Procession chords by Nightwish

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

*) Guitar from verse 3 onwards

Verse 1:
DmDm
A augmentedA cradle Earth, horizons unseen
Bb majorBb              DmDm
New world in thirst, for the arcane
    FF       C majorC
We are, singers of the gone
G minorGm            DmDm
We remember, as along came life

DmDm
A augmentedA cradle Earth, horizons unseen
Bb majorBb             DmDm
Birth of one, and a zillion sideshows
      FF         C majorC
We are, we were, and will not be
G minorGm             DmDm
We remember, as along came acorn

Verse 2:
DmDm
Another birth, another moss green
Bb majorBb              DmDm
New world in thirst, for the unseen
      FF       C majorC
An empty zoo, a starlight vigil
   G minorGm             DmDm
Will have a visit, as along came heartbeat

DmDm
Another birth, another monster
Bb majorBb             DmDm
Endless forms, towards the stronger
     FF        C majorC
Menagerie, of a new world order
  G minorGm               DmDm
We held our breath, as along came suffering

Instrumental:
FF DmDm FF A minorAm G minorGm FF DmDm FF A minorAm Bb majorBb
mod:
F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA E MajorE B minorBm D MajorD
mod:
Eb MajorEb DmDm C minorCm F#dimF#dim G minorGm D MajorD G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb DmDm C minorCm F#dimF#dim G minorGm D MajorD F#dimF#dim D MajorD

Verse 3:
DmDm
We remember, father Pikaia
Bb majorBb             DmDm
Gave the way, as along came Sapien
        FF        C majorC
The cradle Earth, welcoming its newborn
G minorGm             DmDm
Aeons since that very first acorn

DmDm
Together now, in this timeless parade
Bb majorBb          DmDm
The living lie, dead afraid
         FF        C majorC
Then they saw the moon, and found caring
G minorGm             DmDm
We remember, as along came writing

Verse 4:
DmDm
Such worlds were there, zoos dead again
Bb majorBb              DmDm
After all, we should've never appeared
        FF          C majorC
Spaceship Earth, through the fields of time
G minorGm               DmDm
They understood, as along came wisdom

Bridge:
Bb majorBb        G minorGm    FF
We have been here, here a while
    A minorAm            DmDm
At the end of Pi, as along came harvest

Chorus:
Eb MajorEb            Bb majorBb
We will remember all the suffering
  C minorCm               G minorGm
We wrote this in a tongue you will understand
Eb MajorEb                 Bb majorBb
Words and melodies with a touch of coloring
C minorCm               G minorGm
We were there and will remember mankind
  Eb MajorEb
Our kin
G minorGm   Eb MajorEb  G+G
Aeons ago