Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
| = 1 bar
🎸 Intro:
|BbmBbm Bbm5b x8
|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x4
|C minorCm
🎸 Verse 1:
C minorCm
I've got a nightmare to remember, I'll never be the same
C minorCm
What began as laughter so soon would turn to pain
C minorCm
The sky was clear and frigid, the air was thick and still
C minorCm
Now I'm not one to soon forget and I bet I never will
|Eb5Eb5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 C5C5|Eb5Eb5 C5C5 Eb5Eb5 F5F5| x2
C minorCm
Picture for a moment the perfect irony
C minorCm
A augmentedA flawless new beginning eclipsed by tragedy
C minorCm
The uninvited stranger started dancing on his own
C minorCm
So we said goodbye to the glowing bride and made our way back home
🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm C minorCm G minorGm
Life was so simple then
BbmBbm C majorC
We were so innocent
F minorFm C majorC G minorGm
Father and mother
BbmBbm C4 C majorC
holding each other
🎸 Verse 2:
C minorCm
Without warning
G minorGm
Out of nowhere
C minorCm
Like a bullet
G minorGm
From the night
C minorCm
Crushing glass
G minorGm
Rubber and steel
C minorCm
Scorching fire
G minorGm
Glowing lights
C minorCm
Screams of terror
G minorGm
Pain of fear
C minorCm
Sounds of sirens
G minorGm
Smoke in my eyes
C minorCm
Sudden stillness
G minorGm
wrapped in silence
C minorCm
No more screaming
G minorGm
No more cries
🎸 Chorus:
EbmEbm B minorBm
Stunned and bewildered
DmDm F minorFm
Cold and afraid
C minorCm AbmAbm
Torn up and broken
B minorBm D MajorD
Frightened and dazed
x2:
|EbmEbm |EbmEbm |C minorCm |C minorCm
|EbmEbm |EbmEbm |FF |FF |FF |F7F7
|C minorCm |F7F7 x2
🎸 Verse 3:
C minorCm FF
Lying on the table in this unfamiliar place
C minorCm FF
I'm greeted by a stranger, a man without a face
C minorCm FF
He said, "Son do you remember? Do you even know your name?"
C minorCm
Then he shined a light into my eyes and said
FF
"Take this for the pain"
|AbAb |Bb majorBb |C minorCm |Cm7Cm7 x2
🎸 Bridge:
AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
AbAb Bb majorBb C4 C majorC
I am endlessly falling, lost in this wonderful misery
AbAb Bb majorBb
In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
G minorGm AbAb
and thought of the panic inside starts to fade
AbAb Bb majorBb DbDb
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
|C minorCm |F7F7 x2
🎸 Verse 4:
C minorCm FF
"Tell me, does this hurt you?" said the faceless man
C minorCm FF
"Can you move all of your fingers? Can you try your best to stand?"
C minorCm
I asked about the others
FF
"Is everyone okay?"
C minorCm FF
He told me not to worry as he turned and looked away
🎸 Bridge:
AbAb Bb majorBb C minorCm
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
AbAb Bb majorBb C4 C majorC
I am endlessly falling, lost in this wonderful misery
AbAb Bb majorBb
In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
G minorGm AbAb
and thought of the panic inside starts to fade
AbAb Bb majorBb DbDb
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
Guitar and Keyboard 🎸 Solo:
|EbmEbm C minorCm| x16
|FF |Bb majorBb |FF |AbAb |Bb majorBb x4
|EbmEbm C minorCm| x16
|FF |Bb majorBb |FF |AbAb |Bb majorBb x4
|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x4
🎸 Bridge 2:
A minorAm F minorFm
Day after day and night after night
AbAb
Replaying the events
BB
Did they ever see the red light?
GbGb DmDm
Over and over, scene by scene
F minorFm AbmAbm
Like a recurring nightmare haunting my dreams
EbmEbm B minorBm
How can you prepare for what would happen next?
DmDm F minorFm
No son should ever have to see his father such a mess
C minorCm AbmAbm
It's a miracle he lived, it's a blessing no one died
B minorBm DmDm
By the grace of God above, everyone survived
|F minorFm |Fm5b |F4 |FF x6
Final 🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm C minorCm G minorGm
Life was so simple then
BbmBbm C majorC
We were so innocent
F minorFm C minorCm G minorGm
It will stay with us forever
BbmBbm C4 C majorC
A augmentedA nightmare to remember
|C minorCm
|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x5
|EbmEbm