Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn Chords
Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn by Emmylou Harris and Ricky Skaggs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7, Dm7, Cm7, Bb and C7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C F C G7 C
C F
The sun is slowly sinking
C G7 C
The day is almost gone
C F
Still darkness falls around us
C G7 C
And we must journey on
F C
The darkest hour is just before dawn
C G7
The narrow way leads home
C F C
Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet
C G7 C
The darkest hour is just before dawn
Instrumental break
C F C G7 Dm7 Cm7 F Dm7 Cm7 F Bb Cm7
F Bb
Like a shepherd out on the mountain
F C7 F
A watching the sheep down below
F Bb
He's coming back to claim us
F C7 F
Will you be ready to go
Bb F
The darkest hour is just before dawn
F C7
The narrow way leads home
F Bb F
Lay down your soul at Jesus' feet
F C7 F
The darkest hour is just before dawn
Bb C7 F
The darkest hour is just before dawn