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