Darkest Places Chords

by MxPx
KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays505

Darkest Places by MxPx is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Am, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			


Intro: Drumbeats 


verse 1: 
C 
Maybe it is dangerous 
to invite us and to 
enter the room with 
       F 
us But nothing is 
gonna light up and 
G                 C 
I'm not scared at all 
              C 
When there is no more 
money in politics 
They will be tearing 
down the union 
brick by brick 
              F 
There will be city is 
                 G 
running clinics about 
              C 
where we have been 
     F 
With every self 
    G           C 
proclaimed historian 
Am 
You know I know you 
G 
don't want this 
F 
you don't need this 



    C 
I'm shining the light 
on the darkest places 
You know and I know 
                     F 
we have to face this now 
                     G  C   G 
We have to face this now 


verse 2: 
    C 
The days are growing 
dark what are we gonna 
do The country is in a 
bag when I turn on the 
        F 
tube So maybe I'll just 
G                   C 
wake up in the afternoon 
       C 
whoooa You can change 
the channel on your tv 
Push all the little 
buttons until your 
                  F 
fingers bleed But you 
      G        C 
won't change me whoooa 
        F 
There's nothing I would 
G                C 
do for you cause you 
                Am 
don't wanna see You know 
       G 
I know you don't want 
     F 
this you can't dismiss 



    C 
I'm shining the light 
on the darkest places 
You know and I know 
                     F 
we have to face this now 
                     G 
We have to face this now 
C 
Shining the light on 
the darkest places 
Putting the word out 
                     F 
we have to face this now 
                     G 
We have to face this now 


Guitar Solo: C  F G  


Bridge: 
  Dm         Em 
A generation taking 
        F 
numbers making calls 
  Dm           Em 
A shadow grew across 
           F 
my bedroom wall 



    C 
I'm shining the light 
on the darkest places 
You know and I know 
                     F 
we have to face this now 
                     G 
We have to face this now 
C 
Shining the light on 
the darkest places 
Putting the word out 
                     F 
we have to face this now 
                     G  C   C(hold) 
We have to face this now 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante