Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse:
Eb MajorEb
From the cradle of silence and of light
C# minorC#m E MajorE
It took a birth in human blood - angels cry –
Eb MajorEb
To the ages of violence and of hate
C# minorC#m E MajorE
To explore the left hand path I came alive
Pre-Chorus:
G# minorG#m F#F# G# minorG#m F#F#
Into my striding, the shell of a god in the cold
C# minorC#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m G#G#
My soul is just hiding, my spirit haunting on to control
Chorus:
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
Flame of the Nile, fire in the darkness
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C
Behold the ghost of a god
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
God from the Nile, eternally roaming
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
Behold the spirit of a pharaoh, oh oh
C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
pharaoh, oh no!
Verse 2:
Eb MajorEb
To the world of spirits he's sailling on and on
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Why magician don't you feel they broke the seal
Eb MajorEb
Cyril's facing the tyrant everywhere
C# minorC#m E MajorE
Far away from his grave, Seth is free
Pre-Chorus 2:
G# minorG#m F#F# G# minorG#m F#F#
Roaming through ages, begetting advice for your kings, yow...
C# minorC#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m G#G#
Leading the stages of history that's bound to my strings, no, no, no...
Chorus:
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
Flame of the Nile, fire in the darkness
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C
Behold the ghost of a god
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
God from the Nile, eternally roaming
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
Behold the spirit of a pharaoh, oh oh
C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
pharaoh, oh no!
Bridge:
C# minorC#m G+G C# minorC#m G+G
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
Don't you see that it's coming, it's near
BB F#F#
The wise man screamed in the noble chamber
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
Just a parrot in a rich man's cage
BB F#F#
He's a jester on the count
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
The wise man died and the seance went on
BB F#F#
And the red one reigned in the noble chamber
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m
In dreams of a masterplan
BB F#F#
For a billion parrots in a big cage
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m BB F#F#
Afraid of the eyes that shine in the darkness
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m BB F#F#
You don't realize, afraid in the haze
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m BB F#F#
You point at the man that grins in your nightmare
C# minorC#m G# minorG#m BB F#F#
And don't realize the mirror you gaze into
A augmentedA Bsus4Bsus4 BB
You don't wanna see the spirits behind sceneries
Bridge 2:
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 E5E5
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 A#5A#5
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 E5E5
C# minorC#m E MajorE
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 E5E5
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 A#5A#5
D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 C#5C#5 D#5D#5 E5E5
C# minorC#m G#G#
D#mD#m
C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
I guide your away I make you stay alive
E MajorE G# minorG#m
My servants taught you know how to survive
C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB C# minorC#m
The way of light is food for your soul
E MajorE G# minorG#m E minorEm
But it's your belly that's taken control
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
No guiding light would shine anymore
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
It's just the red god replacing the core
C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
He'll rise again to open up the gate
G+G D MajorD
We have to learn for our future, our fate...
C# minorC#m A augmentedA F#/A# BB G#/C
C# minorC#m A augmentedA F#/A# E MajorE BB
C# minorC#m A/C#A/C# C# minorC#m BB
Chorus:
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
Flame of the Nile, fire in the darkness
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C
Behold the ghost of a god
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
God from the Nile, eternally roaming
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C
Behold the ghost of a god
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
Flame of the Nile, fire in the darkness
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C
Behold Slave to the pyramid
C# minorC#m E MajorE BB
God from the Nile, eternally roaming
A augmentedA
To swallow the light
G#G# G#/C C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
Behold the spirit of a pharaoh, oh oh
C# minorC#m BB G# minorG#m A augmentedA
pharaoh, oh no!
C# minorC#m