The Way It Ends - Death Note Musical chords by Frank Wildhorn

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

L: Verse 1:

B           Ebm              C#
I'm sitting down and pouring tea
        Bbm         B
As if I do it every day
               Ebm
Go through the motions
         C#           Bbm
Like the hands upon a clock


B               Ebm              C#
Though it feels right, a part of me
                Bbm
Knows that it's wrong
   B            B6       C#sus2
As if another's will had moved me

B             Ebm            C#
It's like I'm hitting all my marks
          Bbm         B
As if I'm acting in a play
          Ebm            C#            Bbm
So out of character, yet somehow not a shock


B          Ebm
I'm like a software program
C#               Bbm
Caught inside an endless loop
Ebm      B         B6    C#sus2
Just bad code that keeps repeating


L: Chorus:

Ebm Ebm7    B
Is this the way it ends now?
G#m             C#sus4   C#
How could I not see this coming?
Ebm Ebm7    B
My camera's cloudy lens now
G#m               C#sus4          C#
Takes much darker pictures than before


Light: Verse 2:

B         Ebm          C#                 Bbm         B
I know by now you understand you're but a pawn upon a board
             Ebm            C#              Bbm
I've won the game but never gave up half my years
B            Ebm            C#              Bbm
Life will continue just the way I've always planned
        B                  B6        C#sus2
Let the cold, hard justice crash the system


B           Ebm            C#
I've always stayed a step ahead
             Bbm               B
But you were with me the whole way
        Ebm           C#          Bbm
Until I played upon a Shinigami's fears
B          Ebm                  C#             Bbm
For Misa's love, she wrote your name then left upon a breeze
Ebm      B        B6       C#sus2
Into the sands of dust and darkness


Light: Chorus:

Ebm  Ebm7   B
This is the way it ends now!

L:
G#m             C#sus4  C#
See it flicker, hear it humming

Light:
Ebm Ebm7 B
My power just extends now!
G#m              C#sus4   C#       Bsus2
Rem has written, you will write no more!


L: Bridge:

                  Bsus2              B
I've seen through you right from the start!

Light:
            B                 A
I've simply let you play your part!

L:
             A
You'll never ever get away!

Light:
B                  B6       C#sus2 Ebm
Don't you see that you will die today?


L: Chorus:

Ebm Ebm7    B
Is this the way it ends now?
G#m             C#sus4   C#
How could I not see this coming?
Ebm Ebm7    B
The message that it sends now
G#m            C#sus4 C#      Ebm
Sounds exactly like a closing door


Light:

     Ebm7   B
This is the way it ends now!
G#m             C#sus4  C#
See it blazing, hear it drumming
Ebm Ebm7   B
Feel how a minute spends now
G#m               Csus4 C#     B  Ebm
When you wish you had a minute more


L: Outro:

C#     Bbm     B  Ebm  C#
Like a closing door

Light:

  Bbm    B  Ebm  C#  Bbm B
A minute more