Something In The Dark Cifras

SOMETHING IN THE DARK
As recorded by J.D. Souther
(From the 2015 Album TENDERNESS)
 
 
[Intro]
Fmaj7  Dm7  Am    Fmaj7  Dm7  Am
 
 
[Verse 1]
                   F    Dm            Am
You've been up too late, sitting in a cool room,
               F      Dm              Am
Staring at the ceiling, waiting for a call.
                 F    Dm              Am
​I know where you live, I can hear you breathing,
C                  F      E7               Am
No matter what you do now, tears are gonna fall.
​
 
[Chorus]
N.C.             Dm                    Am
​Something in the dark is big enough to hold you,
     Dm                                         Am
It's picking at your heart, a little piece at a time.
                        Dm                          Am
There's a shadow on the wall, you hear voices in an empty room,
                 F   E7                  Am
Something in the dark will get you every time.
​
 
[Verse 2]
                        F   Dm                  Am7
​There's nothing you can say, you haven't said already,
                        F Dm                Am7
There's nowhere you can go that you haven't been.
                      F   Dm                Am7
You could have made a deal, when your hands were steady,
C                   F   E7            Am7
Before you shut the door on your only friend.
​
 
[Chorus]
N.C.             Dm                    Am
​Something in the dark is big enough to hold you,
     Dm                                         Am
It's picking at your heart, a little piece at a time.
                        Dm                          Am
There's a shadow on the wall, you hear voices in an empty room,
                 F   E7                  Am
Something in the dark will get you every time.
 
 
​[Interlude]
Dm   Am   Dm   Am
Dm   Am   Dm   Am
F  E7  Am
 
 
[Verse 3]
Am
Then I watch you step, if you ever take one,
          F                      Dm                 Am
You could stumble in the darkness, or fumble in the light.
                       F     Dm            Am             C
Your breath is getting heavy, drowning out your footsteps,
        F         E7                    Am
You can run, run, run, and never get it right.
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
N.C.             Dm                    Am
​Something in the dark is big enough to hold you,
     Dm                                         Am
It's picking at your heart, a little piece at a time.
               Dm                    Am       C
You can try to scream but nobody can hear you
                 F   E7                  Am
Something in the dark will get you every time
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