This Long Night (Dancing with the Dark) chords by Janis Ian

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Verse 1
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 (G major) Take  (E minor) these  (G major) burdens from my heart
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Lay them  (E minor) down beside the sea
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They are  (C major) tearing me apart
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Let them  (D major) drift away from me
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Take this sor (G major) row from my soul
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I hath  (E minor) prayed to find some rest
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It's  (C major) a weight I  (E minor) cannot  (C major) hold
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It lays  (D major) heavy on my breast
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This  (C major) long  (D major) night  (E minor) cannot  (C major)  (D major) last forever
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This  (G major)  (C major) long  (D major) night,  (E minor) sorrow  (C major) 
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 (E minor) shields the stars  (D major) 
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Give  (C major) me  (D major) light,  (E minor) illu (C major) minate the  (E minor) darkness in my heart,
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 (D major) dancing with  (E minor) the dark,
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dancing  (C major) with  (E minor) the dark.  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) Take these tears  (G major) that blind my eyes
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I have  (E minor) lived too long in shadows
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Unbind  (C major) these  (E minor) shuttered  (C major) skies
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My  (E minor) horizons  (D major) are too narrow
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Take my wear (G major) iness and sorrow
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Take the  (E minor) troubles I've borrowed
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They will all  (C major) be  (E minor) here
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 (C major) tomorrow  (Csus2)  (D major) 
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This  (C major)  (D major) long  (E minor) night cannot
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 (C major) last  (D major) forever
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 (G major) This  (C major) long  (D major)  (E minor) night sor
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row  (C major) shields  (E minor)  (D major) the stars
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Give me  (C major)  (D major) light,
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 (E minor) illu (C major) minate  (E minor) the secrets of  (D major) my heart
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I'm dancing with the  (E minor) dark
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 (C major) I'm dancing with the  (G major) dark  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) you