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