Through the dark restrung Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Dm]
[Am][G]
[Dm]

[Verse 1]
The very day you were [Am]born
Your light shone bold in the dark
[G]The doctor said you had
a hole in your heart
I just knew [Dm]you were making room
for a whole lotta heart
I loved you from the day
until your soul will depart
[Am]You took your first breath upon my chest
[G]Built you a good nest before I l[Dm]eft
It wasn't that I never loved your mother
But two happy homes are better
than one that [Am]suffered

[Verse 2]
Every regret in this life that [G]I made
Have been tempered by the strength
in your eyes everyday
[Dm]I know you never said that
you'd like me to stay
Still I'm sorry I neglected
you while I was away
[Am]You were eight when
we headed to casualty
And [G]no child should face their
death or mortality
[Dm]You taught me patience,
strength and morality
And I'd burden this weight
instead of you happily

[Verse 3]
That [Am]night
You asked would you die
from your sickness
And [G]why it hadn't chosen
your life out of millions
[Dm]You filled me with the pride
I was missing
'Cause grown men cry that lack
your type of resilience
[Am]Only when it's dark are the
stars so bright
For your [G]fight,
you gon' harbour these scars for life
But you [Dm]a brave little soul,
came in the cold
Like a fighter,
hope you find the same flame [G]when [Am]you're old

[Verse 4]
Fall [G]asleep and lay with me
[Dm]We'll search the night
for shooting [Am]stars
If they can't [G]take away your pain
[Dm]I'll take your hand,
walk [G]through the [Am]dark
The dark
Through the dark
[F]

[Verse 5]
I wrote [Am]this while you slept
in a hospital bed
Know [G]this,
your breath at the cost of my breath
I'd fore[Dm]go this life,
let you honour my death
If you could know what it's
like to live long and regret
So you could [Am]fight, you could shove,
you could bleed and hurt
You could [G]die, you could love,
learn your creed or worth
Earn your [Dm]stripes, act dumb,
cut your teeth or worse
Or take a wife to become your sky,
[F]sea and earth

[Verse 6]
But if [Am]these are things that you never see
With no [G]god,
just me here to set you free
And most [Dm]others won't understand
the hell in which you been in
'Til they're wrestling with a demon
But take [Am]heart, to be brave,
we first need fear
The same [G]heart that's seen pain, yet
persevered will serve [Dm]you
I know this world is of course
unfair and hurt you
But these virtues are [F]your's to bear
[G]I

[Verse 7]
[Am]named you lionheart
at the day you're born
[G]They say the night is darkest
before the dawn
[Dm]I'll take your hand upon this path
if you can light a spark then
We can find some calm in
a raging [Am]storm
Ain't nothing left to scare you, see
So we can [G]live life and cherish
every breath we breathe
And no [Dm]matter where you go,
know I'll never leave
'Cause even when we're
gone we're living in a memory
[G]So live [Am]on

[Verse 8]
Fall [G]asleep and lay with me
[Dm]We'll search the night for
[C]shooting [Am]stars
If they can't [G]take away your pain
[Dm]I'll take your hand,
walk [G]through the [Am]dark

[Verse 9]
Fall asleep [G]and lay with me
[Dm]We'll search the night for
[C]shooting [G]stars[Am]
If they can't [G]take away your pain
[Dm]I'll take your hand,
walk [G]through the [Am]dark
The [C]dark

[Interlude 1]
Through the dark
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[Am][Dm]
[F]
[E]I'm

[Verse 10]
[Am]sorry that I can't take
your pain or answer why
[Dm]We'll lay awake through darker skys
I [F]say your name, you [Am]cast a light
You're a flame on a starless night
And I didn't know I was lost
'till you [Dm]found me
Didn't know I was locked
here without key[F]s
But we can walk [Am]across
all these boundaries
You and me, nothing here to
stop you, you're now free
So I wrote this to give [Dm]you hope For every

[Verse 11]
good thing in life
you live to know
They say [F]cancer survivors
are [G]gifted [E]though
Let [Am]me know if that isn't so