Intro: Dm Am F G (4x)Verso 1:
Dm F Most of us will never know C G/B How dark this world can seem Dm Bb C When life becomes more nightmare than a dream Dm F So to all of you who have survived C G/B A visit to the edge Bb Gm C I trust that you will understand this pledgeBb C I promise I will always leave F G The darkness for the light Bb/D C/E I swear by all that's holy F G I will not give up the fight Bb Gm I'll drink down death like water C Before I ever come again Dm Bb To that dark place where I might make C The choice for life to endInterlude: Dm Am F G Dm Am F/A G/BVerso 2:
Dm F I've found that as I traveled C G/B Through the inscape of my life Dm Bb C That mountaintops make valleys in between Dm F And when that nameless sadness C G/B Like a cloud comes over me Bb Gm C I look back on all the brightness I have seenBb C I promise I will always leave F G The darkness for the light Bb/D C/E I swear by all that's holy F G I will not give up the fight Bb Gm I'll drink down death like water C Before I ever come again Dm Bb To that dark place where I might make C The choice for life to endPonte:
Am And realize that though my world Em Might seem so torn apart Bb Gm Most often it is joy that breaks the heart Am And that I am the richest man Em Though I must beg for bread Bb For the very One who might condemn Gm C Has called me friend insteadBb C I promise I will always leave F G The darkness for the light Bb/D C/E I swear by all that's holy F G I will not give up the fight Bb Gm I'll drink down death like water C Before I ever come again Dm Bb To that dark place where I might make C The choice for life to endOutro: Dm Dm I will always leave the darkness for the light Dm Am F G Dm Am F G Dm Am F G I will not give up the fight Dm Am F G (Fade out)