Artist: Metal Church
Album: The Dark
Song: The Dark
Tuning: Standard
Intro
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Verse 1
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Its way past midnight, there's a howling wind…oh God what can it be?
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Something out there evil and its coming straight for me
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The house is dark and very cold; I know there's no one here
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Why am I scared to death, just petrified with fear?
Chorus
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'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the house
'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the dark
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The dark
Verse 2
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When I opened up the door and snapped on the switch the room was filled with light
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Then something black and very fast, fled upon my sight
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What I feared most as a child was the coming of the night
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Now my horrors have become quite real, my nightmares breathe new life
Chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/metal_church/the_dark_btab.html ]
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'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the house
'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the dark…DARK
Instrumental Section
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Verse 3
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What is it in the house that the darkness brings to life?
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I sense their eyes upon me as I grab a butcher knife
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Whatever it is that waits for me it hides beneath my bed
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And if I try to sleep tonight by morning I'll be dead!
Chorus (Repeat twice)
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'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the house
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Yes, I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the dark
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The dark…dark
Chorus (Repeat twice)
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'Cause I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the house
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Yes, I'm shakin' and I'm thinkin' of something evil lurking
And waiting for me in the dark
