In The Dark Places Chords

KeyAm Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays388

In The Dark Places by PJ Harvey is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords Am, Em, F, C/G, G and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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16
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Intro: Am Em
 
Verse 1: 

Am     Em     Am   Em 
    We got up early 

F            C/G G 
  Washed our faces 

Am Em        Am  Em     F 
      Walked the fields 

           C/G G 
And put up crosses 

Am Em Am     Em       F 
      Passed through 

           C/G  G 
The damned mountains 

pre-chorus 1 

Am Em   Am Em 
   Went hellwards 

Am Em         Am       Em 
   And some of us returned 

Am Em         Am      Em 
   And some of us did not 


Verse 1: same as verse 1 
In the fields and in the forests 
Under the moon and under the sun 
Another summer has passed before us 

Pre-chorus 2: same as (pre-chorus 1) 
And not one man has 
And not one woman has 
Revealed the secrets 
Of this world 


C/G Am 
C/G G Dm Am 

 

               C/G 
So our young men 
             G 
Hid with guns 
            Dm 
In the dirt 
                      Am 
And in the dark places 


same as the others pre-chorus 
And not one man has 
And not one woman has 
Revealed the secrets 
Of this world 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante