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[ intro riff
[ chord timing, rhythm
[ chord choices - verse, instrumentals/bridges - plays with orginal recording
[ includeds key shift
[ added chords, flourishes
[ lyric choices - during counterpoints
[ full rubric
---INTRO---
G+G 
F#F# 
BB 
E MajorE 
D MajorD G+G 
C majorC BB E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD
e|--------------------------------------------|--|
BB|----------12--------------------------------|--|
G+G|-12---11-----9------12----------9-----------|--|
D MajorD|-----------------12----10----9-----------12-|--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------12--------|--||
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------|--|
---INTRO 1---
G+G D MajorD (e|-7-5-)
When I was a young boy
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
My father took me into the city
G+G 
A minorAm - D MajorD
To see a marching band (snare comes in next line)
G+G D MajorD
He said, "Son, when you grow up
E minorEm 
B minorBm (e|-0-) C majorC
Would you be the savior of the broken
G+G A minorAm - D MajorD
The beaten and the damned??
G+G D MajorD
He said, "Will you defeat them
E minorEm D MajorD (G+G) C majorC
Your demons and all the non-believers
G+G A minorAm - D MajorD
The plans that they have made?
G+G D MajorD
Because one day, I'll leave you
E minorEm B minorBm (G+G) C majorC
A augmentedA phantom to lead you in the summer
G+G A minorAm - D MajorD
To join the Black Parade
---BRIDGE 1---
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G A minorAm D MajorD
|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
---INTRO 2---
G+G D MajorD
When I was a young boy
E minorEm G+G D MajorD C majorC
My father took me into the city
G+G A minorAm - D MajorD
To see a marching band
G+G D MajorD
He said, "Son, when you grow up
E minorEm B minorBm (e|-0-) C majorC
Would you be the savior of the broken
G+G A minorAm - D MajorD
The beaten and the damned??
---BRIDGE 2---
G+G
|----|----|
G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC C majorC D MajorD D MajorD
|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|
---VERSE 1---
G+G D MajorD
Sometimes I get the feeling
DmDm C majorC
She's watching over me
G+G D MajorD
And other times I feel like I should go
G+G D MajorD
And through it all, the rise and fall
DmDm C majorC
The bodies in the streets
G+G D MajorD
And when you're gone we want you all to know
---CHORUS 1---
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
We'll carry on, we'll carry on
(G+G) C majorC
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm
Your memory will carry on, will carry on
(G+G) C majorC
And in my heart, I can't contain it
D MajorD
The anthem won't explain it
---VERSE 2---
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA world that sends you reeling
DmDm C majorC
From decimated dreams
G+G D MajorD
Your misery and hate will kill us all
G+G D MajorD
So paint it black and take it back
DmDm C majorC
Let's shout it loud and clear
G+G D MajorD
Defiant to the end, we hear the call:
---CHORUS 2---
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
To carry on, we'll carry on
G+G C majorC
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
D MajorD
Your memory will
G+G D MajorD E minorEm
To carry on, we'll carry on
(G+G) C majorC
And though you're broken and defeated
D MajorD
Your weary widow marches
---INTERLUDE---
BB E minorEm
On and on we carry through the fears. (Ahh Ahh Ahh)
BB E minorEm
Disappointed faces of your peers. (Ahh Ahh Ahh)
C majorC
Take a look at me
D MajorD (C majorC A minorAm B minorBm) G+G
'Cause I could not care at all
D MajorD
Do or die, you'll never make me
E minorEm G+G C majorC
Because the world, will never take my (heart).
G+G
Go and try, you'll never break me
C majorC D MajorD G+G
We want it all, we wanna play this (part).
D MajorD E minorEm
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
G+G C majorC
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my (scar)
G+G
Give a cheer, for all the broken.
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA (key change:A)
Listen here, because it's who we are.
E MajorE 
F# minorF#m
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
A augmentedA D MajorD
Just a boy who had to sing this song
A augmentedA
Just a man, I'm not a hero
E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE
I don't care!
---CHORUS 2 (stay in key:A)---
x A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
We'll carry on, we'll carry on
(A augmentedA) D MajorD
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m
Your memory will carry on, will carry on
(A augmentedA) D MajorD
And though you're broken and defeated
E MajorE A augmentedA
You're weary widow marches on
---OUTRO---
E MajorE
Do or die, you'll never make me
F# minorF#m E MajorE D MajorD
Because the world, will never take my (heart).
D MajorD
Though you try, you'll never break me
E MajorE E MajorE A augmentedA
We want it all, we wanna play this (part).
E MajorE
Do or die, you'll never make me
F# minorF#m A augmentedA D MajorD
Because the world, will never take my (heart).
A augmentedA
Though you try, you'll never break me
D MajorD E MajorE A augmentedA
We want it all, to carry on
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