[Verse]
C#m A
Old friend, we seem surrounded
F#m
As decay is closing in
G#
And the kiss of deadly silence
C#m
Has been placed upon my skin
A
For the code we're bound to follow
F#m
You have led my last crusade
G#
Now we're swallowed by the city
As it fades
[Chorus]
A
I will shield you from the darkness
F#m
When the walls around us quake
C#m
I will hold back all the monsters
G#
Until my bones begin to break
A
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
F#m
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
C#m
If I'm taken by the shadows
E
I will spare you from the pain
C#m A F#m G#
[Verse]
C#m A
Cry a requiem for sunlight
F#m
Hide away now from the dark
G#
To me the angered deep is calling
Tearing me apart
C#m A
Somehow the whispers do command me
F#m
When the abyss has taken hold
G#
Now carry on in glory
When I grow cold
[Chorus]
A
I will shield you from the darkness
F#m
When the walls around us quake
C#m
I will hold back all the monsters
G#
Until my bones begin to break
A
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
F#m
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
C#m
If I'm taken by the shadows
E
I will spare you from the pain
A F#m C#m G#
C#m C#m F#m G#
C#m C#m F#m G#
[Bridge]
C#m C#m
Foolishly I left the darkness creeping
F#m
In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding
I confess to you the dark
G#
Has taken me prisoner
C#m C#m
I am corrupt beyond any rescue
F#m
I've forsaken my vow to protect you
Oh, end these horrors
G#
Face the father of the sinister
A
If the fight's over
F#m
I will sacrifice my mind
C#m
Just to know you'll still be breathing
G#
When the years have been unkind
A
So continue on without me
F#m
Guard my body and my flame
C#m
Keep a watch over the wasteland
G#
When the world forgets my name
N.C.
[Chorus]
A
I will shield you from the darkness
F#m
When the walls around us quake
C#m
I will hold back all the monsters
G#
Until my bones begin to break
A
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
F#m
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
C#m
If I'm taken by the shadows
E
I will spare you from the pain
A F#m C#m G#
A F#m C#m G#
[Outro]
C#m A F#m
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----3-----2-----3-----2---------|----------0-----------0----0-3-|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----2---2-------2---2----2-----|--------------------------------|
D|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----|--0-----------0----------------|----5-----4-----5-----4-----2-0-|
A|2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-0-|-------------------------------|--7-----7-----7-----7-----2-----|
E|--------------------------------|3-----3-----3-----3----3-------|0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
G#
e|--------------------------------|
B|--3-----2-----3-----2-----------|
G|----------------------------4-3-| (x2)
D|------4-----------4-------4-----|
A|4-----------4-------------------|
E|----2-----------2-------2-------|