Band verse in part 1 is on a standard-tuned acoustic.
ORDER:
Pt 1 - I1 V V INT1
Pt 2 - I2 V C INT2
Pt 3 - I3 INT3 V1 PC C V2 PC FC O
Part I: Funerale
[INTRO 1]
Am | | G | Am Am/G |
F | Am | Dm7-5/F | E5 Dm/E | E |
[VERSE] - organ/vocals
Am Dm
Essence of beauty
Gsus4 G G7 Am/E Em/G
Ta - ken too soon
F Am/E
Princess of hope
Fdim7/D Fdim7 Esus4 E7
Deep in our hearts you live on
Am Dm
Essence of goodness
Gsus4 G G4 G7 Am Am/G
God - dess of life
F Am
Give us the power
Fdim7/D Fdim7 Fdim7/Ab Fdim7/Cb
God give us strength to live on
[VERSE] - band
Em Am
Essence of beauty
D Dsus2 D5 Em
Taken too soon
E Esus4 E Am Am/G
Princess of hope
Dsus2 Dsus2/C B5 B-9 B
Deep in our hearts you live on
Em Am
Essence of goodness
D Dsus2 D Em
Goddess of life
E Esus4 E Am Am/G
Give us the power
F
God give us strength
Esus4 E
Give us the strength to live on
[INTERLUDE 1]
F#m | C# | A | E |
F | Am | Gm | Gm | Gm |
Part II: Burden of Guilt
[INTRO 2]
Gm | | | |
Gm | | | |
[VERSE]
Em Asus2
How could this hap - pen?
Gsus2 B-9
Oh, what have we done?
Em Asus2 Gsus2 Gsus2/F#
Will our tears ever pay for our sin?
Em Asus2
Mother forgive us
Gsus2 B-9
We need all your love
Em D Gm F Ebmaj7-5
To fight and to carry the burden of shame
[CHORUS]
Em Asus2 Gsus2 B-9
Hereby we swear for as long as we live
Em Asus2 Gsus2 Gsus2/F#
We will not soil our name
Em Asus2
The truth made of iron
Gsus2 B-9
Will see it with pain
Em D Gm F Ebmaj7
until death, our secret remains
Ebmaj9 F Bb/Eb
until death, our love remains
Ebmaj9 F Bbm
And in death, our love reframed
[INTERLUDE 2]
( Bbm ) | Ebm | Ab | Bbm |
Ebm | Bbm | Ebm | F |
Part III: The Journey
[INTRO 3]
Gb Ebm7
A minute away
Bbm Gb/Bb Bbdim Bbm Gb/Bb Bbm Cb
But worlds unwind
Gb Ebm
Brothers in blood
Ab Bbm
Now divided in heart
[INTERLUDE 3]
( Bbm ) Gb/Bb Bbdim | Bbm Ebm Db Bbm Cb |
[VERSE 1]
Dm Am
By grief and sorrow one is striving to repay
Dm Bb
Behind the palisade, he lives his destined life
Dm Am
The music and the tears are piercing through the walls
Dm Gm7 F/A
Turns to nightmares and there's no escape at all
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
Oh joyful childhood,
C
you died so young
[CHORUS]
Fm Bbm
Every child follows blind
Ab C7
On the jour - ney we call life
Fm C Db
Learning every day
Fm Bbm
Given love or given hate
Ab C Fm Eb Db
Determines everybody's fate in life
Fm Eb
Be careful what you give
[VERSE 2]
Dm Am
A stranger to love and affection on the run
Dm Bb
In search of shelter in the solitude of sin
Dm Am
A drifter in the dark, a soldier of the pain
Dm Gm Am
A constant slave under the belt of misery
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
Oh joyful childhood,
C
you died so young
[FINAL CHORUS]
Fm Bbm
Every child follows blind
Ab C7
On the jour - ney we call life
Fm C Db
Learning every day
Fm Bbm
Given love or given hate
Ab C Fm Eb Db
Determines everybody's fate in life
Bbm7
Be careful what you give
[OUTRO]
( Bbm7 ) | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Adim7
