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Slaying The Dreamer by Nightwish

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🤘 Intro: 

A Bbm C Bb A F7 A Bbm Cm Bb E F G E F G Am

🤘 Verse 1:
Am           F       Am
I'm a priest for the poorest sacrifice
Am             Dm   G   Gm D      F          C
I'm but a raft in a sea of sorrow sorrow and greed
Am         F     A
You bathed in my wine
Am
Drank from my cup, mocked my rhyme
D         Eb      D      F         C
Your slit tongues licked my aching wounds

🤘 Chorus: 
Am          C          D
Put a stake through my heart!
D   E                    C G
And drag me into sunlight
G  Am    F
So awake for your greed
F         C   G        F  E
As you're slaying the dreamer

🤘 Instrumental: 
E F G F E F7 Eb Fm G F

🤘 Verse 2:
Am
Swansong for the Wish of Night
Am
God it hurts give a name to the pain
Dm      G         A  F               C
Our primrose path to hell is growing weed

🤘 Chorus: 
Am          C          Dsus2
Put a stake through my heart!
Dsus2 E                    C G
And   drag me into sunlight
G  Am    F
So awake for your greed
F         C   G       A
As you're slaying the dreamer

🤘 Solo: 
A Am F7 Bb C E Ab

🤘 Bridge: 
Adim          Am
Blame me it's me
Bb       Gm               Fsus4
Coward a good for nothing scapegoat
C       Em
Dumb kid  living a dream
Fm   F   Dm          C F
Romantic only on the paper
Am          Bb           C
Tell me why you took all that was mine!
Am                    Dm      G
Stay as you lay don't lead me astray!
Am          Bb           C
Tell me why you took all that was mine!
Am                    Dm      G   Am
Stay as you lay don't lead me astray!

🤘 Instrumental: 
Am G E D Eb Ab A Eb Ab Eb F Ab Eb D Ab Eb F

🤘 Outro: 
Ab      D       Ab
Wake up mow the weed
Ab                       Eb
You'd be nothing without me
Ab                                                 B  Bb Cdim C Eb
Take my life if you have the heart the heart to die
Am                      Ab
You bastards tainted my tool
Ab
Raped my words played me a fool
Ab                                         Eb D
Gather your precious glitter and leave me be
D                      Ab
The Great Ones are all dead
Ab
And I'm tired too
Ab
I truly hate you all!

Ab B Cdim C Eb Am D Ab D Eb D Dm Ab
Eb F D Ab D Eb D Ab D F Fm F Fm F Bb D