Intro
Gm Gsus2 B7sus2 4x
[Verse 1]
Gm Gsus2
This heart-pounding day has finally arrived
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
All my living footfalls sigh like the night
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
Outside the war between illusion and truth
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
I found wisdom lain among putrid fruit of
B7sus2 A# C
Desperation, cold, wild gift of youth
F Gm A# C
Urgent and dead-eyed
D# Gm A# C D#
Urgent and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
G A# C7 D#
G A# C7 D#
[Chorus]
Dm F G
Hate the god
A# Dm
I don’t believe in
F G A# Dm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
F G
Hate the one
A# Dm
Who wouldn’t save us
F G A# Dm
Shikata ga nai
[Instrumental]
Gm Gsus2 B7sus2 2x
[Verse 2]
Gm Gsus2
In the blue mist death has finally closed in
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
All my gasping words at war with the wind
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
Worshipping the fear of hell left me lost
G7sus2 Gm Bsus2
I’ve found something for us, souls who have crossed
B7sus2 A# C
Charon’s torrent cold spiked black with frost
F Gm A# C
Ashen and dead-eyed
D# Gm A# C D#
Ashen and dead-eyed
[Instrumental]
G A# C7 D#
G A# C7 D#
[Chorus]
Dm F G
Hate the god
A# Dm
I don’t believe in
F G A# Dm
Heaven’s just a part of hell
F G
Hate the one
A# Dm
Who wouldn’t save us
F G A# Cm7
Shikata ga nai
[Bridge 1]
Cm7 G#maj7
Nothing can be done
D# F#
I’m no one
[Instrumental]
Gm A#maj7 F D#maj7 4x
[Bridge 2]
Gm A#maj7
He’s my blood
F D#maj7 Dm7
Reflected in mud
Gm A#maj7
Leave my body
F D#maj7
Among the poppies
Dm7 Gm A#maj7
I’m nailed to your flaws
F D#maj7 F#
You were my god
[Outro]
G A# F D#
G A# F D#
G A# F D#
G A# F D# F#
G A# F D#
G A# F D#
G A# F D#
G A# F D#
(fade out)