ORDER: C-I INT1 V1 V2 PC C V3 PC C B FC O
[CHORUS - INTRO]
Cm Cmadd9 Cm
You are my reason to stay
Cm/Eb Fm Bb
e - ven if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm Cm/G
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
Ab Fm Dm7b5
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
Eb Bb Cm Cm n.c. (timpani roll)
my song for the children unforgiven
[INTERLUDE 1]
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm7 Gm
(full band)
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm7 Gm
Cm |
[VERSE 1]
Cm Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes the weight of the world's coming o - ver me
Fm Ebadd9 Bb/D Cm
A feeling I can't forget
Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes I find myself caught in a storm
Fm7 Fm Eb Ab
and my fu - ture's a nightmare away
Fm7 Bb7/D
when I'm dream - ing
[VERSE 2]
Cm Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes I fear I am losing your sympathies
Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
A liar demands respect
Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes I feel I am losing control
Fm7 Fm Eb Ab
and feed on the absence of love
[PRE-CHORUS]
( Ab ) Fm Cm
Walking this world like a - nimals
Ab Fm6add9 Fm
And into the light we're fad - ing
[CHORUS]
Cm Cm
You are my reason to stay
Fm Bb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
Ab Eb/G Fm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
Eb Bb Cm
my song for the children unforgiven
[VERSE 3]
Cm Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes I'm lost in the silence of empathy,
Fm Eb Bb/D Cm
a moment I can't reflect
Ab Fm Cm
Sometimes I feel I am losing control
Fm7 Fm Eb Ab
and feed on the essence of hate
[PRE-CHORUS]
( Ab ) Fm Cm
Walking this world like a - nimals
Ab Fm6add9 Fm
And into the light we're fad - ing
[CHORUS]
Cm Cm
You are my reason to stay
Fm Bb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
Ab Eb/G Fm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
Eb Bb Cm
my song for the children unforgiven
[BRIDGE]
( Cm )
Bb/D Bb7/D Eb Fm Ddim Cm
Some - where in time a story seldom told
Cmadd9 Cm Bb Gm7
Somewhere in history our destiny behold
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm
Cm Fm Cm Ab Gm7
In the dead of the night I'm just a corpse
(A - woken, the enemy sleeping inside)
Cm Fm G * Cm n.c.
In the eye of the storm we're just the same, cause
G *:
divebomb if possible
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A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
c|-8-7-5-7-------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
C|-------------8-7-5-7-----8-7-5-3-|-0-------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
[FINAL CHORUS]
Cm Cm
You are my reason to stay
Fm Bb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
Ab Eb/G Fm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
Eb Bb Ab
my song for the children unforgiven
Fm
My song for the lost
Eb Bb Cm
my song for the children unforgiven
[OUTRO]
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm
Cm
