The Edge

Intro: Dm   Am   F   G (4x) 


Dm               F 
Most of us will never know 
     C                    G/B 
How dark this world can seem 
      Dm                 Bb                 C 
When life becomes more nightmare than a dream 
      Dm                F 
So to all of you who have survived 
    C            G/B 
A visit to the edge 
   Bb                   Gm              C 
I trust that you will understand this pledge 


    Bb             C 
I promise I will always leave 
      F                  G 
The darkness for the light 
  Bb/D                C/E 
I swear by all that's holy 
        F                  G 
I will not give up the fight 
      Bb                    Gm 
I'll drink down death like water 
          C 
Before I ever come again 
         Dm                 Bb 
To that dark place where I might make 
      C 
The choice for life to end 


Interlude:

Dm   Am   F   G 

Dm   Am   F/A   G/B 



      Dm               F 
I've found that as I traveled 
              C             G/B 
Through the inscape of my life 
       Dm                Bb             C 
That mountaintops make valleys in between 
     Dm                  F 
And when that nameless sadness 
         C               G/B 
Like a cloud comes over me 
        Bb               Gm               C 
I look back on all the brightness I have seen 



    Bb             C 
I promise I will always leave 
      F                 G 
The darkness for the light 
  Bb/D                C/E 
I swear by all that's holy 
        F                 G 
I will not give up the fight 
      Bb                    Gm 
I'll drink down death like water 
          C 
Before I ever come again 
         Dm                 Bb 
To that dark place where I might make 
      C 
The choice for life to end 



      Am 
And realize that though my world 
       Em 
Might seem so torn apart 
      Bb                                Gm 
Most often it is joy that breaks the heart 
     Am 
And that I am the richest man 
       Em 
Though I must beg for bread 
         Bb 
For the very One who might condemn 
      Gm                 C 
Has called me friend instead 



    Bb             C 
I promise I will always leave 
      F                 G 
The darkness for the light 
  Bb/D                C/E 
I swear by all that's holy 
        F                 G 
I will not give up the fight 
      Bb                    Gm 
I'll drink down death like water 
          C 
Before I ever come again 
         Dm                 Bb 
To that dark place where I might make 
      C 
The choice for life to end 


Outro: 
Dm 

Dm 
  I will always leave the darkness for the light 

Dm   Am   F   G 

Dm   Am   F 
        G                  Dm   Am   F   G 
I will not give up the fight 

Dm   Am   F   G 

(Fade out)