Dark Days

Mike Love

Chords

# Mike combines strumming and picking depending on the part of the song

# Verse Chord progression
# Chord 1 Chord 2 Chord 3 Chord 4  F#m-5
  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  
  E|-0-|  E|-4-|  E|-4-|  E|-2-|  E|-2-|
  C|-8-|  C|-4-|  C|-4-|  C|-1-|  C|-0-|
  G|-6-|  G|-5-|  G|-4-|  G|-3-|  G|-2-|

# Chord 2 is played as follows during the verse
A|---0--------0-----------------|
E|---4-----------4-------4------|
C|---4---4-----------6-------4--|
G|-5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5----|



# Chorus Chord progression
# Chord 5  G#m     C#m    Chord 6  A       Am
  A|-7-|  A|-6-|  A|-4-|  A|-2-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  
  E|-0-|  E|-7-|  E|-4-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|
  C|-8-|  C|-8-|  C|-4-|  C|-3-|  C|-1-|  C|-0-|
  G|-9-|  G|-8-|  G|-1-|  G|-4-|  G|-2-|  G|-2-|

# "Bridge" Chord progression
# Chord 6 Chord 7 Chord 8 Chord 9  F#m-5  Chord 10
  A|-2-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|  A|-0-|
  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-7-|
  C|-3-|  C|-4-|  C|-4-|  C|-4-|  C|-4-|  C|-6-|
  G|-4-|  G|-6-|  G|-7-|  G|-6-|  G|-5-|  G|-8-|

# Turnaround Chord progression
# Chord 5  G#m    Chord 11
  A|-7-|  A|-6-|  A|-5-|
  E|-0-|  E|-7-|  E|-6-|
  C|-8-|  C|-8-|  C|-7-|
  G|-9-|  G|-8-|  G|-0-|

Intro

A|---0-------0------------------||---0--------0-----------------|
E|---0-----------0-------0------||---4-----------4-------4------|
C|---8---8-----------8-------8--||---4---4-----------6-------4--|
G|-6-6-6---6---6---6---6---6----||-5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5----|

A|---0--------0--------------------||---0-----------||---0---------|
E|---4-----------4---4p0h2---------||---2---4p2-----||---2---4p2p0-|
C|---4---4-----------------4---4---||---1---------1-||---0---------|
G|-4-4-4---4---4---4-----4---4-----||-3-3-3-----3---||-2-2-2-------|



Verse
Chord 1
Dark days ahead
Chord 2
Chord 3
But here’s a ray of light to guide you
Chord 4       Chord 5
I will always be beside you
Chord 1
You will lose your head
Chord 2
Chord 3
Forget and let the darkness blind you
Chord 4       Chord 5
I will be there to remind you

Chorus
Chord 5       G#m
Cause I’ll be around
           C#m    Chord 6
I’ll stick around
                A                             Am
Through all the clouds and the sounds and the towns that will pass us by
Chord 4       Chord 5
So baby don't cry
             C#m Chord 6
Please don't cry
        A            Am
Cause I know it’s so hard to say it

"Bridge"
Chord 6                         Chord 7 Chord 8 Chord 7 Chord 9  F#m-5
Cause when the road is calling, I       will  dream     of       you
Chord 6                        Chord 7 Chord 8 Chord 7  Chord 9  F#m-5
And when the night is falling, I       will    call     on       you
Chord 6                    Chord 7                     Chord 10
And when the road it never ends I lie here with and pretend

Turnaround
Chord 5  G#m  Chord 5
Ooooh
Chord 11
I’m home, home again

Instrumental part
A|---0-------0------------------||---0--------0-----------------|
E|---0-----------0-------0------||---4-----------4-------4------|
C|---8---8-----------8-------8--||---4---4-----------6-------4--|
G|-6-6-6---6---6---6---6---6----||-5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5----|

A|---0--------0--------------------||---0-----------||---0---------|
E|---4-----------4---4p0h2---------||---2---4p2-----||---2---4p2p0-|
C|---4---4-----------------4---4---||---1---------1-||---0---------|
G|-4-4-4---4---4---4-----4---4-----||-3-3-3-----3---||-2-2-2-------|

Chorus
May the road rise to meet you
And prominence greet you and hope the best is yet to come and when this world is overrun
I’ll be in your pocket, the picture in your locket
Will be this smiling face of mine forever till the end of time and sound

Chorus
Cause I’ll be around
I’ll stick around
Ohh

"Bridge"
Cause nevertheless I come to confess that I was oppressed from the moment I met you
I was depressed, I was stressed, I was a mess and then you came and helped me reclaim my name and start anew
And even if it was to realise all my dreams
It would probably be it’ll be to fall apart at the seams, all my schemes would undo
All my strings will detune, melodies would be blue, cause here’s the truth
I’m lost without you

Turnaround
Oh

Verse
Dark days ahead
But here’s a ray of light to guide you
I will always be beside you
You lose your head
Give up your hopes and give up your dreams
Give up our life but don't you give up on me

Chorus
But so easily, im gonna be
Like a tree that was planted by the rivers of living water
Lalalala
Ohhh

Chorus
When the lights are dim, they’re closing in
I’ll seal the shield surrounding you
And when the seas are rough and you’ve had enough
I’ll keep the deep from drowning you
Da da da da 
Oh this life can lift you up and bring you down,
And bend your crown, I’ll mend it for you
But don’t be afraid to make mistakes
If your heart breaks, I’ll fix it for you
Oooh

Verse
Dark days ahead
But here’s a ray of light to guide you
I will always be beside you
If you lose your head
Forget and let the darkness blind you,
I will be there to remind you

Chorus
Cause I’ll be around
I’ll stick around
Through all the clouds and the sounds and the towns that will pass us by
So baby don't cry
Please don't cry
Cause I know its so hard to say it