Stabbing In The Dark

Bm                Bm
   In calculated silence
                  Em
Captivated by the violence I replay
        G          F#
Fifteen years ago today
G      F#      Bm
Oh, an evil evolution
             A           Em
Will bring a feeble institution to 
its knees
   G                 F#
Oh doctor, can't you see?


[Chorus]
              Bm       Em
That when the hands of fate
            G        F#
Fall on the midnight hour
            Bm      Em
Behind this mask of hate
          G       F#
I don the devil's power


[Post-Chorus]

"These are the devil's eyes"
                        Bm        
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------7---7-
G|-----------------------7---7---
D|---------------------9---------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
        F#              Bm           
E|----------------------------------
B|----------5---5-----------7---7---
G|7---7---6---6---6---6---7---7---7-
D|--9---8-----------8---9-----------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

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--7---6---6---6---6-| 
9---8-----------8---| 
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     G                            
E|--------------------------------
B|--7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-7---8~--------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
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     F#
E|----------------------------------
B|--7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-3---3-5-3-2-----
G|------------------------------4-3-
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|4~--------| 
D|----------| 
A|----------| 
E|----------| 


[Verse 1]

         Bm
A former portrait of perfection
F#
Painted without plight
    Em
Now Haddonfield's my battlefield
     G                  F#
Your kids won't make it home tonight
       Bm
With a madness void of reason
  F#
I kill with every strike
               Em
I'll haunt you day after day
G      F#      G
Knife after knife
       F#            F# N.C.
Taking life after li-ife


[Chorus]

         Bm       Em
When the hands of fate
            G        F#
Fall on the midnight hour
            Bm      Em
Behind this mask of hate
          G       F#
I don the devil's power
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           Bm          Em
If there's life in the shadows
        G               F#
Let the knife leave its mark
         G                         
When the certainty of safety feels 
     F#
like stabbing
F#
Stabbing in the dark


[Post-Chorus]

     Bm
E|--------------------------------
B|--7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-7---8~--------
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|--7p0-0-7p0-0-7p0-3---3-5-3-2-----
G|------------------------------4-3-
D|----------------------------------
A|----------------------------------
E|----------------------------------

E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|4~--------| 
D|----------| 
A|----------| 
E|----------| 


[Verse 2]

G              Bm
You'll learn a heartless human 
harvest
           F#
Feeds this festival of flesh
         Em
Stalking at the top

Scream of the crop
  G           F#
A silent cut above the rest
      Bm
Where blood's thicker than water
     F#
I've carved up quite a scene
                Em
With your worst fears carved on this
 white veneer
     G                  F#
I'll change the face of Halloween
G                  F#
You can't kill the boogeyman


[Chorus]

         Bm       Em
When the hands of fate
            G        F#
Fall on the midnight hour
            Bm      Em
Behind this mask of hate
          G       F#
I don the devil's power
           Bm          Em
If there's life in the shadows
        G               F#
Let the knife leave its mark
         G                         
When the certainty of safety feels 
     F#
like stabbing
F#
Stabbing in the dark


[Sound Bit]

Bm
All units respond
Bm
Multiple fatalities reported on 
Orange Grove Ave
Bm
Suspect has been identified as one 
Michael Myers
Bm
He is armed and extremely dangerous
Bm
Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to 
kill, over


[Bridge]

         Em
I am the shadow where there once was
 light
F#
Strangling all signs of life
            Em
It's either you or some kid down the
 street
    G
The choice is yours
F#
Trick or fuckin' treat!


[Solo]

E|-----------------------------10-
B|-7----7-8-7-5-7--7/10-7--3-5----
G|----X---------------------------
D|--X-----------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|7---7-10-7-9-6------------------
B|--8------------7--2-2-3-3-2-0---
G|------------------------------3-
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|3/4-----------------| 
D|----4-4/7-9-7\4-2---| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 


E|------------------------------
B|------------------------------
G|---------------------3--6--3--
D|-----------2-4-5-4------------
A|-0-2-2-4-5--------------------
E|------------------------------

E|-------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------| 
G|3/4----------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------| 
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Rhythm guitar:

| Bm   Em     | G   F#     | x2


[Chorus]

         Bm       Em
When the hands of fate
            G        F#
Fall on the midnight hour
            Bm      Em
Behind this mask of hate
          G       F#
I don the devil's power
           Bm          Em
If there's life in the shadows
        G               F#
Let the knife leave its mark
         G                         
When the certainty of safety feels 
     F#
like stabbing
F#              Bm
Stabbing in the dark


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