Darkest Hour

[Intro] Em  B4  Em  C  Am

Em
 We buried our sons
    C7M
We turned and fled
Em
 No growing old
      C7M
The glorious dead
Em
 But we came back
        C7M
Because one man said
Em
 Now on the beaches
      C7M
The blood runs red

Em
 I faced them down
    C7M
The only one
Em
 I stood alone
     C7M
And warned the day would come
Em
 But they were wrong
   C7M
Appeases every one
Em
 And not for the last time
 C7M
We all stand alone

C9                      Em
 I watch the sun move away
         D9
As I embrace the night
         C9
And my black dog has its day
                               D   Em
For six long yеars, you shall not pass
           D9
Barbarians at the gates
        C9       D
We will ovеrcome

Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                C9   D  C9
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
        D    Em
The darkest hour

Em                         C7M
 To blaze in glory like a dying sun
Em
One last burning giant
      C7M
Till Jupiter moves on
Am                            Em
 Turn the ploughshares into swords
            G        D
You sons of Albion awake
             C9         D
Defend this sacred land

Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                C9  D  C9
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
        D    Em
The darkest hour

[Solo]

Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                C
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
Em        C
 Here I stand
      G            Bm
In a serenade of glory
Em               C       G     Bm
 Naked by the throne of kings
Em              D
 You sowed the wind
     A/C#                    C
And now you reaped the whirlwind
Em           D                C9   D  C9  D
 Before the dawn the darkest hour
C9                       D    Em
 Before the dawn the darkest hour