[Verse 1]
F#5 D5
Looking through the keyhole
E5 F#5
As you hear the thunder roar
F#5 D5
You see the lightning flashing
E5 F#5
But you know not what it's for
F#5 D5
There looks to be a stallion
E5 F#5
With a rider on it's back
D5
You have seen him pass
E5 F#5
And know that he'll be back
D5 E5 D5 C#5
[Verse 2]
F#5 D5
He looks to be a wizard
E5 F#5
Or perhaps a magic man
F#5 D5
With eyes of liquid fire
E5 D5
Golden staff within his hand
F#5 D5
And he rides above the mountains
E5 F#5
With the secret that he holds
D5 E5 F#5
The time has come, the people must be told
D5 E5
[Chorus]
D5 E5 D5
So shall it be written
E5
So shall it be done
D5 E5
Came the warning from the prophet
D5 E5 F#5
And it came to pass before the rising sun
[Main]
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
D5 C#5
[Verse 3]
F#5 D5
He looked upon the thousands
E5 F#5
That had come to hear him speak
F#5 D5
He warned them of the darkness
E5 F#5
Of their evil and their greed
F#5 D5
But somehow they ignored him
E5 F#5
Though their faces filled with fear
D5 E5 F#5
So he turned away and shed a single tear
D5 E5
[Chorus]
D5 E5 D5
So shall it be written
E5
So shall it be done
D5 E5
Came the warning from the prophet
D5 E5 F#5
And it came to pass before the rising sun
[Main]
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
D5 C#5
[Verse 4]
F#5 D5
Well his words had gone unheeded
E5 F#5
Nothing more that could be done
F#5 D5
He returned into the mountains
E5 F#5
From where he had begun
F#5 D5
Now he watches from the heavens
E5 F#5
As the void is drawing near
D5 E5
And the prophet's words are ringin'
D E D E D E D C#
All too clear, all too clear, all too clear
[Guitar Solo]
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
[Chorus]
D5 E5 D5
So shall it be written
E5
So shall it be done
D5 E5
Came the warning from the prophet
D5 E5 F#5
And it came to pass before the rising sun
[Instrumental]
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
F#5 D5 E5
[Chorus]
D5 E5 D5
So shall it be written
E5
So shall it be done
D5 E5
Came the warning from the prophet
D5 E5 F#5
And it came to pass before the rising sun
[Outro]
F#5 D5 E5
(Repeat till fade)