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Daggers Speak Louder Than Words by Alesana

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Tuning: Drop Chord diagramD MajorD (Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramBB Chord diagramE MajorE)


Eyes open to splattered blood
Cold tile mocks me as I arise to find the knife is still in my back
Shifting thoughts now (slow with venom)
Take me as I stagger, is this all we were worth?
I've lost you for good (without regret)


e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----|| x2
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----||

e||---------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5~---------7~----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5~---------7~----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5~---------7~----||

Your once gentle words / are bleeding from my eyes
Screams of terror / now fill my every breath
I know / you'll rue the day
You ever met me / I'll lay you down to sleep
When sorrow will / bury the blade hilt deep
You know!

e||---------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~-----7~----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~-----7~----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~-----7~----||

e||--------------------------------------------------------7--------------7---12----||
Chord diagramBB||----------------------------------------------------7-8---8-7------7-8---8-------||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
                           PM - - - |   PM - - - |

I would / have died for you /
Now I'm forced to / choose between a life of revenge or regret
As I / thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles / to come to grips why would you leave me to die
Turn, and walk away?

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
                                             | x2
e||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramBB||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------------------------------------------------|| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
                         PM - - - - |
Alone, you stood so still

e||---------------------||
Chord diagramBB||---------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5~---------7~----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5~---------7~----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5~---------7~----||

As you watched me break / Did it now kill you too?
What has led you / to the dagger my friend?
You know!

e||--------------------------------------------------------7--------------7---12----||
Chord diagramBB||----------------------------------------------------7-8---8-7------7-8---8-------||
Chord diagramG+G||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5---9-9-9-7---9-9-9-9-7-5~----------5-7~---------------||
                           PM - - - |   PM - - - |

I would / have died for you
Now I'm forced to / choose between a life of revenge or regret
As I / thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles / to come to grips why would you leave me to die
Turn, and walk away?

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
                                             | x2
e||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramBB||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------------------------------------------------|| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
                         PM - - - - |

Turn and walk away (Turn and walk away)
My revenge is made so clear / midst cold tears left with the betrayed
I'll see (that you never) forget this
I will hunt you / down like a dog
Lies could never disguise / What I saw behind me / in you

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----|| x3
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9---9-9-9---9--9--9---9-9-9----9--9--5---5-5-5----5--5--7---7-7-4---4-5----||

Remembering times // We have shared // My friend for life is gone
Remembering times // We have shared // My friend for life is gone
(We'll let the embers serve as the only memory of last days so long ago)

e||----5--5-----5~--5--------5--5--5--5~--5--5--5--5~----||
Chord diagramBB||----5--5--5--5~--5-7-5----5--5--5--5~--5--5--5--5~----||
Chord diagramG+G||----7--7--6--7~--7-----7--7--7--7--7~--6--7--7--7~----|| _ _ _ _ _ _
Chord diagramD MajorD||----7--7--7--7~--7--------5--5--5--5~--5--5--7--7~----||      |
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5--5--5--5~--5--------5--5--5--5~--5--5--5--5~----||      |
Chord diagramD MajorD||--------------------------5--5--5--5~--5--5--5--5~----||      |
                                    | x2
e||--------------0-2------5--5--5--5~---------------------||      |
Chord diagramBB||----3-3-3-3~--3---5-3--5--5--5--5~---------------------||      |
Chord diagramG+G||----4-4-4-4~--4--------7--7--7--7~---------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _|
Chord diagramD MajorD||----4-4-4-4~--4--------5--5--5--5~--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----2-2-2-2~--2--------5--5--5--5~--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||-----------------------5--5--5--5~--x-5-x-5-x-5-x-5----||

Why would you leave me to die, turn, and walk away?
Why would you leave me to die after you had buried the dagger hilt deep?
You're dead to me

e||----5~---------------5~------------------------7--------------7---12-------7-------------7---12----||
Chord diagramBB||----5~---------------5~--------------------7-8---8-7------7-8---8------7-8---8-7-----7-8---8-------||
Chord diagramG+G||----7~---------------7~----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----7~---------------7~------------------5------------5-7------------5-----------5-7---------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5~---------------5~------------------5------------5-7------------5-----------5-7---------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5~---------------5~------------------5------------5-7------------5-----------5-7---------------||
                       PM - - - -   - - - - -  - - - - -   - - - - |

I would / have died for you
Now I'm forced to / choose between a life of revenge or regret
As I / thirst for vengeance
My heart struggles / to come to grips why would you leave me to die

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||_ _ _ _ _ _
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||      |
                                             | x2
e||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramBB||--------------------------------------------------------------||           |
Chord diagramG+G||--------------------------------------------------------------|| _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _|
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5---7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||
                         PM - - - - |

You're dead to me!

e||----------------||
Chord diagramBB||----------------||
Chord diagramG+G||----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9----9-9----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||----9----9-9----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||----9----9-9----||


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