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