Intro
C#m
C#m A/C# C#m A/C# F#m/C#
C#m A/C# B/C# C#m
[Band Enters]
F#m G#
C#m A F#m G# x2
A
[Verse 1]
C#m C#sus2
When you cross the edge inside
C#sus4 A/C#
Reach out for the stranger
B
As you sign the deal tonight
A C#m
Icarus's your only guide
C#sus2
See the haggard child of sun
C#sus4 A/C#
To the tempting fires you run
B
Pass the gate and realize
A
Casting evil eyes
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F#m E
Down at your dark lab
D A E
You threw some tarot cards
F#m E
Reading the fiery truth
A G#
Alchemist you were right, oh!
A B
The vision's alive
[Chorus 1]
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Gaze away
B
Far away
C#m B E
Alchemist you're free
A B E B/D#
Inside of your prison
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Take a light
B C#m B E
Getting sight of a revelation forced:
A B
The chemical wedding day...
A
No, no, no
[Verse 2]
C#m C#sus2
He appears at your desire
C#sus4 A/C#
Does your bidding - always
B
Lights the candle in the dark
A C#m
See the blood - oh - of us all
C#sus2
Think you force him to expose
C#sus4 A/C#
All above and all below
B
You're never able to unveil
A
What you had to feel...
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F#m E D A E
Taming your seraph but who is in control
F#m E A G#
You or the demon called curiosity, oh!
A B
Mephistopheles...
[Chorus 2]
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Gaze away
B
Far away
C#m B E
Alchemist you're free
A B E B/D#
Inside of your prison
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Take a light
B C#m B E
Getting sight of a revelation forced:
A B
The chemical wedding day...
A
No, no, no
[Re-Intro]
C#m A F#m G# x2
[Guitar Solo]
F#m C#m D E C#dim
F#m B G A Bm
[Bridge]
Bm G
The devil and the savant
D
Gaze away
A
Far away
Bm A D
Alchemist you're free
G A
Inside of your prison
[Chorus 3]
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Gaze away
B
Far away
C#m B E
Alchemist you're free
A B E B/D#
Inside of your prison
C#m A
The devil and the savant
E
Take a light
B C#m B E
Getting sight of a revelation forced:
A B E B/D#
The chemical wedding day
C#m
The devil and the savant