Chords for Darkness

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_ [Db] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [E] _
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[Ab] I'm scared of swimming [D] in the sea.
[Eb] Dark shapes moving under me.
[Bb] Every fear I swallow [Eb] makes me small. _
_ [E] Inconsequential things occur.
[Eb] Alarms are triggered, memories stir.
[B] It's not [Gb] the way it has [Abm] to be. _ _
[Bb] Afraid of what I do not know.
[Eb] I mix me around the lines.
[Bb] I'm afraid I can't get no man.
And [Eb] I'm scared of the fucking revised.
Please [E] don't [Bb] disappoint.
My fears are sure.
[Eb] The next day's skin is fragrance-coated.
[B] When I [Gb] allow it [Abm] to be. _ _
_ [B] There's no [Gb] control [Abm] over me. _ _
_ [B] _ [Gb] I have my [Abm] fears. _ _
_ [B] But [Gb] they do not [Ab] have me. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ [Eb]
Walking through [B] the undergrowth.
The [Gb] house in the woods. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ The deeper I [B] go, the darker it [Gb] gets.
I _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dbm] _ fear through the [B] window.
_ _ _ [Abm] _ Knock at the [B] door.
_ _ [E] And the monster I was _ so [Em] afraid of.
[B] _ Lies curled up [Eb] on the floor.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Cm] _ He's curled up [B] on the floor.
Just like a [Eb] baby boy.
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_ [Cm] _ I cry until [B] I laugh. _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] Afraid of seeing mothers.
[Eb] Never a chance to tell.
_ [Bb] Afraid of loving women.
[Eb] I'm scared of loving men.
[E] Flashbacks come at every night.
[Eb] Don't tell me everything's alright.
[B] When [Gb] I allow [Ab] it to be.
It [B] has [Gb] no control [Abm] over me. _
_ [B] I have _ [Abm] fears.
[Ab] _
_ [E] _ [Gb] So it doesn't [Abm] have me. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
Walking [B] through the undergrowth.
The [Gb] house in the woods. _
The _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
deeper [B] I go, the darker [Gb] it gets. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ I fear through [B] the window.
_ _ [Abm] _ _
Knock at [B] the door.
_ [E] And the monster I was _ so afraid of.
[B] _ Lies curled up [Eb] on the floor.
_ _ _ [Ab] He's _ [Cm] _ _ curled up [B] on the floor.
Just like a [Eb] baby boy.
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_ [Cm] _ I cry [B] until I laugh. _
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