Verse 1 
C5 
Darkness darkness be my pillow 
        F#5           C5  
Take my head and let me sleep 
C5 
In the coolness of your shadow 
 
                       Guitar starts here  
       F#5          C5                  C5 
In the silence of your deep  
 
Verse2 
C5 
Darkness darkness hide my yearning 
        F#5           C5 
for the things I can not see 
C5 
keep my mind from constant turning 
        F#5           C5 
to the things I can not be 
 
Chorus 
C5       F5             C5  
Darkness darkness be my blanket 
C5    F5                   C5 
cover me with this endless night 
C5     F#5                C5 
take away ohhh this pain of knowing 
C5        F#5          C5 
fill this emptiness with light          
F#/  F/               C/        / = strum once and hold 
eehhh this emptiness with light now          
 
Verse 3 
C5 
Darkness darkness long and lonesome 
         F#5             C5 
ease the day that brings me here 
C5 
I have fell the edge of sadness  
       F#5              C5 
I have known the depths of fear 
 
Chorus 
C5       F5             C5 
Darkness darkness be my blanket 
C5      F5                C5 
cover me with the endless night 
C5   F#5                   C5 
take away oohhh this pain of knowing 
C5        F#5            C5  
fill this emptiness with light now          
F#/  F/               C/ 
eehhh this emptiness with light now