D    G        D    A
   I have a   mandolin.  
D    G        D    A
   I play it all night long.
D     G        D       A      G
   It makes me want to kill myself. 
 
[Verse 2]
D           G        D    A 
I also have a dobro 
D           G        D    A 
made in some mountain range
D     G        D       A     G  
sounds like a mountain range in love 

[Pre-chorus 1]
D             G           A
   but when I turn up the tone     
D       G          A
on my electric guitar

[Chorus]
D    A           D                C        G 
I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me.
D    A           D                C        G 
I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me.

[Verse 3]
       D           G         D    A   
I went out to the forest and caught 
  D       G        C  G
A hundred thousand fireflies.
   D        G              D      
As they ricochet round the room 
A     D       G       C      G
they remind me of your starry eyes.

[Pre-chorus 2]
Em                A           G           D  
Someone else's might not have made me so sad 
    Em                 A           G 
but this is the worst night I ever had, 

[Chorus]
       D     A          D                C          G 
'cause I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me.
D     A           D                C        G 
I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me.

[Bridge]  
D  A  D  A  G  A  G  A

G            D     A  
You won't be happy with me, 
G            D     A  
but give me one more chance
G            D     A   G
you won't be happy anyway. 
G            D     A   
Why do we still live here 
G            D     A  
in this repulsive town?  
G            D     A   G
All our friends are in New York. 
G            D     A  
Why do we keep shrieking, 
G            D     A  
when we mean soft things?  
G            D     A   G
We should be whispering all the time...