Machine Head – Darkness Within (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Am                              E
Here in this darkness that I lay

                           Em
Depression heavy in its way

                            F6
And how my body aches to leave

             E            Am
And sing its final eulogy

                            E
My sons I love you evermore

                                     Em
And though the road beckons once more

                               F6
I see the damage that I've done

               E
And search for redemption

     Am
But I am just a broken man

      E
Whose soul cries out to understand

Em
How the madness shatters me

 F6               E
Upon the stage on bended knee

       Am
I scream aloud at skies above

     E
That answer mute, bereft in love

  Em
I struggle not to fall from grace

  F6                E              F
I sing the hymns of my disgrace
[Chorus]
             Asus4             Am
We build cathedrals to our pain

             C            F
Establish monuments to attain

              Asus4                     E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins

                                   Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within
[Verse 2]
Am                        E
Mystery's forgotten chords

                                  Em
I strum in vain to please the lord

                            F6
But he has never answered me

                 E           Am
And faith has waned eternally

                           E
In empty men who pass along

                                Em
The woes of all religions wrong

                                  F6
And now the shadowed veil it falls

             E
Heed the clarion call

       Am
So pray to music build a shrine

E
Worship in these desperate times

Em
Fill your heart with every note

F6              E
Cherish it and cast afloat

           Am
Because God is in these clef and tone

E
Salvation is found alone

Em
Haunted by its melody

F6              E                                    F
Music, it will set you free (let it set you free)
[Chorus]
             Asus4             Am
We build cathedrals to our pain

             C            F
Establish monuments to attain

              Asus4                     E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins

                                   Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within
[Bridge] Am E Em E Am Do Do Do Am E Em E Am Do Do Do Am E Em E Am F Do Do Do [Chorus]
             Asus4             Am
We build cathedrals to our pain

             C            F
Establish monuments to attain

              Asus4                     E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins

                                   F
Lest we drown in the darkness within

             Asus4             Am
We build cathedrals to our pain (WOAH...!!!)

             C             F
Establish monuments to attain (WOAH...!!!)

              Asus4                     E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins (WOAH...!!!)

                                  Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within (WOAH...!!!)
[Outro] Am E Em E Am Do Do Do Am E Em E Am Do Do Do Am E Em E Am Do Do Do