolness of your shadow,

G Am

in the silence, of your deep.

D Am

Darkness, darkness hide the yearning

D Am

for the things, that cannot be,

G Am

keep my mind, from constant turning,

D Am

towards the things, I cannot see, now,

G Am G Am

things I cannot see, now, things I cannot see.

Am

2. Darkness, darkness, long and lonesome

G Am

ease the day, that brings me pain.

Am

I have fell into the sadness,

G Am

I hide to trick the fear.

D Am

Darkness, darkness be my blanket,

D Am

cover me with your endless night,

G Am

take away, take away, the pain of knowing,

D Am

fill the emptiness, so bright now,

G Am G Am

emptiness so bright now, emptiness, so bright.

+ Am - D - Am - D (4x) + Am - D - Am - D (2x) + Am - D (2x)

Am - D Am

3. Darkness, darkness be my pillow,

G Am

take my head and let me sleep,

Am

in the coolness of your shadow,

G Am

in the silence, of your deep.

D Am

Darkness, darkness be my blanket,

D Am

cover me with your endless night,

G Am

take away, take away, the pain of knowing,

D Am

fill the emptiness, so bright now.

G Am G Am - G

emptiness, so bright now, emptiness, so bright.

Am G

+ Oh, yeah, oh, yeah,

Am G D - Am

emptiness, emptiness, oh, yeah !

(orig. = capo 5th; live = capo 4th) (The Youngbloods)

(Eric Burdon = capo 6th; Robert Plant = capo 3rd)