Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: F minorFm
Difficulty: Advanced
Intro:
F minorFm BbM7Bbm7 C7C7 F minorFm BbM7Bbm7 C7C7
Verse 1:
F minorFm
Escape has come against all odds
Gdim/F
Hidden in a basket full of figs
Eb7Eb7
And eager to perform its deadliest of tricks
AbAb Csus4/G C majorC
Delivered by a servant of the Gods
C7C7
I’ll never beg for clemency
F7F7
But determine my own destiny
BbmBbm C7C7 F minorFm BbM7Bbm7 C7C7
Verse 2:
F minorFm
So welcome is the sweet bite of the asp
Gdim/F
The lethal taste of triumph on my tongue
Eb7Eb7
Osiris gently guides me to the world where I belong
AbAb Csus4/G C majorC
Life is quickly slipping from my grasp
C7C7
Securing immortality
F7F7
Being reborn into divinity
BbmBbm C7C7 F minorFm BbM7Bbm7 C7C7
Chorus:
C#6C#6 Eb/GEb/G
No man can take away my honour
C minorCm C#/F
No human hand can bring me down
BbM7Bbm7 C7/EC7/E
No one can rob me of my title
Ab/Eb Bb7/D
No earthly force can steal my crown
C#6C#6 Eb/GEb/G
I won’t be any Roman’s trophy
C minorCm C#/F
A augmentedA prisoner, shown off at his parade
BbM7Bbm7 C7/EC7/E
To add more luster to his glory
Ab/Eb Bb7/D C#C# Csus4Csus4 C majorC
‘Cause this time he will be too late…...
Verse 3:
F minorFm
But what if this is all there really is
Gdim/F
Who of u has never felt that unnamable doubt?
Eb7Eb7
No passage to forever, no honourable way out
AbAb Csus4/G C majorC
Only darkness beyond that sacred kiss