Intro
B5/E D5/A B5/E x4
B5/E D5/A B5/E C5 D5 x2
Verse 1
EmDEmD
I've looked into the heart of darkness
EmDEmAm
Where the blood-red journey ends
EmDEmD
When you've faced the heart of darkness
EmDEmAm
Even your soul begins to bend
Verse 2
EmDEmD
For a week I have been waiting
EmDEmAm
Still I am only in Saigon
EmDEmD
The walls move in a little closer
EmCDD
I feel the jungle call me on
(distorted power chords)
Verse 3
EmDEmD
Every minute I get weaker
EmDEmAm
While in the jungle they grow strong
EmDEmD
What I wanted was a mission
EmDEmAm
And for my sins they gave me one
Verse 4
EmDEmD
They brought it up just like room service
EmDEmAm
'Cause everyone gets what they want
EmDEmD
And when that mission was all over
EmCDD
I'd never want another one
Riff
Em G Am C D x3
Bridge 1
EmEm
I know, captain, that you've done this work before
GDBmCD
We've got a problem, you can help us all I'm sure
EmEm
The colonel's gone rogue, and his methods are unsound
GDCD
You'll take a PBR up river track him down...
Riff
EGCDBridge 2
EmEm
There's a conflict in every human heart
GDBmCD
And the temptation is to take it all to far
EmEm
In this war things get so confused
GDBmCD
But there are some things which cannot be excused
Bridge 3
EmEm
He's acting like a God - an insane lunatic
GDBmCD
Your mission - exterminate with extreme prejudice
EmEm
The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow
GDCD
Here is the file and it's all you need to know...
Riff
Em G Am C D x2
Oo'ooh...
Solo 1
Em Em G D Bm C D x2
Solo 2
Em Em G D Bm C D x2
Instrumental
Em G Am C D x4
Pre-chorus
EmG
Here I am the knife in my hand
AmCD
And now I understand why the genius must die
Chorus 1
EmDEmD
Now I stand alone in the darkness
EmDEmAm
With his blood upon my hands
EmDEmD
Where sat the warrior the poet
EmCDD
Now lie the fragments of a man
(clean picking)
Chorus 2
EmDEmD
I've looked into the heart of darkness
EmDEmAm
Where the blood-red journey ends
EmDEmCD
When you've faced the heart of darkness
EmCDD
Even your soul begins to bend
Outro
EmDEm
I've looked into the heart of darkness...