Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)
MAGNUM – The Serpent Rings
from “The Serpent Rings” (2020)
Intro: (fade in)
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Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------|-------3---------5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|
AbAb|-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-3-5---5-3-0-3-----------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------|-------3-----------7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-3-5---5-3-0-3-5-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM-----------------------------| PM-----------------------------|
Verse 1:
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
You steal what you can carry, you're not afraid
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
It's not the truth - desire you crave
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
GbGb|---------------|
DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
In your mind you don't know how it works
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
No satisfaction and it hurts
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
GbGb|---------------|
DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
No refuge from the landscape, you've lost control
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
You watch the emptiness unfold
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
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DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
Then it came to steal your liberty
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
Some day they say the blind will see
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
GbGb|---------------|
DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
Pre-Chorus 1:
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
Can't wear a veil to disguise who you are
DmDm C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Burning the sun from your serpent rings on every finger, gold and silver
Chorus 1:
A minorAm FF E minorEm G+G A minorAm
So beware if you follow that creed, the crowd all sing
A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
Of flaming horses that run with great speed on silent wings
A minorAm E minorEm
Don't take it in, don't take it in
A minorAm FF G+G
Don't take it in, I know the hangman can't wait to begin
Interlude:
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Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------|-------3---------5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|
AbAb|-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-3-5---5-3-0-3-----------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM-----------------------------| PM-----------------------------|
eb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------|-------3-----------7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-5-3-0-5-3-0-3-5-|-5-3-5---5-3-0-3-5-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM-----------------------------| PM-----------------------------|
Verse 2:
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
You walked the road forever and paid no toll
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
You've got confusion in your soul
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
GbGb|---------------|
DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm G+G A augmentedA
Baby girl, they said you'd go astray
DmDm A minorAm C majorC DmDm
Pay no attention all the way
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Bb majorBb|---------------|
GbGb|---------------|
DbDb|-7-5---5---5-7-|
AbAb|-----8---8-----|
Eb MajorEb|---------------|
Pre-Chorus 2:
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
When dragon clouds disappear from the sky
DmDm C majorC D MajorD E MajorE
Mercia green stole her iron horse rise into azure and it's over
Chorus 2:
A minorAm FF E minorEm G+G A minorAm
So beware if you follow that creed, the crowd all sing
A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
Of flaming horses that run with great speed on silent wings
A minorAm E minorEm
Don't take it in, don't take it in
A minorAm FF G+G
Don't take it in, I know the hangman can't wait to begin
Guitar Solo 1:
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC Bb majorBb G+G
eb|------------------------------|--------------------5-----|
Bb majorBb|------------------------------|---------------/5-8---8-5-|
GbGb|-9~---7/9-5/7-2/7~---7/9-9~---|-5~---5/7-7~--------------|
DbDb|------------------------------|--------------------------|
AbAb|------------------------------|--------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|------------------------------|--------------------------|
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC Bb majorBb G+G A minorAm DmDm
eb|----------12-------12--------|---------------------------|---------|-------|
Bb majorBb|-8b(10)------13----------13~-|-13~---13/15-15~---15b(17)-|-(17)~---|-15~---|
GbGb|----------------14----14-----|---------------------------|---------|-------|
DbDb|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------|-------|
AbAb|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------|-------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------------|---------------------------|---------|-------|
Keyboard Interlude 1:
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
eb|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------8---------------------8-----|------------8------------------|
GbGb|-7----9-10-------10-9--7----9-10--------|-7----9-10-------10-9--7-------|
DbDb|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Keyboard Interlude 2:
DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC
eb|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------8---------------------8-----|------------8----------|
GbGb|-7----9-10-------10-9--7----9-10--------|-7----9-10-------10-9--|
DbDb|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
AbAb|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD E MajorE
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------10--9--10--9-----9-|
GbGb|-11--9--11--9--11-9---------------11---|
DbDb|---------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2:
A minorAm FF E minorEm G+G A minorAm FF G+G
eb|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------------|-8b(10)---10p8-10-12-10-8-10~---13------|
GbGb|-7b(9)-------4-5/7-5~---5-4-----|------------------------------------16--|
DbDb|---------5-7-----------------5--|----------------------------------------|
AbAb|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm FF G+G A minorAm
eb|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------|
Bb majorBb|-15b(17)---13--15~-----|-13-------15~---13-------13~---/15-15b(17)-|-15b(17)--|
GbGb|-----------------------|----14-------------14----------------------|----------|
DbDb|-----------------------|-------14-------------14-------------------|----------|
AbAb|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------|
Chorus 3:
A minorAm E minorEm
Don't take it in, don't take it in
A minorAm FF G+G
Don't take it in, Wake up tomorrow and know where you've been
Ending:
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