Josh Ritter – Myrna Loy (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
G C/G Let me stay with you a while and tell old, old stories G D G Gadd11 Of your oft' electric laughter and your charms G C/G How you came out of Montana with a wolf pup at your heels G D G Gadd11 And a snow white rabbit huddled in your arms
[Chorus]
C/G In the darkness G In the darkness C/G In the darkness
[Verse 2]
G C/G Remember, hey, those Gold Rush days, how the gold dust in the mud G D G From Main St. leading all the way to Alder G C/G With sunset turned the color of a lover's throat at blush G D G Gadd11 And with moonrise, blazed some new and silver river
[Chorus]
C/G In the darkness G In the darkness C/G In the darkness
[Verse 3]
G C/G The minister was bloodless and the preachers were on fire G D G And Mahatmas sang their love songs in nasturtiums G C/G But if he, or they, or any of their masters called my name G D G I was in your holy temple and never heard them
[Chorus]
C/G In the darkness G In the darkness C/G In the darkness
[Break]
G C/G
G D G
G C/G
G D G
[Verse 4]
G C/G Remember, hey, those Gold Rush days, some Last Chance Gulch saloon G D G You, and I, and all the miners watching G C/G As shadows danced across a screen as quiet as the moon G D G Without sound, their fury signifying all things
[Verse 5]
G C/G The whole town was alive that night as we floated down the street G D G Through fist fights, cowboy poets, parlor women G C/G And the light from the projector seemed to glow within your soul G D G Like an opal throated songbird in its prism
[Chorus]
C/G In the darkness G In the darkness C/G In the darkness
[Verse 6]
G C/G They're tearing down the movies now, not a stone upon a stone G D G All dust is dust no matter how celestial G C/G But I, who tasted hornet juice and honey on the rose G D G What use have I for all their cold memorials?
[Verse 7]
G C/G Still every now and then sometimes when the night sky gets so bright G D G And no Bethlehem of stars could match its burning G C/G I Go out into the fields until I can feel you by my side G D G And my memory is a book of gold thrown open
[Bridge]
C/G How you rode a white horse G The queen of the harvest kissed your cheek C/G The boys all took one look G And found that they could no longer speak
[Chorus]
C/G In the darkness G In the darkness C/G In the darkness