Darkness Within Chords
by Machine Head
Darkness Within by Machine Head is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, E, Em, F6, F, Asus4 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse: 1
Am E
Here in this darkness that I lay
Em
Depression heavy in its way
F6
And how my body aches to leave
E Am
And sing its final eulogy
E
My sons I love you evermore
Em
And though the road beckons once more
F6
I see the damage that I've done
E
And search for redemption
Am
But I am just a broken man
E
Whose soul cries out to understand
Em
How the madness shatters me
F6 E
Upon the stage on bended knee
Am
I scream aloud at skies above
E
That answer mute, bereft in love
Em
I struggle not to fall from grace
F6 E F
I sing the hymns of my disgrace
Asus4 Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
C F
Establish monuments to attain
Asus4 E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within
Verse: 2
Am E
Mystery's forgotten chords
Em
I strum in vain to please the lord
F6
But he has never answered me
E Am
And faith has waned eternally
E
In empty men who pass along
Em
The woes of all religions wrong
F6
And now the shadowed veil it falls
E
Heed the clarion call
Am
So pray to music build a shrine
E
Worship in these desperate times
Em
Fill your heart with every note
F6 E
Cherish it and cast afloat
Am
Because God is in these clef and tone
E
Salvation is found alone
Em
Haunted by its melody
F6 E F
Music, it will set you free (let it set you free)
Asus4 Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
C F
Establish monuments to attain
Asus4 E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within
Bridge
Am E Em E Am
Do Do Do
Am E Em E Am
Do Do Do
Am E Em E Am F
Do Do Do
Asus4 Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
C F
Establish monuments to attain
Asus4 E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
F
Lest we drown in the darkness within
Asus4 Am
We build cathedrals to our pain (WOAH...!!!)
C F
Establish monuments to attain (WOAH...!!!)
Asus4 E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins (WOAH...!!!)
Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within (WOAH...!!!)
Outro
Am E Em E Am
Do Do Do
Am E Em E Am
Do Do Do
Am E Em E Am
Do Do Do