CALEB- Sonata Arctica
Acoustic version by sinForge xJp
This IS NOT based on a recording/performance!!
Standard Tuning, Capo 2, 4, 5 & 6 (where indicated)
CAPO 4
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There is a man in this world, who has never smiled
You may know his tragedy, the later years, by heart
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A|-----------------2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5---------|-
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In the beginning, there was a mother, a father, and a child
A troubled little silent boy, whose life they worked to destroy
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Known to us from this day on by his father, Caleb..
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Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
His mother came up with such a clever way to save the day with a little white lie
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
He thinks he missed the point back then, but now he's grown to understand it, in a way
Em Bm C* Dadd11*
Father said "I'm sorry" only once, as I remember
Em Bm C* Dadd11*
The words were not meant to hurt, only destroy you, my stupid son
AmBsus4CDadd11
One person can make a difference, sometimes
AmBsus4CDadd11
Just turn his head when the kid is still and has a weak neck
(NC)
Smiled at his funeral, "happy you're dead."
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
All his solutions, it seemed, were only problems in disguise
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
Glueing on his drinkin' face, got ready to erase another day
CAPO 2
AmFAmFC
Mother was yet confident, although they had it tight, taught her son
DmE
At the end of every tunnel's a little light
AmFAmF
It wasn't a lie, it was her hope, that everything would be fine one day
CDmE
He can fulfill his every dream, I'm happy as long as he's not
FGAE
..I hate it and fear can't face it
FGAE
The child is not right, he's my greatest shame
FGAE
Go out, create thunder, and stand right under
F G A (CHANGE CAPO to 5 NOW)
That old apple tree where dead snakes let him feed on those
AmFGCC/BAm
Lost hopes, all those kind words could hurt him even more, now
FGCC/B
Somehow, lost one more way back home
CAPO 4
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
Out on the lake, he rows towards a monster he should've been running away from, years ago
EmBsus4CDadd11Asus2
The past had made him blind to the way he'd turned the pain into a way of life
CAPO 2
AmFAmF
Followed his father, tucked him in, Caleb knows the trade
CDmEAm
He's the portrait of a man his mother drew to hate forever
FAmF
She was a beast, a deadly saint, wrong in many ways
C Dm E (CHANGE CAPO to 4 NOW)
Wanted to keep up the charade, until the end waltzing together
(TIME CHANGE 6/8)
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EmC
Over the hills, under the sea, fighting the will, whole Universe
GAmB
Why does a man driving a hearse live in fear, Gift and a Curse
F#mD
Taking 'em out, taking 'em all, shooting the wall, over and out
ABmC#F#m
When nothing moves, all's well, a decision he can find a way to live with
D
...And dried up flowers are so beautiful
ABmC#
And it applies to all things living, and dead
EmBmCDEmAm
For that I serve my time... in my suite in Hell
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
CAPO 6
EmBmCD
Now I ring the bell to tell the world
EmBmCDEm
I'm ready when they bring out the soon to be dead against the wall
BmCGAmBEmBmBm
Oooh.. This necessary evil has no heart
EmC
Flowers and people he will now enlace
GAmB
A price he must pay serving a cold ..whateverGod
..C.. F C
Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C
Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C
Em.. C.. D.. G D Em.. C.. D.. G D Em