Guy Clark – The Dark (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

I believe he plays this with 2nd fret capo on 5 strings with an open low E string [Intro] D A Em (4x)
D              A                             Em
In the dark you can sometimes hear your own heartbeat

                                   D  A  Em
Or the heart of the one next to you

D                      A                       Em
And the house settles down after holding itself up all day

             D     A          Em
Shoulders slump, gives a big sigh

                        D   A       Em
You hear no one’s foot fall in the hall

D                         A                  Em
That drip in the kitchen sink keeps marking time

D                      A                     Em
June bug on the window screen can't get in, but keeps on trying

D               A                    Em
One way or another we're all in the dark
[Chorus]
A                         G
Fireflies and sparks and lightning and stars

A                      G
Campfires, the moon, headlights on cars

A                                 G (hold)
The Northern lights, the Milky Way 
You can't see that stuff in the day D-A-Em (4x)
D                    A          Em
The Earth turns its back on the sun

                        D         A             Em
And the stars come out and the planets start to run, around

D                A         Em
They call that 'day is done

D                A                Em
But really it's just getting started

D                A           Em
Some folks take comfort in that

 A               G
How dark is it? It's too dark for goblins

A                G 
How dark is it? It's so dark you can smell the moon

A                G 
How dark is it? It's so dark the wind gets lost

A                G 
How dark is it? So dark the sky's on fire

A                G (hold)
How dark is it? It’s so dark you can see Fort Worth from here
(D-A-Em) x 6 then (D)