The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
Ralph Stanley
| | D | G |
| The | sun is slowly | sinkin’ |
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| The | day is | almost | gone |
| | D | G |
| Still | darkness falls a | round us |
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| And | we must | journey | on |
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| The | darkest hour is | just before dawn |
| | A |
| The narrow way leads | home |
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| Lay | down your soul at | Jesus’ | feet |
| | A | D |
| The darkest hour is | just before | dawn |
| | D | G |
| Like a | shepherd out on the | mountain |
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| A | watchin’ the | sheep down | below |
| | D | G |
| He’s | coming back to | claim us |
| | D | A | D |
| Will | you be | ready to | go |
| | G | D |
| The | darkest hour is | just before dawn |
| | A |
| The narrow way leads | home |
| | D | G | D |
| Lay | down your soul at | Jesus’ | feet |
| | A | D |
| The darkest hour is | just before | dawn |
| | A | D |
| The darkest hour is | just before | dawn |