Verse 1 
Cm 
Darkness darkness be my pillow 
        F#4           Cm  
Take my head and let me sleep 
Cm 
In the coolness of your shadow 
 
                       Guitar starts here  
       F#4          Cm                  Cm 
In the silence of your deep  
 
Verse2 
Cm 
Darkness darkness hide my yearning 
        F#4           Cm 
for the things I can not see 
Cm 
keep my mind from constant turning 
        F#4           Cm 
to the things I can not be 
 
Chorus 
Cm       Fm             Cm  
Darkness darkness be my blanket 
Cm    Fm                   Cm 
cover me with this endless night 
Cm     F#4                Cm 
take away ohhh this pain of knowing 
Cm        F#4          Cm 
fill this emptiness with light          
F#4/  Fm/               Cm/        / = strum once and hold 
eehhh this emptiness with light now          
 
Verse 3 
Cm 
Darkness darkness long and lonesome 
         F#4             Cm 
ease the day that brings me here 
Cm 
I have fell the edge of sadness  
       F#4              Cm 
I have known the depths of fear 
 
Chorus 
Cm       Fm             Cm 
Darkness darkness be my blanket 
Cm      Fm                Cm 
cover me with the endless night 
Cm   F#4                   Cm 
take away oohhh this pain of knowing 
Cm        F#4            Cm  
fill this emptiness with light now          
F#4/  Fm/               Cm/ 
eehhh this emptiness with light now