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