Riff 1: | FC | EA |
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------1---2-------| (if strummed,
D|-----3-------2-----------2--(2)--| on lower strings)
A|---3-------3-------2-----0----(0)|
E|-1-----1-0-----0-0---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Riff 2: | FC | EA |
E|---------------------------------|
B|-----1-------1-------0-----------|
G|---3-------0-------1-----2-------| (if strummed,
D|-3-----3-2-----2-2-------2-------| on higher strings)
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
“G” Riff: (G Barre Chord)
E|-----------------| * Proceeds Riff 1 in Chorus- *
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------| Note it, as song/shown,
D|-----5-----5---5-| or just quick strum G chord
A|---5-----5-------| - 8 short downstrokes, often only on E string,
E|-3-----3-----3---| actually sounds deeper and more eerie/cool
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & to me.
[INTRO]
|FC |EA |(Riff 1)
|FC |EA |(Riff 2)
[VERSE 1]
Em |Am |
And I cry-y and no one can
Em |Am |
hear. Inha........le, the blinded eyes that
Em |Am |
see the cha.......os bring the pitiful to
Em |AmC |
me. Even though I'm wide awake, I... ... ...
Em |AmD |
will in blackest night. And, I wait for you. It’s
EmD/F# |AmD |
cold in here, there's no one left and I wait for you. And
CEm |AmD |
nothing stops it happening and I... ... ... knew. I’d
CEm |FC |EA |
cherish all my misery a...lone. (*Riff 1)
[CHORUS]
E|-(| G Riff)--|--------------(Riff 1)------------|
|G //////// |FC |EA |
(And I) wait... staring at the northern star
|G //////// |FC |EA |
(I'm a-)-fraid... it won't lead me a.....nywhere
|G //////// |FC |EA |
(He's so) cold... he will ruin the world tonight
|G //////// |FC |EA |
(All the) angels... kneel into the northern lights,
|G //////// |FC |EA |
kneel into the frozen lights.
Then: |F C |E A |(Riff 2)
[VERSE 2]
Em |Am |
And they paid, I cry and cry for
Em |Am |
you. Ghosts that haunt you with their sorrow I cried 'cause you were
Em |Am |
doomed. Praying to the wound that swallows all that's cold and
Em |AmC |
cruel. Can you see the tree.....s, cha........rity
Em |
and gratitude? They
AmD |
run to the pines. It’s
EmD/F# |
black in here, blot out the sun and
AmD |
run to the pines. Our
CEm |
misery runs wild and free. And,
AmD |
I... ... ... knew the
CEm |(Riff 1)*
fire and the ashes of his graves.
[CHORUS]
|FC |EA |(Riff 1)*
(graves) And I..
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
wait......... staring at the northern star. I’m
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you very far. He’s so
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
cold......... he will win the world tonight. All the
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
angels....... kneelin to the frozen lights.
|G (riff) |FC |E
|(Riff 1)
Feel their hearts, they're cold and white.
Then..
|FC |EA |(Riff 2)
[BRIDGE]
EC |
EC |
AmD |
EC |
EC |
AmD |
G E | And...
[VERSE 3]
(picks up towards ends of previous verses – after Em-Am passes)
AmD |
I... wa.....nt you! And,
EmD/F# |
blessed are the broken and,
AmD |
I be........g you, no
CEm |
loneliness, no misery is
AmD |
worr........th you. Oh..
GEm |(Riff 1)*
tear his heart out, cold as ice it’s mine!
[CHORUS]
|FC |EA |(Riff 1)*
(mine!) And I..
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
wait......... praying to the northern star. I’m
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you any-where. He’s so
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
cold......... raining on the world tonight. All the
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
angels....... kneelin to the northern lights. And I..
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
pray......... begging to the northern star. I’m
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
afraid........ it won't lead you very far. He’s so..
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
cold......... he will rule the world tonight. All the..
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
angels....... kneelin to the northern lights,
|G (riff) |FC |EA |(Riff 1)
kneelin to the frozen lights.
Then..
|FC |EA |(Riff 2)
|FC |EA |(Riff 1)
Feel their hearts, they're cold as ice.
|FC |EA* |(Riff 2)