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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2116399,"song":"The Dark Before The Dawn","artist":"Andrew Peterson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459482-the-dark-before-the-dawn-chords-by-andrew-peterson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2116399?type=chord","rating":4.71124,"votes":29,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been waiting for the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo come blazing up out of the night like a bullet from a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTill every shadow is scattered, every dragon's on the run[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, I believe, I believe that the light is gonna come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd this is the dark, this is the dark before the dawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've been waiting for some peace[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo come raining down out of the heavens on these war-torn fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAll creation is aching for the sons of God to be revealed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, I believe, I believe that the victory is sealed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe serpent struck but it was crushed beneath His heel[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I know the wind can bring the lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I know the lightning brings the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh, I know the storm can be so frightening[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that same wind is gonna blow that storm away[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBlow that storm away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLord, I'm waiting for a change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm waiting for a change[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I'm waiting for the King[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo come galloping out of the clouds while the angel armies sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe's gonna gather His people in the shadow of His wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gonna raise my voice with the song of the redeemed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause all this darkness is a small and passing thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThis is the storm, this is the storm[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe storm before the calm[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis is the pain, the pain before the balm[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThis is the cold, the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's the cold before the warm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThese are the tears, the tears before the song[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis is the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSometimes all I see is this darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh now can't you feel this darkness[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis is the dark before the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm just waiting for a change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease let it change[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe're all just waiting for some change[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a dream that I was waking[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAt the burning edge of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I could see the fields of glory[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI could hear the sower's song[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a dream that I was waking[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAt the burning edge of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all that rain had washed me clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the sorrow was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a dream that I was waking[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAt the burning edge of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I could finally believe[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe king had loved me all along[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a dream that I was waking[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAt the burning edge of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI saw the sower in the silver mist[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd He was calling me home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD G D A G\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD G D A G\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD G D A G\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD G D A G D","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}