Apr152020

Josh Radnor – The Darkest Hour Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsG Am7 D C

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This is the chords of The Darkest Hour by Josh Radnor on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
G Am7 G Am7

[VERSE 1]
G Am7
You want to say you’re lonely
G Am7
That hope is not your friend
G Am7
To that I would say only
G Am7
If you’re sure that it’s the end
G Am7
All the leaves have fallen
G Am7
The branches they are bare
G Am7
But spring is round the corner
G Am7
Soon you’ll have flowers in your hair

[Chorus]
D Am7
We just gotta let it go
D Am7
We gotta let our old selves go
C
We gotta let em
D G Am7 G Am7
We gotta let em go

[VERSE 2]
G Am7
If I wrote you a story
G Am7
You’d want twists and turns
G Am7
So go on and get yourself
G Am7
The story you deserve
G Am7
And in the darkest hour
G Am7
Just beneath your grief
G Am7
There is a hidden power
G Am7
To heal your unbelief

[Chorus]
D Am7
We gotta let it go
D Am7
We gotta let our old lives go
C
We gotta let it
D
We gotta let em

[Bridge]
G Am7
Go away from what we know
G Am7
As above so below
G Am7
I built a wall to knock it down
G Am7
I got lost so I’d get found

G Am7 G Am7

[VERSE 3]
G Am7
These gray hairs at my temples
G Am7
They tell me where I’ve been
G Am7
I don’t know where I’m going
G Am7
I just hope they let me in

[Chorus]
D Am7
We gotta let it go
D Am7
We gotta let it go
C
We gotta let it
D G Am7 G Am7 G
We gotta let it go

How to play The Darkest Hour: key, chords and progression

The Darkest Hour by Josh Radnor keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 4 chords: G, Am7, D and C.

Listen for Am7 – G – Am7 – D (ii7 – I – ii7 – V in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is reh – doh – reh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.