Key: G
Introduction:
G C
Now they're still racing out at the trestles
G C
But that blood it never burned in her veins
G
Now I hear she's got a house up in Fairview
G C
And a style she's trying to maintain
G C
Well if she wants to see me
G C G Em
You can tell her that I'm easily found
G C G
Tell her there's a spot out beneath Abram's Bridge
D C
And tell her there's a darkness on the edge of town
D C G D
There's a darkness on the edge of town
G C
Now everybody's got a secret Sonny
G C
Just something that they just can't face
G C
Some folks they spend their whole lives trying to keep it
G C
They carry it with them every step that they take
G C G
Till someday they just cut it loose
C G Em
Cut it loose or let it drag 'em down
G C G C Em
Where no one asks any questions or looks too long in your face
D C
In the darkness on the edge of town
D C G D
In the darkness on the edge of town
G C
Now some folks are born into a good life
G C
Other folks they get it anyway anyhow
G C
Well me, I lost my money and I lost my wife
G C
Those things don't matter much to me now
G C G C
'Cause tonight I'll be on that hill 'cause I can't stop
G C G Em
I'll be on that hill with everything I got
G C G C
Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost
G C G C
I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost
G C G Em
For wanting things that can only be found
D C
In the darkness on the edge of town
D C G D
In the darkness on the edge of town