The Guardian (ellies Song) chords by Shawn James

Chords with lyrics

Intro: E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 G+G F#4
    E minorEm A minorAm B7B7

       E minorEm
When does it get quiet?
A minorAm     B7B7     G+G   F#4   E minorEm
Time was supposed to extinguish the desire
    A minorAm       B7B7
But the embers won't snuff out
E minorEm       A minorAm
Haunted by your smiles
  B7B7         G+G F#4 E minorEm
The mask keeps getting heavier
     A minorAm       B7B7
One step forward, two steps back

     A minorAm             B7B7
There's a noose round my neck and the further I get
   G+G    F#4    E minorEm
It's harder & harder to breathe
  A minorAm    B7B7       G+G F#4 E minorEm
Can I find a way to cut the rope?
     A minorAm
I've been waiting for dawn
    B7B7
But the light is all gone
   G+G      F#4   E minorEm
Don't know if I'm already blind
  A minorAm     B7B7  G+G F#4 E minorEm
Can I leave it all behind?

(E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 G+G F#4)
(E minorEm A minorAm B7B7)

     E minorEm         A minorAm      B7B7  F#4 E minorEm
What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
        E minorEm     A minorAm  B7B7
This victory is not what I hoped for
E minorEm      A minorAm    B7B7        G+G   F#4 E minorEm
How was I to know that everything would end up like this?
        A minorAm     B7B7
Survival of the fittest of sorts

          A minorAm
So I've become the bringer of death
 B7B7
A augmentedA lover of life
  G+G    F#4       E minorEm
The one who guards from the dark of the night
A minorAm     B7B7    G+G F#4 E minorEm
I'll be the hammer of war
A minorAm           B7B7
Justice and mercy don't live side by side
  G+G    F#4  E minorEm
So in retribution I abide
A minorAm      B7B7         G+G F#4 E minorEm
I'll tip the scales to justice's end
but can it make amends?

(E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 G+G F#4)
(E minorEm A minorAm B7B7)

    E minorEm
Kill or be killed
A minorAm   B7B7   G+G F#4 E minorEm
What a way to live & die
    A minorAm            B7B7
I just can't see this cycle ever ending
E minorEm    A minorAm     B7B7
How can I correct the damage done
   G+G F#4 E minorEm      A minorAm      B7B7
When I can't feel the consequences of my recourse

          A minorAm
So I've become the bringer of death
 B7B7
A augmentedA lover of life
  G+G    F#4       E minorEm
The one who guards from the dark of the night
A minorAm     B7B7    G+G F#4 E minorEm
I'll be the hammer of war
     A minorAm
I've been waiting for dawn
    B7B7
But the light is all gone
   G+G      F#4   E minorEm
Don't know if I'm already blind
  A minorAm     B7B7  G+G F#4 E minorEm
Can I leave it all behind?

Other versions of The Guardian

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The weak end (Ver. 2) by Shawn James