Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn, The

Written by Ralph Stanley

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Chorus

    F            C
The darkest hour is just before dawn
    C          G7
The narrow way leads home
    C              F  C
Lay down your soul at Jesus’ feet
    F            C
The darkest hour is just before dawn

Verse 1

    C      F
The sun is slowly sinking
    C   G7 C
The day is almost gone
      C        F
Still darkness falls around us
    C  G7   C
And we must journey on

Verse 2

     C                 F
Like a shepherd out on the mountain
  C        G7        C
A watching the sheep down below
     C           F
He’s coming back to claim us
     C   G7       C
Will you be ready to go