Otis Gibbs – The Darker Side Of Me chords

[Verse 1]
      E                                                              AAs we pulled out of Milwaukee I could feel my head and back begin to sway
      F#m                                                         B7After riding thirteen hours I was ready to get my feet off of the train
  E                                                    A    E  F#mReminded of what happened in Wichita, St. Paul, and Abilene
B7                                                             ESomewhere in the distance I was followed by the darker side of me


[Verse 2]
  E                                                                 AI stumbled through the city looking for a place that I could lay my head
    F#m                                                                 B7But first I needed work because it'd been a couple days since I've been fed
       E                                                            A       E  F#mOn the shores of Lake Michigan I found a spot where I could finally breathe
  B7                                                            EI slept next to the water and I dreamt about the darker side of me


[Verse 3]
       E                                                            AWhen I woke I found a fishing boat loading up it's nets to meet the day
    F#m                                                         B7The captain walked up to me and offered me a job and a place to stay
   E                                                                        A    E  F#mHe promised he'd feed me and I could sleep inside his boat when the day was done
        B7                                                             EI could feel the darkness fading as we sailed off in the early morning sun


[Verse 4]
    E                                                                 AThe next two months were filled with the longest days that I had ever seen
    F#m                                                       B7The work was never ending and I barely had the time to eat or sleep
               E                                                            A   E  F#mWe hauled four hundred pounds of salmon from the cold and frigid water everyday
      B7                                                       EAfter all my days of toiling I forgot about the darker side of me


[Verse 5]
         E                                                        AWhen the season finally ended I went and asked the captain for my pay
       F#m                                                          B7When I walked into his office, he claimed he didn't have a dime for me
   E                                                        A     E  F#mHe said I owed him money for sleeping inside his boat every night
       B7                                                                EWhen I heard the bogus charges I could feel the darkness churning deep inside


[Verse 6]
  E                                                          AI closed the door behind me and offered him a chance to come clean
    F#m                                                           B7I'm here for all my money and I'm not the type of man that walks away
   E                                                                      A    E  F#mHe laughed and spit at me and said there ain't no way in hell I'm getting paid
        B7                                                                     EBut his laughter filled with silence as I introduced him to the darker side of me


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[Verse 7]
     E                                                              AAs I pulled out of Milwaukee I could feel my head and back begin to sway
        F#m                                                           B7I'll be riding thirteen hours and I'm ready to get my feet off of the train
  E                                                          A   E  F#mReminded of what happened in Gillsburg, Flagstaff, and Milwaukee
B7                                                               ESomewhere in the distance I keep running from the darker side of me


[Tag]
      F#m                          B7                           EIf we meet inside a boxcar may you never see the darker side of me