Chords with lyrics
Intro:
B minorBm
In calculated silence
E minorEm
Captivated by the violence of the play
G+G F#F#
Fifteen years ago today
G+G F#F# B minorBm
Oh, an evil evolution
A augmentedA E minorEm
Will bring a feeble institution to its knees
G+G F#F#
Oh doctor, can't you see?
Chorus:
B minorBm E minorEm
That when the hands of fate
G+G F#F#
Fall on the midnight hour
B minorBm E minorEm
Behind this mask of hate
G+G F#F#
I don the devil's power
Breakdown:
B minorBm F#F# B minorBm F#F# G+G F#F#
These are the devil's eyes!
Verse 1:
B minorBm
A augmentedA former portrait of perfection
F#F#
Painted without plight
E minorEm
Now Haddonfield's my battlefield
G+G F#F#
Your kids won't make it home tonight
B minorBm
With a madness void of reason
F#F#
I kill with every strike
E minorEm
I'll haunt you day after day
G+G F#F# G+G
Knife after knife
F#F# F#F#
Taking life after life
Chorus:
B minorBm E minorEm
When the hands of fate
G+G F#F#
Fall on the midnight hour
B minorBm E minorEm
Behind this mask of hate
G+G F#F#
I don the devil's power
BB E minorEm
If there's life in the shadows
G+G F#F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G+G F#F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
F#F#
Stabbing in the dark
B minorBm
Verse 2:
G+G B minorBm
You'll learn a heartless human harvest
F#F#
Feeds this festival of flesh
E minorEm
Stalking at the top
Scream of the crop
G+G F#F#
A augmentedA silent cut above the rest
B minorBm
Where blood's thicker than water
F#F#
I've carved up quite a scene
E minorEm
With your worst fears carved on this white veneer
G+G F#F#
I'll change the face of Halloween
Breakdown:
G+G F#F#
You can't kill the boogeyman!
Chorus:
B minorBm E minorEm
When the hands of fate
G+G F#F#
Fall on the midnight hour
B minorBm E minorEm
Behind this mask of hate
G+G F#F#
I don the devil's power
B minorBm E minorEm
If there's life in the shadows
G+G F#F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G+G F#F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
B minorBm
Stabbing in the dark
Sound Bit:
B minorBm
All units respond
Multiple fatalities reported on Orange Grove Ave
B minorBm
Suspect has been identified as one Michael Myers
He is armed and extremely dangerous
B minorBm
Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to kill, over
Bridge:
E minorEm
I am a shadow where there once was light
F#F#
Strangling all signs of life
E minorEm
It's either you or some kid down the street
G+G
The choice is yours
F#F#
Trick or f**kin' treat!
Solo:
(Chorus Rythm and chords)
B minorBm E minorEm G+G F#F# (x2)
Chorus:
B minorBm E minorEm
When the hands of fate
G+G F#F#
Fall on the midnight hour
B minorBm E minorEm
Behind this mask of hate
G+G F#F#
I don the devil's power
B minorBm E minorEm
If there's life in the shadows
G+G F#F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G+G F#F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
B minorBm
Stabbing in the dark