ORDER: C-I INT1 V1 V2 PC C V3 PC C B FC O
CHORUS - INTRO
CmCmadCm
You are my reason to stay
Cm/EbFmBb
e - ven if daylight's a lifetime away
CmCm/G
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
AbFmDm7b5
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
CmAbFmCm
Sometimes the weight of the world's coming o - ver me
FmEbadd9Bb/DCm
A feeling I can't forget
AbFmCm
Sometimes I find myself caught in a storm
Fm7FmEbAb
and my fu - ture's a nightmare away
Fm7Bb7/D
when I'm dream - ing
VERSE 2
CmAbFmCm
Sometimes I fear I am losing your sympathies
FmEbBb/DCm
A liar demands respect
AbFmCm
Sometimes I feel I am losing control
Fm7FmEbAb
and feed on the absence of love
PRE-CHORUS
(Ab ) FmCm
Walking this world like a - nimals
AbFm6addFm
And into the light we're fad - ing
CHORUS
CmCm
You are my reason to stay
FmBb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
AbEb/GFm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
EbBbCm
my song for the children unforgiven
VERSE 3
CmAbFmCm
Sometimes I'm lost in the silence of empathy,
FmEbBb/Cm
a moment I can't reflect
AbFmCm
Sometimes I feel I am losing control
Fm7FmEbAb
and feed on the essence of hate
PRE-CHORUS
(Ab ) FmCm
Walking this world like a - nimals
AbFm6addFm
And into the light we're fad - ing
CHORUS
CmCm
You are my reason to stay
FmBb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
AbEb/GFm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
EbBbCm
my song for the children unforgiven
BRIDGE
(C)
BBb7/DEbFmDdimCm
Some - where in time a story seldom told
CCmdd9 BbGm7
Somewhere in history our destiny behold
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm
CmFmGm7
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-------------------------------|
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FINAL CHORUS
CmCm
You are my reason to stay
FmBb
even if daylight's a lifetime away
Cm
May the kings and the queens of the dawn
AbEb/GFm
remember my name as dark as the fallen star,
EbBbAb
my song for the children unforgiven
Fm
My song for the lost
EbBbCm
my song for the children unforgiven
OUTRO
Cm | | Eb | Fm Bb7/D
Cm | | Bb | Gm
Cm