The Hour Glass chords by Arena

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Intermediate

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                      Artist - Arena
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                    Song - The Hour Glass
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                    Album - Contagious EP
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                    Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard

INTRO - NC
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00:29
KEYBOARDS - Dm Gm F#m A7 Bb
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 Play This Through VERSE 1
 Dm    Gm    Dm    Bb    Dm    Gm    Dm    Dm
e|-------8-|-------8-|-------9-|-------6-|-------8-|-------8-|-------5-|-------5-|
B|-----6---|-----6---|-----6---|-----6---|-----6---|-----5---|-----6---|-----6---|
G|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|---7-----|
D|-7-------|-5-------|-7-------|-8-------|-7-------|-5-------|-7-------|-7-------|
A|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|


VERSE 1                       Right Hand MUTE
********                       Heavy Riff Throughout Verses
  Dm                       e|---------------------|
As time slips through my finger tips        B|---------------------|
   Gm                      G|---------------------|
Like grains of sand in Caesars hands        D|---------------------|
   Dm                      A|-5--5-5--5--555--5-5-|
I can hear the time bomb as it ticks and it ticks E|---------------------|
  Bb                        kinda hard to tab it out really
Not long to go now, no more will we stand      just listen to it and you should
 Dm                              get the feel for it.
Invincible, sure and superior
    Gm
We are fallible weak and inferior
   Dm
As we slip and we slide down the long mountainside

We’re the debris of a lost human tide


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01:55
SOLO - Dm Fm Dm Fm C# G#m C# F#m
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  b   br               br
e|-12----12-----10----s------------|-13--12-----10----s------------|
B|-------------------6\\9----11--13-|-----------------6\\9----11--13-|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

      h    s
e|-13----11-13-11--\\9----------h----------|
B|---------------------12----11-12-11---9-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|


e|-13---11---9---------s------------s-|
B|---------------10--10\\-22-22-22-22\\-|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|


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PRE BRIDGE
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     Dm
There`s a feeling I can feel
    Gm
As the clockwork clicks around
     F#m     A7
There`s a shadow after me
    Bb
And it waits without a sound
    Dm
I`m so tired of standing by
     Gm
While the fates design my life
   Dm      F#m
They never tell me why
        Dm
The world must die!


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03:07
SOLO - Dm Fm Dm Fm D# F#m D# F#m
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  b   br            b   br                  b rb
e|-12----12----10----s-------b--|-12----12-----10----s-------b-|-11--11-11-13-13-13-|
B|------------------6\\9---11--~~|-------------------6\\9---11-~~|--------------------|
G|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
A|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
E|------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|

                   b rb
e|--s--------------b--rb---s---|-11--13-13---s------s------------s-|
B|-7\\10--10-10-12-12-12--12\\10-|------------7\\10--10\\-22-22-22-22\\-|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|


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BRIDGE
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Dm                Bb
Surely there is someone to reach out
Dm                Bb
Surely there is someone to reach out
Dm
Surely there is someone to reach out
Surely there is someone to reach out
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CHORUS
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  Dm
As time slips through my fingers
     Fm
There`s a void where the hope used to be
  Dm
As time flows through my fingers
    Fm
We see visions that no one should see
     C#
And it`s cold
  G#m
So cold out here
     C#
And it`s cold
       Dm
When there`s so much to fear


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CHORUS
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  Dm
As time slips through my fingers
   Fm
I am blinded and alone
  Dm
As time flows through my fingers
   Fm
I am haunted by demons I have always known
     C#
And it`s cold
  G#m
So cold out here
     C#
And it`s cold
       Fm
When there`s so much to fear… so near!

Dm

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05:27
VOLUME SOLO
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e|-13--12--10--------------13--12--10-- -----------------|
B|-------------------------------------10--- ---- -------|
G|------------------------------------------12---10--- --|
D|----------------------------------------------------12-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|




ENJOY..........