Chords with lyrics
Band verse in part 1 is on a standard-tuned acoustic.
ORDER:
Pt 1 - I1 V V INT1
Pt 2 - I2 V C majorC INT2
Pt 3 - I3 INT3 V1 PC C majorC V2 PC FC O
Part I: Funerale
[INTRO 1]
A minorAm | | G+G | A minorAm Am/GAm/G |
FF | A minorAm | Dm7-5/F | E5E5 Dm/E | E MajorE |
[VERSE] - organ/vocals
A minorAm DmDm
Essence of beauty
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G G7G7 Am/E Em/GEm/G
Ta - ken too soon
FF Am/E
Princess of hope
Fdim7/D Fdim7Fdim7 Esus4Esus4 E7E7
Deep in our hearts you live on
A minorAm DmDm
Essence of goodness
Gsus4Gsus4 G+G G4G4 G7G7 A minorAm Am/GAm/G
God - dess of life
FF A minorAm
Give us the power
Fdim7/D Fdim7Fdim7 Fdim7/Ab Fdim7/Cb
God give us strength to live on
[VERSE] - band
E minorEm A minorAm
Essence of beauty
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D5D5 E minorEm
Taken too soon
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE A minorAm Am/GAm/G
Princess of hope
Dsus2Dsus2 Dsus2/C B5B5 B-9 BB
Deep in our hearts you live on
E minorEm A minorAm
Essence of goodness
D MajorD Dsus2Dsus2 D MajorD E minorEm
Goddess of life
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE A minorAm Am/GAm/G
Give us the power
FF
God give us strength
Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Give us the strength to live on
[INTERLUDE 1]
F# minorF#m | C#C# | A augmentedA | E MajorE |
FF | A minorAm | G minorGm | G minorGm | G minorGm |
Part II: Burden of Guilt
[INTRO 2]
G minorGm | | | |
G minorGm | | | |
[VERSE]
E minorEm Asus2Asus2
How could this hap - pen?
Gsus2Gsus2 B-9
Oh, what have we done?
E minorEm Asus2Asus2 Gsus2Gsus2 Gsus2/F#
Will our tears ever pay for our sin?
E minorEm Asus2Asus2
Mother forgive us
Gsus2Gsus2 B-9
We need all your love
E minorEm D MajorD G minorGm FF Ebmaj7-5
To fight and to carry the burden of shame
[CHORUS]
E minorEm Asus2Asus2 Gsus2Gsus2 B-9
Hereby we swear for as long as we live
E minorEm Asus2Asus2 Gsus2Gsus2 Gsus2/F#
We will not soil our name
E minorEm Asus2Asus2
The truth made of iron
Gsus2Gsus2 B-9
Will see it with pain
E minorEm D MajorD G minorGm FF Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
until death, our secret remains
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 FF Bb/Eb
until death, our love remains
Ebmaj9Ebmaj9 FF BbmBbm
And in death, our love reframed
[INTERLUDE 2]
( BbmBbm ) | EbmEbm | AbAb | BbmBbm |
EbmEbm | BbmBbm | EbmEbm | FF |
Part III: The Journey
[INTRO 3]
GbGb EbM7Ebm7
A augmentedA minute away
BbmBbm Gb/Bb BbdimBbdim BbmBbm Gb/Bb BbmBbm CbCb
But worlds unwind
GbGb EbmEbm
Brothers in blood
AbAb BbmBbm
Now divided in heart
[INTERLUDE 3]
( BbmBbm ) Gb/Bb BbdimBbdim | BbmBbm EbmEbm DbDb BbmBbm CbCb |
[VERSE 1]
DmDm A minorAm
By grief and sorrow one is striving to repay
DmDm Bb majorBb
Behind the palisade, he lives his destined life
DmDm A minorAm
The music and the tears are piercing through the walls
DmDm Gm7Gm7 F/AF/A
Turns to nightmares and there's no escape at all
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb majorBb
Oh joyful childhood,
C majorC
you died so young
[CHORUS]
F minorFm BbmBbm
Every child follows blind
AbAb C7C7
On the jour - ney we call life
F minorFm C majorC DbDb
Learning every day
F minorFm BbmBbm
Given love or given hate
AbAb C majorC F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Determines everybody's fate in life
F minorFm Eb MajorEb
Be careful what you give
[VERSE 2]
DmDm A minorAm
A augmentedA stranger to love and affection on the run
DmDm Bb majorBb
In search of shelter in the solitude of sin
DmDm A minorAm
A augmentedA drifter in the dark, a soldier of the pain
DmDm G minorGm A minorAm
A augmentedA constant slave under the belt of misery
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb majorBb
Oh joyful childhood,
C majorC
you died so young
[FINAL CHORUS]
F minorFm BbmBbm
Every child follows blind
AbAb C7C7
On the jour - ney we call life
F minorFm C majorC DbDb
Learning every day
F minorFm BbmBbm
Given love or given hate
AbAb C majorC F minorFm Eb MajorEb DbDb
Determines everybody's fate in life
BbM7Bbm7
Be careful what you give
[OUTRO]
( BbM7Bbm7 ) | | | BbdimBbdim |
BbM7Bbm7 | | | BbdimBbdim |
BbM7Bbm7 | | | BbdimBbdim |
BbM7Bbm7 | | | BbdimBbdim |
BbM7Bbm7 | | | BbdimBbdim |
BbM7Bbm7 | | | BbdimBbdim |
Adim7Adim7