i see darkness
by:   Johnny Cash
album:  American III: Solitary Man


INTRO:

Bflat, F, Bflat, F, F

FIRST VERSE:

Dm        F
Well, you're my friend
Bflat                 F
And can you see
Dm
Many times we've been out drinking
Dm                        Bflat
Many times we've shared our thoughts
Dm                                        Bflat
Did you ever, ever notice, the kind of thoughts I got
Am             Dm                      Bflat
Well you know I have a love, for everyone I know
Am             Dm                 Bflat
And you know I have a drive, for life I won't let go
Dm                            Bflat
But sometimes this opposition, comes rising up in me
Dm                            Bflat
This terrible imposition, comes blacking through my mind

CHORUS:

Bflat               F
And then I see a darkness
          Bflat
Oh no, I see a darkness
               F
Do you know how much I love you
               Bflat
Cause I'm hoping some day soon
               F
You'll save me from this darkness

SECOND VERSE:

Dm
Well I hope that someday soon
Dm             F
We'll find peace in our lives
          Dm
Together or apart
           F
Alone or with our wives
                  Dm
And we can stop our whoring
               Bflat
And draw the smiles inside
          F
And light it up forever
          Am
And never go to sleep
          C
My best unbeaten brother
               Am   Bflat
That isn't all I see

CHORUS:

Bflat               F
And then I see a darkness
          Bflat
Oh no, I see a darkness
               F
Do you know how much I love you
               Bflat
Cause I'm hoping some day soon
               F
You'll save me from this darkness