Mick Flannery

Ive Got A Darkness

Mick Flannery


Tom: F

F  = 133211
C  = X32010
Gm = 355333
Bb = X13331
Dm = XX0231

              I'VE GOT A DARKNESS

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   My Mamas Mama,   She drank like a fish
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   She'd toast to dyin' young,   She'd get her wish
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   Mama could not deal,   So she had a son
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   Hoping he would heal,  The damage done
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   The good natured child,  Was what she called the boy
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   His whole point in life,  Was to bring her joy
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   Till one day his tears,   Took her by surprise
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   She knelt down to dry them off,  Saw her Mamas eyes

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   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   The pain you leave unfelt,  Shall pass to someone else
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   I've got a darkness

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   My Mamas Mama,  She had a Mama too
 Gm                        Bb
   She came to this country,  In her womb
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   They tell a story,  The big boat
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   They were tired and hungry,   But full of hope
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   'An they'd seen the darkside,  The great war
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   They'd escaped with their lives,  But not much more
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   An' for their unborn baby,   They'd pray to God
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   For us it's too late,   But for her it's not

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   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   The pain you leave unfelt,  Shall pass to someone else
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   I've got a darkness

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   I go back in my mind,  To my boyhood home
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   The good natured child,   When he was alone
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   A tree there,    To which I used to pray
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   That God is dead to me now,  But the prayer remains
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   Let me feel what I feel,  Let me feel it now
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   Be it good or evil,   Let it all come out
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   So my tired Mama,  She may rest in peace
 Gm                      Bb
   And my unborn children,  May be born free

 F               C      Dm        Bb
   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   I've got a darkness,   Help me see in the light
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   The pain you leave unfelt,  Shall pass to someone else
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   I've got a darkness,   I've got a darkness