Tuning: Half-Step Down (EbAbDbGbBbEb)
Intro:
EmEm7CCadd9DDsus2EmEsus4 (x3)
EmB5GD5EmB5GD5
This night will
Verse 1:
EmB5GD5
fall like any other,
EmB5GD5EmB5GD5
Daylight subsides and shadows crawl out from under,
Cadd9Dsus2EmB5GD5
Black corners hiding something, stars, all so restless,
EmB5GD5
Cracked windows open wide
EmB5GD5
Dead-bolt turns, doors creak open,
Cadd9Dsus2Em
With stars and moonlight there to guide.
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Chorus:
EmCadd9
Come raise your lantern to the sky,
DEm
Can we illuminate this night?
Cadd9
We'll dance like heathens 'round a flame,
DEmB5GD5
While the world sleeps we are awake.
EmB5GVerse 2:
EmB5GD5
The black bird calls, it sings a chorus,
EmB5GD5EmB5GD5
While the cavalry swells, the flames grow tall right before us.
Cadd9Dsus2EmB5GD5
As drums keep pounding and the masses now are fusing,
EmB5GD5
Bodies pressed and tangled,
EmB5G5D5
As we revel in confusion,
Cadd9Dsus2
Our inhibitions thrown into the fire.
Chorus:
EmCadd9
Come raise your lantern to the sky,
DEm
Can we illuminate this night?
Cadd9
We'll dance like heathens 'round a flame,
DEm
While the world sleeps we are awake.
Bridge:
D5EmD5A5GDEmD5EmD5 (x2)
A5GDVerse 3:
EmD5Edim
Here in the dark we are safe from the judgement,
D5AD5GD
Now arm in arm locked tight so no one gets in
EmD5E7
The Heaven-sent say: "child, you are hellbent"
D5AGDsus2EmEm7Em
But Hell is not where we're going, Hell's where we've been
Chorus:
EmEm7EmCCadd9C
Come raise your lantern to the sky,
DEmEm7Em
And let's illuminate this night,
EmEm7EmCCadd9C
We'll dance like heathens 'round a flame,
DEm
While the world sleeps we are awake.
EmCadd9
Raise your lantern to the sky,
DEm
And let's illuminate this night,
Cadd9
We'll dance like heathens 'round the flames,
DEm
While the world sleeps we are awake.
Outro:EmCadd9
Yeah we are awake,
(Raise your lantern to the sky)
DEm
We are awake,
EmCadd9
Yeah we are awake,
(Raise your lantern to the sky)
D
We are awake,
Em
Yeah we are awake.
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