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Keep It Dark

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(C) 1981 by Virgin Records
This ostinato is repeated under almost the entire song, except from 
"A world full of people..." to "Oh, keep it dark!"
(The Ostinato alone is an illusion.  ...Tricking your ear into putting 
the beat in the wrong place.  When the band comes in, you can hear 
that most of the guitar notes are on the "up" beats.)
                   |:       Ostinato        :|
e|-----------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|-------------------------|
G|---0---2---4---5-|o----4-5---0---2---4---5o|
D|-----------------|o-----------------------o|
A|-------0---2---3-|-----2-3-------0---2---3-|
E|---3-------------|-----------3-------------|
   3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . |
[Intro]
|:     C:|
[Verse]
FFound that man Ereported Ammissing, he Gwandered Cin his home
It don't Fseem too bad if Eyou conAmsider Gjust what Che's been through
AmSeems he met up Emwith a Amgang of thievesEm  
AmWho mistook him Emfor a Amman of meansEm  
They Dmlocked him up, then Emfound he Fhad no money
G#So they let him Cgo again
FNow he's back at Ehome and Amhappy Gjust to Csee the kids
[Pre-Chorus]
I Cmaj7wish, that I could reaFmaj7lly tell youCmaj7  
AEm7ll the things that happened Fmaj7to me
      Cmaj7Or all that I have seen
A Fmaj7world full of Em7people, their Fmaj7hearts full of Cmaj7joy
Fmaj7Cities of Em7light with Fmaj7no fear of Cmaj7war
And Fmaj7thousands of Em7creatures with Fmaj7happier Cmaj7lives
And Fmaj7dreams of a Em7future with Fmaj7meaning and no Em7need to Chide
N.C.
     Oh, keep it dark
|:     C:|
It Fseems strange to Ehave to Amlie aGbout a Cworld so bright
And Ftell instead a Emade-up Amstory Gfrom the Cworld of night
I Cmaj7wish, that I could reaFmaj7lly tell youCmaj7  
AEm7ll the things that happened Fmaj7to me
      Cmaj7Or all that I have seen
A Fmaj7world full of Em7people, their Fmaj7hearts full of Cmaj7joy
Fmaj7Cities of Em7light with Fmaj7no fear of Cmaj7war
And Fmaj7thousands of Em7creatures with Fmaj7happier Cmaj7lives
And Fmaj7dreams of a Em7future with Fmaj7meaning and no Em7need to Fmaj7lie
No Em7need to Fmaj7hate
No Em7need to Chide
N.C.
     Oh, keep it dark
|:     C:|
(to fade)

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Keep It Dark

by Genesis

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

Fmaj7

Em7

This ostinato is repeated under almost the entire song, except from

"A world full of people..." to "Oh, keep it dark!"

(The Ostinato alone is an illusion. ...Tricking your ear into putting

the beat in the wrong place. When the band comes in, you can hear

that most of the guitar notes are on the "up" beats.)

|: Ostinato :|

e|-----------------|-------------------------|

B|-----------------|-------------------------|

G|---0---2---4---5-|o----4-5---0---2---4---5o|

D|-----------------|o-----------------------o|

A|-------0---2---3-|-----2-3-------0---2---3-|

E|---3-------------|-----------3-------------|

3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . | 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . |

[Intro]

|: :|

[Verse]

F E Am G C

Found that man reported missing, he wandered in his home

F E Am G C

It don't seem too bad if you consider just what he's been through

Am Em Am Em

Seems he met up with a gang of thieves

Am Em Am Em

Who mistook him for a man of means

Dm Em F

They locked him up, then found he had no money

G# C

So they let him go again

F E Am G C

Now he's back at home and happy just to see the kids

[Pre-Chorus]

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

I wish, that I could really tell you

Em7 Fmaj7

All the things that happened to me

Cmaj7

Or all that I have seen

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

A world full of people, their hearts full of joy

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

Cities of light with no fear of war

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

And thousands of creatures with happier lives

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 C

And dreams of a future with meaning and no need to hide

N.C.

Oh, keep it dark

|: :|

F E Am G C

It seems strange to have to lie about a world so bright

F E Am G C

And tell instead a made-up story from the world of night

Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

I wish, that I could really tell you

Em7 Fmaj7

All the things that happened to me

Cmaj7

Or all that I have seen

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

A world full of people, their hearts full of joy

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

Cities of light with no fear of war

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7

And thousands of creatures with happier lives

Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7 Em7 Fmaj7

And dreams of a future with meaning and no need to lie

Em7 Fmaj7

No need to hate

Em7 C

No need to hide

N.C.

Oh, keep it dark

|: :|

(to fade)

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