Darkness Within chords by Machine Head

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Am               E
Here in this darkness that I lay
              Em
Depression heavy in its way
              F6
And how my body aches to leave
       E      Am
And sing its final eulogy
              E
My sons I love you evermore
                   Em
And though the road beckons once more
                F6
I see the damage that I've done
        E
And search for redemption
   Am
But I am just a broken man
   E
Whose soul cries out to understand
Em
How the madness shatters me
 F6        E
Upon the stage on bended knee
    Am
I scream aloud at skies above
   E
That answer mute, bereft in love
 Em
I struggle not to fall from grace
 F6        E       F
I sing the hymns of my disgrace

Chorus:
       Asus4       Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
       C      F
Establish monuments to attain
       Asus4           E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
                  Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within


Verse 2:
Am            E
Mystery's forgotten chords
                 Em
I strum in vain to please the lord
              F6
But he has never answered me
         E      Am
And faith has waned eternally
              E
In empty men who pass along
                Em
The woes of all religions wrong
                 F6
And now the shadowed veil it falls
       E
Heed the clarion call
    Am
So pray to music build a shrine
E
Worship in these desperate times
Em
Fill your heart with every note
F6       E
Cherish it and cast afloat
      Am
Because God is in these clef and tone
E
Salvation is found alone
Em
Haunted by its melody
F6       E                  F
Music, it will set you free (let it set you free)


Chorus:
       Asus4       Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
       C      F
Establish monuments to attain
       Asus4           E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
                  Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within


Bridge:
Am    E    Em    E    Am
Do Do Do
Am    E    Em    E    Am
Do Do Do
Am    E    Em    E    Am    F
Do Do Do


Chorus:
       Asus4       Am
We build cathedrals to our pain
       C      F
Establish monuments to attain
       Asus4           E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins
                  F
Lest we drown in the darkness within

       Asus4       Am
We build cathedrals to our pain (WOAH...!!!)
       C       F
Establish monuments to attain (WOAH...!!!)
       Asus4           E
Freedom from all of the scars and the sins (WOAH...!!!)
                 Am
Lest we drown in the darkness within (WOAH...!!!)


Outro:
Am    E    Em    E    Am
Do Do Do
Am    E    Em    E    Am
Do Do Do
Am    E    Em    E    Am
Do Do Do