A Gilded Masquerade chords by Alesana

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: C#m

Notes:
Screams are in parenthesis, female vocals
in the bridge are in {these} just to help
differentiate because there is so much overlap!



♫ Intro:

        C#m                   B               E   A
As the water drips from the sky, I start to wonder
        C#m                B                E G#m A
If I'm still alive, then I have to find the answer
        C#m                  B                     E    A
Could it be that it was a dream, and I'm still beside her?
        C#m                 B                 G#m   A
Right before my eyes, a tragic surprise, the water stops

♫ Verse 1:
C#m                      B                    A
    Wickedness will rain, and drown us in her

Sorrow (and her thirst)
  C#m                B
If I hope to survive, I must think faster
G#m             A
    I'm losing ground
                          B
Should I pull back the veil?


♫ Chorus:
            C#m              G#m       A
You had the best of me (now taste the worst)

All that glimmers is not gold
E                          B
  I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness
C#m      G#m        A
You had me convinced that together we could fly
E                  B
  Until I started scratching at the surface
      A
(And saw beyond your masquerade)
      B
Your body is an illness


♫ Verse 2:
C#m                      B              A
    Temples crashing down all around me

Panic (chokes the streets)
     C#m              B
The golden city falls
                     G#m        A
And with it our lives go up in flames
       A                  B
Should I pull back the veil?


♫ Chorus:
            C#m              G#m       A
You had the best of me (now taste the worst)

All that glimmers is not gold
E                          B
  I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness
C#m      G#m        A
You had me convinced that together we could fly
E                  B
  Until I started scratching at the surface
      A
(And saw beyond your masquerade)
      B
Your body is an illness


♫ Bridge:
C#m
All shall be made clear
             B        E
{We've been watching you wander}

My blood runs cold
 C#m         B       E   G#m  A
{There's no need to run farther}

I fear I know the truth
 C#m     B     A     E   F#m
{Come into our arms, brother}

(I tear back the cowl and stare into my own eyes)
 C#m     B      E
{Now we can be one forever}

Who are you? Who are you? Who are you?

Yeah!
C#m        G#
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
C#m        G#
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

A   B

C#m        G#
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
C#m        G#
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

A   B   G#   C#m B
A   B   G#   C#m B

C#m   B
C#m   B


♫ Chorus:
A                 B
I pull back the veil

            C#m              G#m       A
You had the best of me (now taste the worst)

All that glimmers is not gold
E                          B
  I may be wrong but your brilliance is my darkness
C#m      G#m        A
You had me convinced that together we could fly
E                  B
  Until I started scratching at the surface
      A
(And saw beyond your masquerade)
      B
Your body is an illness
          A
(And I'm sickened by the thought of you!)
       B                   A
I may never be the same again

B   C#m

        F#m                A
(I may never be the same again)