Andrew Peterson – The Dark Before The Dawn (Guitar Live)

Celtic (D-A-D-G-A-D)
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Versions (2)

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Chords

This version has six basic parts: riff 1, verse, riff 2, chorus, bridge and outro. The strumming pattern is different, so I won't try to model it. Chord names are likely inaccurate but close. D 000700 G 5x0400 A 7x0600 B 9x0700 D2 004200 A2 000240 Asus 7x0500 G2 5x0000 A/D 000600 [Riff 1]
    D           G       D2         G2
d|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
a|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
G|--7----6----4-4----2--2-----0-----0----|
D|--0----0----0-0----0--4-----2-----0----|
A|--0----0----0-x----0--0-----0-----x----|
D|--0----0----0-5----0--0-----0-----5----|
[Verse 1]
     G2                  D
I've been waiting for the sun

     G                      A                         D
To come blazing up out of the night like a bullet from a gun

     G                 A                       B
Till every shadow is scattered, every dragon's on the run

     G                                            A   Asus
Oh, I believe, I believe that the light is gonna come

     G                     A                      D
And this is the dark, this is the dark before the dawn
[Riff 1]
    D           G       D2         G2
d|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
a|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
G|--7----6----4-4----2--2-----0-----0----|
D|--0----0----0-0----0--4-----2-----0----|
A|--0----0----0-x----0--0-----0-----x----|
D|--0----0----0-5----0--0-----0-----5----|
[Verse 2]
    G2                      D
I've been waiting for some peace

    G                       A                        D
To come raining down out of the heavens on these war-torn fields

    G                       A                     B
All creation is aching for the sons of God to be revealed

    G                               A        Asus
Oh, I believe, I believe that the victory is sealed

    G                         A                  D
The serpent struck but it was crushed beneath His heel
[Riff 2]
    D         A2       
d|--0----0----0---0--0-----0---|
a|--0----0----0---0--0-----3---|
G|--7----6----4---2--0-----2---|
D|--0----0----0---0--0-----0---|
A|--0----0----0---0--0-----0---|
D|--0----0----0---0--0-----0---|
[Chorus]
   A2                         G2            
Oh, I know the wind can bring the lightning

   A2                         G2          
Oh, I know the lightning brings the rain

   A2                            B
Oh, I know the storm can be so frightening

    G                              A                 
But that same wind is gonna blow that storm away

           D
Blow that storm away
[Riff 1]
    D           G       D2         G2
d|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
a|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
G|--7----6----4-4----2--2-----0-----0----|
D|--0----0----0-0----0--4-----2-----0----|
A|--0----0----0-x----0--0-----0-----x----|
D|--0----0----0-5----0--0-----0-----5----|

       B                
Lord, I'm waiting for a change

        D
I'm waiting for the change
[Riff 1]
    D           G       D2         G2
d|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
a|--0----0----0-0----0--0-----0-----0----|
G|--7----6----4-4----2--2-----0-----0----|
D|--0----0----0-0----0--4-----2-----0----|
A|--0----0----0-x----0--0-----0-----x----|
D|--0----0----0-5----0--0-----0-----5----|
[Verse 3]
    G2                 D
So I'm waiting for the King

           G                    A                    D
To come galloping out of the clouds while the angel armies sing

              G                  A               B
He's gonna gather His people in the shadow of His wings

         G                    A                      B
And I'm gonna raise my voice with the song of the redeemed

           G                                   A         Asus    A
'Cause all this darkness is a small and passing thing
[Bridge]
        B          
This is the storm, this is the storm

        A
The storm before the calm

        G              A             Asus
This is the pain, the pain before the balm

        B
This is the cold, the cold

        A
It's the cold before the warm

        G                      A
These are the tears, the tears before the song

        G
This is the dark

        A                  G
Sometimes all I see is this darkness

      A            G
Well, can't you feel the darkness

          A               D
This is the dark before the dawn
[Interlude]
D    A/D           G
I'm just waiting for a change

D2                  G2
Lord, I'm waiting for the change
[Outro]
    D
I had a dream that I was waking

    A/D
At the burning edge of dawn

    G                    
And I could see the fields of glory

    A
I could hear the sower's song

    D
I had a dream that I was waking

    A/D
At the burning edge of dawn

    G
And all that rain had washed me clean

    A
All the sorrow was gone

    D
I had a dream that I was waking

    A/D
At the burning edge of dawn

     B
And I could finally believe

     A
The king had loved me all along

     D
I had a dream that I was waking

     A/D
At the burning edge of dawn

     G
I saw the sower in the silver mist

     A                 D
And He was calling me home