Prodigal Son chords by Kamelot

Band verse in part 1 is on a standard-tuned acoustic.


ORDER:
Pt 1 - I1 V V INT1
Pt 2 - I2 V C INT2
Pt 3 - I3 INT3 V1 PC C V2 PC FC O


Part I: Funerale

[INTRO 1]
Am |  | G    | Am Am/G |
F | Am | Dm7-5/F | E5 Dm/E | E |

[VERSE] - organ/vocals
Am     Dm
Essence of beauty
Gsus4 G  G7 Am/E Em/G
Ta - ken too soon
F      Am/E
Princess of hope
Fdim7/D    Fdim7      Esus4 E7
Deep  in our hearts you live on
Am     Dm
Essence of goodness
Gsus4 G G4  G7 Am Am/G
God - dess of life
F      Am
Give us the power
Fdim7/D    Fdim7      Fdim7/Ab Fdim7/Cb
God  give us strength to live on


[VERSE] - band
Em     Am
Essence of beauty
D Dsus2 D5 Em
Taken  too soon
E  Esus4 E Am Am/G
Princess of hope
Dsus2    Dsus2/C    B5 B-9 B
Deep in our hearts you live on
Em     Am
Essence of goodness
D Dsus2 D Em
Goddess of life
E  Esus4 E  Am  Am/G
Give us  the power
F
God give us strength
Esus4            E
Give us the strength to live on


[INTERLUDE 1]
F#m | C# | A | E |
F  | Am | Gm | Gm | Gm |


Part II: Burden of Guilt


[INTRO 2]
Gm | | | |
Gm | | | |


[VERSE]
Em          Asus2
  How could this hap - pen?
    Gsus2    B-9
  Oh, what have we done?
Em     Asus2   Gsus2      Gsus2/F#
  Will our tears ever pay for our sin?
Em        Asus2
  Mother forgive   us
   Gsus2     B-9
  We need all your love
   Em  D   Gm  F  Ebmaj7-5
  To fight and to carry the burden of shame


[CHORUS]
Em    Asus2    Gsus2   B-9
Hereby we swear for as long as we live
Em     Asus2  Gsus2  Gsus2/F#
We will not soil our   name
  Em      Asus2
The truth made of iron
   Gsus2    B-9
Will see it with pain
   Em  D   Gm  F Ebmaj7
until death, our secret remains
   Ebmaj9   F   Bb/Eb
until death, our love remains
    Ebmaj9   F   Bbm
And in death, our love reframed


[INTERLUDE 2]
(Bbm) | Ebm | Ab | Bbm |
 Ebm  | Bbm | Ebm | F  |


Part III: The Journey


[INTRO 3]
 Gb     Ebm7
A minute away
      Bbm  Gb/Bb Bbdim Bbm Gb/Bb Bbm Cb
But worlds unwind
Gb        Ebm
Brothers in blood
      Ab Bbm
Now divided in  heart


[INTERLUDE 3]
(Bbm) Gb/Bb Bbdim | Bbm Ebm Db Bbm Cb |


[VERSE 1]
Dm              Am
  By grief and sorrow one is striving to repay
Dm             Bb
  Behind the palisade, he lives his destined life
Dm               Am
  The music and the tears are piercing through the walls
Dm             Gm7    F/A
  Turns to nightmares and there's no escape at all


[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
  Oh joyful childhood,
C
  you died so young


[CHORUS]
Fm    Bbm
  Every child follows blind
Ab      C7
  On the jour - ney we call life
Fm      C  Db
  Learning every day
Fm      Bbm
  Given love  or given hate
Ab       C     Fm Eb    Db
  Determines everybody's fate in life
          Fm   Eb
  Be careful what you give


[VERSE 2]
Dm             Am
  A stranger to love and affection on the run
Dm               Bb
  In search of shelter in the solitude of sin
Dm             Am
  A drifter in the dark, a soldier of the pain
Dm              Gm   Am
  A constant slave under the belt of misery


[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
  Oh joyful childhood,
C
  you died so young


[FINAL CHORUS]
Fm    Bbm
  Every child follows blind
Ab      C7
  On the jour - ney we call life
Fm      C  Db
  Learning every day
Fm      Bbm
  Given love  or given hate
Ab       C     Fm Eb    Db
  Determines everybody's fate in life
          Bbm7
  Be careful what you give


[OUTRO]
(Bbm7) | | | Bbdim |
 Bbm7  | | | Bbdim |
 Bbm7  | | | Bbdim |

 Bbm7  | | | Bbdim |
 Bbm7  | | | Bbdim |
 Bbm7  | | | Bbdim |
 Adim7