The Dreadful Hours

[Intro] C#m  A  F#m
        A  G#  F#m
        C#m  A  F#m
        Bm  D  C#  A

Bm           D     C#       A
Mother will you take me down?
Bm        D   C#       A
I have become so afraid
Bm             D     C#           A
Mother please, please take me down
Bm           D     C#       A
Sorry, your boy is not brave
C#m A F#m            C#m A F#m
Child just hold on  Night will soon be gone
C#m A F#m          C#m A     F#m                 C#m  A  F#m  C#
Sleep if you can  But watch your father's hand

( C#  D )

F#m       E        C#  D  F#m     E      C#  D
We do not want you     No-body loves you
F#m       E        C# D F#m       E           C#  D
Father of the dark     Tonight will greet you
F#m       E   C# D F#m       E    C#  D
God in heaven,    can you hear me
F#m       E    C# D F#m           E      C#  D
Help me Oh Lord    They're coming for me
F#m     E       C# D F#m     E       C#  D
Mother warned me    Father scorned me
F#m     E    C# D F#m     E
Oh my God No     Now I hear him

( C#  C  D )

F#m A     C#m Fm  A     C#m F#m
I claim your life on this night
A    C#m Fm  A       C#m F#m
Within sight of your own God
 A                            C#m Fm
The silence, the waiting then the pain
 A                       C#m F#m
Oh child, sleep will be here soon
 A                      C#m  Fm
Your life has only ever been shame
 A                       C#m  F#m
And so young boy, my hand brings doom

( A  C#m  Fm  A  C#m  F#m )
( C#m  A  F#  C#m )

A      F#             C#m  A  F#
Child, won't you awake       Father has gone
A      F#               C#m  A  F#
Child, please come awake        Please my tiny son