Intro: e|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-1-----0-0----------------------| B|-1-----1-1---------------1---1--|-3-----1-1----------------------| G|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-3-----2-2----------------------| D|-3-----2-2---------------3---2--|-3-----2-2----------------------| A|-3-----3-3---------------3---3--|-1-----0-0----------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| e|-3-----------------------0---3--|-1------------------------------| B|-0-----------------------1---0--|-1------------------------------| G|-0-----------------------2---0--|-2------------------------------| D|-0-----------------------2---0--|-3-------------------------0-2-3- A|-x-----------------------0---x--|-3-------------------0-1-3------| E|-3---------------------------3--|-1---------------1-3------------| e|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-1-----0-0----------------------| B|-1-----1-1---------------1---1--|-3-----1-1----------------------| G|-0-----0-0---------------0---0--|-3-----2-2----------------------| D|-3-----2-2---------------3---2--|-3-----2-2----------------------| A|-3-----3-3---------------3---3--|-1-----0-0----------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|-3-----------------------0---3--|-1------------------------------| B|-0-----------------------1---0--|-1------------------------------| G|-0-----------------------2---0--|-2------------------------------| D|-0-----------------------2---0--|-3------------------------------| A|-x-----------------------0---x--|-3------------------------------| E|-3---------------------------3--|-1------------------------------| Verse: ( strum freely, this is just a rough guide... ) " Dark - ness, you are my Priestess... " e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------| B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------| G|-0-------0-------0-------0---0--|-2-------2-----0-0---0---0------| D|-0-------2-------2-------2-3----|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| " Dark - ness, you are my pride... " e|-0-------0-----0-0-------0------|-1-------1-------1---1-1-1------| B|-1-------1-----1-1-------1------|-1-------1-------1---1-1-1------| G|-0-------0-----0-0-------0---0--|-2-------2-------0---0-0-0------| D|-0-------2-----2-2-------2-3----|-3-------3-------3---3-3-3------| A|-3-------3-----3-3-------3------|-3-------3-------3---3-3-3------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| " My Knight in shining armour, Disarmer of every tide... that... " e|-0-------0-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------| B|-1-------1-------0-------0------|-1-------1-------3-------3------| G|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| D|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------0-------0------| A|-0-------0-------x-------x------|-3-------3----------------------| E|-----------------3-------3------|-1-------1----------------------| " swept the beaches clean of starfish, a death-wish to my kind... " e|-0-------0-------3-------3------|-1-------1-------1-------1------| B|-1-------1-------0-------0------|-1-------1-------3-------3------| G|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| D|-2-------2-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------0-------0------| A|-0-------0-------x-------x------|-3-------3----------------------| E|-----------------3-------3------|-1-------1----------------------| " Helpless, heedless, selfish, needless to say, it's no surprise, you're... " e|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------| B|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------| G|-0-------0-------2-------2------|-0---0---0---0---0-------0------| D|-2-------2-------3-------3------|-0---0---0---0---0-------0------| A|-2-------2-------3-------3------|-x---x---x---x---x-------x------| E|-0-------0-------1-------1------|-3---3---3---3---3-------3------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| " with me most every night... you're... " e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------| E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| " with me most every night... " e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------| E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| Instrumental section: e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------| e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------| B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0------| A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|-1-------1-------1-------1------| B|-1-------1-------1-------1------| G|-2-------2-------2-------2------| D|-3-------3-------3-------3------| A|-3-------3-------3-------3------| E|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1------| Repeat verse, more or less the same: Darkness, you are my true love Darkness, you are my bride My consummated passion, no fashionable disguise A sleeping kiss and my demon twin lays dreaming by my side Screaming, grinning, Beating pinioned wings against the skies... " I sail with you most every night... " e|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| B|-1-------1-------1-------1------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| G|-0-------0-------0-------0------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| D|-3-------2-------0-------2------|-0-------0-------0-------0------| A|-3-------3-------3-------3------|-x-------x-------x-------x------| E|--------------------------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| " I know the truth, the secrets of a soul, I know, I know, but no-one... " e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------| 2 " listens no, no-one hears... " e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------| B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-0-------0-----0-0---0---0------| A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| "I've seen the light, the poets bright and distant mirror, they are... " e|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| B|-2-------2-------2-------2------|-2-------2-------2-------2------| G|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| D|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| A|-4-------4-------4-------4------|-4-------4-------4-------4------| E|-2---2---2-----2-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2------| " searching there I have seen them there, and they are... " e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------| A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------| E|--------------------------------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| " searching there for I have travelled there and they are... " e|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| B|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| G|-1-------1-----1-1---1---1------|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| D|-3-------3-----3-3---3---3------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------| A|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------|-4-------4-----4-4---4---4------| E|--------------------------------|-2-------2-----2-2---2---2------| " searching there for a home... " e|-1-------1-------1--------------|-1-------1-------1-------1------| B|-2-------2-------2--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| G|-1-------1-------1--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| D|-3-------3-------3--------------|-3-------3-------3-------3------| A|-4-------4-------4--------------|-1-------1-------1-------1------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|-1-------1-------1--------------|--------------------------------| B|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------| G|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------| D|-3-------3-------3--------------|--------------------------------| A|-1-------1-------1--------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Words & Music by Bill Nelson