The Poet And The Pendulum chords by Nightwish

Chords with lyrics

--intro--
Dm.........C#...
Dm.........Gm...

F# minorF#m    C# minorC#m
The........ end
   F# minorF#m       C# minorC#m
The songwriter's dead
    B minorBm      Bb majorBb
The blade fell upon him
      B minorBm      Bb majorBb
Taking him to the White Lands
   DmDm    C#C#
Of Empathica
DmDm    BB
Of Innocence
DmDm    C#C#
Empathica
DmDm   BB
Innocence

[Home]

--intro--
D5.... Eb5Eb5 D5.... Eb5Eb5 D5.....
A5A5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 F#5F#5 F5F5 E5E5 Eb5Eb5 DmDm

The dreamer and the wine
Poet without a rhyme
A augmentedA widowed writer
G minorGm   Bb majorBb          C majorC DmDm
Torn apart by chains of hell

One last perfect verse is still the same old song
              G minorGm     Bb majorBb      G minorGm
Oh, Christ, how I hate what I have become
       Bb majorBb   C majorC
Take me home....

DmDm             C majorC
Get away, run away, fly away
DmDm                    C majorC
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Eb MajorEb
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb
I cannot die
   A5A5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 F#5F#5 F5F5 E5E5 Eb5Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world
DmDm                  C majorC
Forgive me, I have but two faces
DmDm                      C majorC
One for the world, one for God, save me
G minorGm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb           FF         C majorC
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

DmDm
My home was there n' then
Those meadows of Heaven
              G minorGm
Adventure-filled days
        Bb majorBb      C majorC  DmDm
One with every smiling face

Please, no more words
Thoughts from a severed head
No more praise
G minorGm    Bb majorBb              G minorGm
Tell me once my heart goes right
       Bb majorBb   C majorC
Take me home....

DmDm             C majorC
Get away, run away, fly away
DmDm                    C majorC
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Eb MajorEb
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb
I cannot die
   A5A5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 F#5F#5 F5F5 E5E5 Eb5Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world
DmDm                  C majorC
Forgive me, I have but two faces
DmDm                      C majorC
One for the world, one for God, save me
G minorGm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb             FF        C majorC
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

[The Pacific]

C minorCm   G minorGm   C minorCm   G minorGm    Bb majorBb           FF
Spar....kle my scen....ery with turquoise waterfall
    C minorCm        G minorGm
With beauty underneath
       Eb MajorEb    FF
The Ever Free......
       Bb majorBb          F/AF/A
Tuck me in beneath the blue
          G minorGm
Beneath the pain
          FF
Beneath the rain
         Bb majorBb           F/AF/A
Goodnight kiss for a child in time
       G minorGm   Eb MajorEb    FF     G minorGm
Swaying blade......my lullaby.....

C minorCm    G minorGm     C minorCm    G minorGm
One the shore we sat and hoped
   Bb majorBb            FF
Under the same pale moon
      Bb majorBb               FF
Whose guiding light chose you
          Eb MajorEb        G minorGm
Chose you all...................

"I'm afraid, I'm so afraid...............
           Eb MajorEb
I just wish the tide would catch me first
            D MajorD                   G minorGm
And give me a death I always longed for."


[Dark Passion Play}
--solo--
E5.......F5......G5..
E5.......F5......Ab5....
E5.......F5 F5....G5 G5...
E5.......F5 F5....Ab5 Ab5...

E5.......F5......G5..
E5.......F5......Ab5....
E5.......F5......G5....

E5.........Am C majorC D MajorD D
E5.........A5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 F#5F#5 F5F5 E5E5 Eb5Eb5
E5.........Am C majorC D MajorD D
E5.........................

Second robber to the right of Christ
Cut in half - infanticide
The world will rejoice today
As the crows feast on the rotting poet

E5.......F5......G5..
E5.......F5......Ab5....
E5.......F5......G5...
E5.....................

Everyone must bury their own
No pack to bury the heart of stone
Now he's home in hell, serves him well
Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell

DmDm
The morning dawned upon his alter
Remains of the dark passion play
G minorGm
Performed by his friends without shame
Bb majorBb
Spitting on his grave as they came

DmDm             C majorC
Get away, run away, fly away
DmDm                    C majorC
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Eb MajorEb
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb
I cannot die
   A5A5 Ab5Ab5 G5G5 F#5F#5 F5F5 E5E5 Eb5Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world
DmDm                  C majorC
Forgive me, I have but two faces
DmDm                      C majorC
One for the world, one for God, save me
G minorGm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb majorBb            FF            C majorC
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

G minorGm
"Today, in the year of our Lord 2005..."
Save me


{Mother and Father}

--intro--
Gm........F.......Gm
Gm........F.......Gm
Eb.........Bb.......F7...Gm
Eb.........Bb.......F7...Gm

         FF
Be still, my son
      G minorGm
You're home
           FF            G minorGm
Oh, when did you become so cold?
Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb        F7F7   G minorGm
The blade will keep on descending
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb   F7F7  G minorGm
All you need is to feel my love

         FF             G minorGm
Search for beauty, find your shore
              FF         G minorGm
Try to save them all, bleed no more
Eb MajorEb          Bb majorBb    F7F7   G minorGm
You have such oceans within
Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb   F7F7   G minorGm
In the end, I will always love you

"The beginning..."


--outro---
G minorGm     FF      G minorGm