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