These Desperate Hours Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[A]The [E]time [Am]is[E][Am][A]
[Am]midnight,
the place [A]is crowded,
[Am]the girl is missing
and mister that's [Bdim]doom.[E]
That's why [A]night af[Am]ter n[Dm]ight,
I keep try[F#dim]ing to fight[Fdim]
[Bb]off the [Bdim]gloom.[E]
Des[Am]perate hours
The rain has fallen,
[A]the str[Am]eet's des[Bdim]erted
[Edim]The blue[Bb]s are [Am]dragging
me [Dm]back to my room
[Bdim]An d I c[E]limb every stair
[Am]with[Dm] a heart that'[G]s
[C]as bare as a [Bdim]tomb[E]
Des[Am]perate hours
Oh [Em]Lord, [E]help me
[A]Where [Am]is s[E]he[A][Am]
[E]Why'd she set me [A]free
When I don't [E]want [A]to be
Can[F#m]'t she see I n[B]eed her[F#dim]
so [Bdim]desperately[G]
Desper[E]ately
[Dm]The sky may [Am]clear up,
the [Bm]day may cheer [Bdim]up,
[E]and yet I [Am]know there'll [Dm]be
darkness at [G]noon.[Em]
[E]For as long as she's gon[A]e,
I'll [Dm]go on[G] in a wo[C]rld ou[Bdim]t of tune.
[E]Every [Am]day, [C]every [G]way,
[Bdim]evermore[E],[Bb]
[Am]twen[Bdim]ty -four desperat[E]e hours[Dm],
[Am][A][E][Am]
desperate [E]hours, [Am]desperate

[Outro 1]
But I won't
[E][G][Bdim][Fdim][E][A]