The Darkness Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays412

The Darkness by Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, E, Am, F, Dm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Verse: 1 

G                           C 
In my life I've had so many men 

E                                         Am 
But there's one I come back to again and again 

F                                        Dm 
We've been on and off for such a long time 

Dm                                        G 
And now he's back and I'm feeling oh so fine 

 
F 
He's the darkness 

bass hand, drop from F, E, D to C 
My first love, my true love 

F 
The darkness 

same as above, ending in C chord 
He knows me better than anyone 

Am                    E                   Am                 D 
He holds me close and whispers things that I don't want to hear 

F                                     G                        C 
When I feel the butterflies of dread, I know the darkness is near 


Verse: 2 
G                                        C 
We met around the time I started first grade 
E                                                    Am 
Every summer after that we'd play solitaire in the shade 
F                                      Dm 
On prom night, he was the only boy I kissed 
Dm                                                        G 
And when he'd visit my dorm, I'd remember how much I'd missed 



F 
The darkness 
same as above... droping to C 
His love for me is pure 
F 
The darkness 
                           G 
He's handsome for a metaphor 

Bridge 
                   F 
And his name is Tyler 
 Am 
Yeah, that feels right 
             F 
His name is Tyler 
 Am 
He drunk-dials me every night 
 C 
Tyler, Tyler, Tyler 
 E                   Am 
Your kiss feels like a cut 
 F 
You play drums and wear guyliner 
 G 
And your pet name for me is "slut." 

Coda 

 G                                          C 
For so many years I've used the darkness to feel 
 E                                                 Am 
But now there are things in my life that are actually real 
 F                                          Dm 
I gotta make a choice, darlin' don't ask me why 
Dm                   G         Dm             G 
So will I have the strength to tell the darkness 
Dm                 G 
To tell Tyler Darkness 
  C 
Goodbye? 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante