Tuning: E A D G B E

By The Time It Gets Dark - by Mary Black [Intro] G D/F# Em F#m G A D X2 [Verse 1]

Baby, every ^Gcloud has a silver lin^D/F#ing Baby, every ^Emdog rea^F#mlly ^G ^Ahas ^Dhis day And it m^Gatters to me to see you s^D/F#miling Why don't we ^Emblow all ^F#myour ^Gcares ^Aawa^Dy?

[Verse 2]

Yesterday is ^G9/Agone and will be for^D/Agotten And today is ^Emwhere eve^F#mry ^Gnew ^Aday ^Dstarts Got to be ^G9/Efree ^G9/F#as the ^G9leaves in ^D/F#autumn You may be ^Emsad, but it ^F#mwill ^Gne^Aver ^Dlast

[Chorus]

^DMaybe ^A/D By the evening we'll be ^G/Dlaughing ^D Just wait and ^Dsee all the changes there'll ^A/Dbe By the ^Gtime it gets ^Ddark ^D

[Link] G D/F# Em F#m G A D G/A D/A Em F#m G A D [Verse 3]

We could go ^Gwalking out in the ^D/F#sunshine Look at all the ^Empeople ^F#mout ^Gin ^Athe ^Dstreet Hurrying a^Gway to a business lu^D/F#ncheon Waiting for a ^Emtaxi ^F#mfor ^Gach^Aing ^Dfeet

[Verse 4]

Light up your ^G9/Aface, baby, let's get ^D/Agoing Want to see a ^Emchange in ^F#mthose ^Gwea^Ary ^Deyes We'll have some ^G9/Afun, take a boat out ^D/Arowing Why on earth should ^Emlife be ^F#mso ^Gse^Ari^Dous?

[Chorus]

^DMaybe ^A/D By the evening we'll be ^G/Dlaughing ^D Just wait and ^Dsee all the changes there'll ^A/Dbe By the ^Gtime it gets ^Ddark ^D

[Chorus]

^DMaybe ^A/D By the evening we'll be ^G/Dlaughing ^D Just wait and ^Dsee all the changes there'll ^A/Dbe By the ^Gtime it gets ^Ddark ^A ^G ^D ^A By the ^Gtime it gets ^Ddark ^A ^G ^D ^A By the ^Gtime it gets ^Ddark ^A ^G ^D ^A

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Mary Black - By the time it gets dark