Verse 1
[G]
I thought it was the stranger
[C] [G]
I thought it was the night
[D] [C]
I thought it was my brother
[D] [G]
who was holding the knife
[C] [D]
I thought it was the future
[G] [C]
Ain't it always the past
[G]
You can't run from you shun but you'll
[C]
Never overcome even
[Em] [D]
If you give it all you have
Chorus
[C] [G]
'Cause there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [G] [D]
No there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [D]
Said there's nothing quite as dark
[G]
As the devil in me
Verse 2
[G]
I thought it was my mother
[C] [G]
Or my daddy's trigger hand
[D] [C]
Or God forbid my lover
[D] [G]
The slow strangle of a wedding band
[C] [D]
I always blame the other
[G] [C]
My eyes they look outside
[G]
To find another to smother
[C]
Or to run for cover
[Em] [D]
Escaping what I can't make right
Chorus
[C] [G]
Cause there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [G] [D]
No there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [D]
Said there's nothing quite as dark
[G]
As the devil in me
Instrumental
[C] [G] [C] [D]
Verse 3
[G]
I found my way to the altar
[C] [G]
Sat down in a cold pew
[D] [C]
I try walk a line but I falter
[G]
I need somehow to be rene
Chorus
[C] [G]
'Cause there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [G] [D]
No there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [D]
Said there's nothing quite as dark
[G]
As the devil in me
Chorus
[C] [G]
'Cause there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [G] [D]
No there's nothing quite as dark
[C] [D]
Said there's nothing quite as dark
[G]
As the devil in me
[C]
