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IN MY DARKEST HOUR
by Dick Wagner
on Ursa Major, RCA (LSP-4777)
[Biography/discography data and links at bottom]
INTRO: finger pick notes (lower case) WITH CHORDS (CAPS)
Intro chords are all open D moved up 3 frets (F) 5 frets (G) or 7 (A)
lower 3 strings left open
D  G G G F G
D  G G G F G
D  G G G F G
A G F F F F G
 D. . .
 Abcd     C      Gabc D  
 Abcd     C      Gabc ->
D  G G G F G
D  G G G F G
D  G G G F G
A G F F F F G  D
V1
                  D                   C                 G         DGGGFG D  
In my darkest hour you will come and treat me like a man
                  D                   C                G          DGGGFG D  
In my darkest hour you will come and take me by the hand
I will Cspend my nights Gsleeping in your Darms
I will Cspend my days Gdreaming of your Dcharms
REPEAT INTRO
V2
                  D                   C               G           DGGGFG D  
In my darkest hour you will come and fill the emptyness
                  D                   C                G          DGGGFG D  
In my darkest hour you will come and put my mind to rest
I will Cspend my nights Gsleeping in your Darms
I will Cspend my days Gdreaming of your Dcharms
CH
DLady, CLady, you're my Gheart's Ddesire
DLady, O CLady,   Gyou set my soul on Dfire.
  Cyou set my Gsoul on Dfire
  Cyou set my Gsoul on Dfire
===
instru bridge  D   C   B   Bb   Ax 2
then add
viol/slide
===
repeat v2 + ch + last line of CH x 2
===
outro as intro first part, ending on the first
A G F F F F G
 D. . .
end
============
In between some fairly successful local bands and his work with Lou Reed and then 
Alice Cooper (and Aerosmith, Burton Cummings, KISS, Meat Loaf, Steve Perry, Ringo 
Starr, Etta James, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Air Supply, Hall & 
Oates, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and many more), Dick Wagner 
formed, with ex-Amboy Duke bassist Greg Arama, Ursa Major. They released only one, 
self-titled album. On it were several works which almost certainly served to attract 
the attention of his future collaborators, in terms of both production (he helped 
Cooper put together the video version of Welcome To My Nightmare) and musicianship 
(he penned one of the most covered rock songs of all time, "Only Women Bleed"). 
The first cut was an astounding proto-heavy metal exposition called "Sinner", done 
almost entirely in Locrian mode, a feat rarely attempted and probably never equalled 
in the 4 decades since. It's the kind of song that a musician doesn't listen to, they
experience it. The second cut follows in transcription, a rock ballad with a superb 
mix of acoustic and electric sound and technique, called "In My Darkest Hour". Sample
listed on that page) if you need to in order to be convinced, but if you do, honor 
the artist by buying it, it's well worth it. In My Darkest Hour is also available 

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IN MY DARKEST HOUR

by Dick Wagner

on Ursa Major, RCA (LSP-4777)

[Biography/discography data and links at bottom]

INTRO: finger pick notes (lower case) WITH CHORDS (CAPS)

Intro chords are all open D moved up 3 frets (F) 5 frets (G) or 7 (A)

lower 3 strings left open

D G G G F G

A G F F F F G

. . .

A C G D

bcd abc

A C G

bcd abc ->

D G G G F G

A G F F F F G D

D C G D D

GGGFG

In my darkest hour you will come and treat me like a man

D C G D D

GGGFG

In my darkest hour you will come and take me by the hand

C G D

I will spend my nights sleeping in your arms

C G D

I will spend my days dreaming of your charms

REPEAT INTRO

D C G D D

GGGFG

In my darkest hour you will come and fill the emptyness

D C G D D

GGGFG

In my darkest hour you will come and put my mind to rest

C G D

I will spend my nights sleeping in your arms

C G D

I will spend my days dreaming of your charms

D C G D

Lady, Lady, you're my heart's desire

D C G D

Lady, O Lady, you set my soul on fire.

C G D

you set my soul on fire

C G D

you set my soul on fire

===

D C B Bb A

instru bridge x 2

then add

viol/slide

===

repeat v2 + ch + last line of CH x 2

===

outro as intro first part, ending on the first

A G F F F F G

. . .

end

============

In between some fairly successful local bands and his work with Lou Reed and then

Alice Cooper (and Aerosmith, Burton Cummings, KISS, Meat Loaf, Steve Perry, Ringo

Starr, Etta James, Peter Gabriel, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Air Supply, Hall &

Oates, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard and many more), Dick Wagner

formed, with ex-Amboy Duke bassist Greg Arama, Ursa Major. They released only one,

self-titled album. On it were several works which almost certainly served to attract

the attention of his future collaborators, in terms of both production (he helped

Cooper put together the video version of Welcome To My Nightmare) and musicianship

(he penned one of the most covered rock songs of all time, "Only Women Bleed").

The first cut was an astounding proto-heavy metal exposition called "Sinner", done

almost entirely in Locrian mode, a feat rarely attempted and probably never equalled

in the 4 decades since. It's the kind of song that a musician doesn't listen to, they

experience it. The second cut follows in transcription, a rock ballad with a superb

mix of acoustic and electric sound and technique, called "In My Darkest Hour". Sample

listed on that page) if you need to in order to be convinced, but if you do, honor

the artist by buying it, it's well worth it. In My Darkest Hour is also available

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