[Verse 1]
I’ve looked into the heart of darkness
Where the blood-red journey ends
When you’ve faced the heart of darkness
Even your soul begins to bend

[Verse 2]
For a week I have been waiting
Still I am only in Saigon
The walls move in a little closer
I feel the jungle call me on

(distorted power chords)

[Verse 3]
Every minute I get weaker
While in the jungle they grow strong
What I wanted was a mission
And for my sins they gave me one

[Verse 4]
They brought it up just like room service
’Cause everyone gets what they want
And when that mission was all over
I’d never want another one

Em G Am C D x3

[Bridge 1]
I know, captain, that you’ve done this work before
We’ve got a problem, you can help us all I’m sure
The colonel’s gone rogue, and his methods are unsound
You’ll take a PBR up river track him down…

[Bridge 2]
There’s a conflict in every human heart
And the temptation is to take it all to far
In this war things get so confused
But there are some things which cannot be excused

[Bridge 3]
He’s acting like a God – an insane lunatic
Your mission – exterminate with extreme prejudice
The route is dangerous and your progress may be slow
Here is the file and it’s all you need to know…

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]
Here I am the knife in my hand
And now I understand why the genius must die

[Chorus 1]
Now I stand alone in the darkness
With his blood upon my hands
Where sat the warrior the poet
Now lie the fragments of a man

(clean picking)

[Chorus 2]
I’ve looked into the heart of darkness
Where the blood-red journey ends
When you’ve faced the heart of darkness
Even your soul begins to bend

I’ve looked into the heart of darkness…