Intro
Cm Csus2 B7sus2 4x
[Verse 1]
Cm Csus2
This heart-pounding day has finally arrived
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
All my living footfalls sigh like the night
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
Outside the war between illusion and truth
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
I found wisdom lain among putrid fruit of
B7sus2 D# F
Desperation, cold, wild gift of youth
A# Cm D# F
Urgent and dead-eyed
G# Cm D# F G#
Urgent and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
C D# F7 G#
C D# F7 G#
[Chorus]
Gm A# C
Hate the god
D# Gm
I don’t believe in
A# C D# Gm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
A# C
Hate the one
D# Gm
Who wouldn’t save us
A# C D# Gm
Shikata ga nai
[Instrumental]
Cm Csus2 B7sus2 2x
[Verse 2]
Cm Csus2
In the blue mist death has finally closed in
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
All my gasping words at war with the wind
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
Worshipping the fear of hell left me lost
C7sus2 Cm Bsus2
I’ve found something for us, souls who have crossed
B7sus2 D# F
Charon’s torrent cold spiked black with frost
A# Cm D# F
Ashen and dead-eyed
G# Cm D# F G#
Ashen and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
C D# F7 G#
C D# F7 G#
[Chorus]
Gm A# C
Hate the god
D# Gm
I don’t believe in
A# C D# Gm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
A# C
Hate the one
D# Gm
Who wouldn’t save us
A# C D# Fm7
Shikata ga nai
[Bridge 1]
Fm7 C#maj7
Nothing can be done
G# B
I’m no one
[Instrumental]
Cm D#maj7 A# G#maj7 4x
[Bridge 2]
Cm D#maj7
He’s my blood
A# G#maj7 Gm7
Reflected in mud
Cm D#maj7
Leave my body
A# G#maj7
Among the poppies
Gm7 Cm D#maj7
I’m nailed to your flaws
A# G#maj7 B
You were my god
[Outro]
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G# B
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G#
C D# A# G#
(fade out)