Stabbing In The Dark(Chords)

	        Intro 

Bm 
In calculated silence 
                  Em 
Captivated by the violence of the play 
        G         F# 
Fifteen years ago today 
G      F#       Bm 
Oh, an evil evolution 
             A           Em 
Will bring a feeble institution to its knees 
   G                 F# 
Oh doctor, can't you see? 



              Bm       Em 
That when the hands of fate 
            G        F# 
Fall on the midnight hour 
            Bm      Em 
Behind this mask of hate 
          G       F# 
I don the devil's power 



Breakdown 
                      Bm     F# Bm F# G F# 
These are the devil's eyes! 



Verse 1:
 
          Bm 
A former portrait of perfection 
F# 
Painted without plight 
    Em 
Now Haddonfield's my battlefield 
     G                  F# 
Your kids won't make it home tonight 
      Bm 
With a madness void of reason 
  F# 
I kill with every strike 
               Em 
I'll haunt you day after day 
G      F#              G 
Knife after knife 
F#                 F# 
Taking life after life 


 
         Bm       Em 
When the hands of fate 
            G        F# 
Fall on the midnight hour 
            Bm      Em 
Behind this mask of hate 
          G       F# 
I don the devil's power 
           B          Em 
If there's life in the shadows 
        G               F# 
Let the knife leave its mark 
         G                              F# 
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing 
F# 
Stabbing in the dark 


Bm 

Verse 2:
 
G              Bm 
You'll learn a heartless human harvest 
           F# 
Feeds this festival of flesh 
         Em 
Stalking at the top 

Scream of the crop 
  G            F# 
A silent cut above the rest 
      Bm 
Where blood's thicker than water 
     F# 
I've carved up quite a scene 
                Em 
With your worst fears carved on this white veneer 
     G                  F# 
I'll change the face of Halloween 


Breakdown 
G                  F# 
You can't kill the boogeyman! 



         Bm       Em 
When the hands of fate 
            G        F# 
Fall on the midnight hour 
            Bm      Em 
Behind this mask of hate 
          G       F# 
I don the devil's power 
           Bm          Em 
If there's life in the shadows 
        G               F# 
Let the knife leave its mark 
         G                              F# 
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing 
                    Bm 
Stabbing in the dark 



Sound Bit 
Bm 
All units respond 

Multiple fatalities reported on Orange Grove Ave 
Bm 
Suspect has been identified as one Michael Myers 

He is armed and extremely dangerous 
Bm 
Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to kill, over 

Bridge:
       Em 
I am a shadow where there once was light 
F# 
Strangling all signs of life 
            Em 
It's either you or some kid down the street 
    G 
The choice is yours 
F# 
Trick or fuckin' treat! 


Solo 
(Chorus Rythm and chords) 
Bm Em G F# (x2) 


         Bm       Em 
When the hands of fate 
            G        F# 
Fall on the midnight hour 
            Bm      Em 
Behind this mask of hate 
          G       F# 
I don the devil's power 
           Bm          Em 
If there's life in the shadows 
        G               F# 
Let the knife leave its mark 
         G                              F# 
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing 
                    Bm 
Stabbing in the dark 

	        

Written by Spencer Charnas/Drew Fulk/Steve Sopchak/Josh Strock/Dan Sugarman