Last Ride Of The Day chords by Nightwish

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

The main chord's root acts as a pedal note throughout the intro and verses and is not notated

Original tuning standard D; may be more doable if:
- chords are transposed down 3 half-steps (first chord B minorBm)
- Capo 3


ORDER: I V1 V2 PC C majorC INT1 V3 PC C majorC INT2 FC1 FC2 O


INTRO:
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm DmDm  C majorC |

(enter band and choir)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm DmDm  C majorC |

(full band)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Bb majorBb  C majorC |

VERSE 1:
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2  Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC
  We live in e - very mo - ment but this one
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2  Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm  DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4   C majorC DmDm
  Why don’t we re - cognize the fa - ces lo - ving us so?
DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Csus4Csus4 C majorC  DmDm
  What’s God  if  not the spark that star - ted life?
DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2Dsus2  DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
  Smile of  a stran - ger, sweet mu - sic, starry skies


VERSE 2:
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2  DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC
  Wonder, myst - 'ry, wherever my road goes
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Bb majorBb  C majorC
  Early  wake - ups in a   mo - ving home
DmDm    Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC  DmDm
  Scent of  fresh-mown grass in  the mor - ning sun
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Bb majorBb C majorC
  Open  theme park gates wai - ting for


PRE-CHORUS:
Bb majorBb
Riding the day, every day into sunset
FF          C majorC
Finding the way back home

CHORUS:
DmDm                       A minorAm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
  G minorGm       DmDm      Bb majorBb         C majorC
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
   DmDm                        FF
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
   G minorGm          DmDm
This moment the dawn of humanity
FF        C majorC
Last ride of the day


INTERLUDE 1:
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm  Bb majorBb  C majorC   |
                  Last ride of the
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
day
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC |


VERSE 3:
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Csus4Csus4 C majorC  DmDm
  Wake up,  Dead Boy - en - ter  ad - ven - tureland
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2  Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm  DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb C majorC   DmDm
  Tricksters, magi - cians will show you all that’s real
DmDm   Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm   DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm  Csus4Csus4 C majorC  DmDm
  Careless jug - glers, snakechar - mers by  your trail
DmDm  Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2 DmDm Dm  Dsus2Dsus2 G minorGm Bb majorBb  C majorC Bb majorBb
  Magic  of  a mo - ment, a - bracadabra


PRE-CHORUS:
(4/4)
(Bb majorBb)
 Riding the day, every day into sunset
  FF          C majorC
  Finding the way back home


CHORUS:
DmDm                       A minorAm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
  G minorGm       DmDm      Bb majorBb         C majorC
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
   DmDm                        FF
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
   G minorGm          DmDm
This moment the dawn of humanity
Bb majorBb        C majorC
Last ride of the day


INTERLUDE 2:
Bb majorBb | | FF | FF G minorGm |
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
(4/4)
Bb majorBb | | FF | FF G minorGm |
(3/4)
DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | Dsus2Dsus2 DmDm | DmDm Dsus2Dsus2 | G minorGm Csus4Csus4 C majorC |
(4/4)
DmDm | | | |
DmDm | | Eb MajorEb | Eb MajorEb C majorC BB |


FINAL CHORUS 1:
E minorEm                       B minorBm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
  A minorAm       E minorEm      C majorC         D MajorD
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
   E minorEm                        G+G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
   A minorAm          E minorEm
This moment the dawn of humanity
G+G        D MajorD
Last ride of the day


FINAL CHORUS 2:
E minorEm                       B minorBm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
  A minorAm       E minorEm      C majorC         D MajorD
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
   E minorEm                        G+G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
   A minorAm          E minorEm
This moment the dawn of humanity
G+G        D MajorD
Last ride of the day


OUTRO:
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm  C majorC  D MajorD   |
                  Last ride of the
E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | Esus2Esus2 E minorEm | E minorEm Esus2Esus2 | A minorAm Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD |
day