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When The Darkness Comes

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[Intro]
 Gm   F   Eb   Cm(x2)
[Part 1]
GmYou can fall asleep Fon my knees,
and I'll Ebhold your hand.Cm  
GmSeparate yourself from the Fdarkness in this world,
and slip into a Ebpeaceful end.Cm  
And Gmhell will rise,
as the sFun falls Ebdown.Cm  
So cGmlose your eyes,
I'll waFke you when the day Ebsounds.Cm  
They Ebnever gonna brake me,
They nFever gonna change us.
This wGmar is not on flesh and bone,
This wFar wages in us.
EbAnd it burns like a fire.
FAnd it burns like a fire.
GmAnd there's a voice inside my head,
FAnd it's telling me to be bEbrave.
When the darkness comes.
Gm F Eb Cm
[Part 2]
GmAnd if you ain't scared,
Fthen you ain't human.
EbAnd it burns like a fire,
Cmit burns like a fire.
GmAnd we're all running from our lFives somehow,
terrifEbied at what we'll find,
when the Cmwalls come falling Ebdown.
CmWhen the walls come Gmfalling...F  Eb  
CmWhen the walls come falling...
GmAnd it burns like a fire
Fand it burns like a fire
Eb(They never gonna break me,
Cmthey never gonna change us)
GmAnd it burns like a fire,
(They never gonna break me)
Fand it burns like a fire.
(They never gonna change us)
[Part 3]
EbTell me,
(They never gonna break me)
Cmdid it feel right? 
(Never gonna change us)
GmTo kill something so defenseFless?
(And it burns like a fire)
EbTell me,
(They never gonna break me)
CmDid it feel right? 
(Never gonna change us)
GmTo kill something so defenseFless?
(And it burns like a fire)
[Outro]
(Single Stroke)
EbNever gonna break me,
CmThey never gonna change us.
GmAnd it burns like a fire,
Fand it burns like a fire.
EbThey never gonna break me,
they never gonna change us.
They never gonna break me.

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When The Darkness Comes

by Shelby Merry

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Gm F Eb Cm

(x2)

[Part 1]

Gm F

You can fall asleep on my knees,

Eb Cm

and I'll hold your hand.

Gm F

Separate yourself from the darkness in this world,

Eb Cm

and slip into a peaceful end.

And hell will rise,

F Eb Cm

as the sun falls down.

So close your eyes,

F Eb Cm

I'll wake you when the day sounds.

They never gonna brake me,

They never gonna change us.

This war is not on flesh and bone,

This war wages in us.

And it burns like a fire.

And there's a voice inside my head,

F Eb

And it's telling me to be brave.

When the darkness comes.

Gm F Eb Cm

[Part 2]

And if you ain't scared,

then you ain't human.

And it burns like a fire,

it burns like a fire.

Gm F

And we're all running from our lives somehow,

terrified at what we'll find,

Cm Eb

when the walls come falling down.

Cm Gm F Eb

When the walls come falling...

And it burns like a fire

and it burns like a fire

(They never gonna break me,

they never gonna change us)

And it burns like a fire,

(They never gonna break me)

and it burns like a fire.

(They never gonna change us)

[Part 3]

Tell me,

(They never gonna break me)

did it feel right?

(Never gonna change us)

Gm F

To kill something so defenseless?

(And it burns like a fire)

Tell me,

(They never gonna break me)

Did it feel right?

(Never gonna change us)

Gm F

To kill something so defenseless?

(And it burns like a fire)

[Outro]

(Single Stroke)

Never gonna break me,

They never gonna change us.

And it burns like a fire,

and it burns like a fire.

They never gonna break me,

they never gonna change us.

They never gonna break me.

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