Written by My Chemical Romance
Intro C#m C#m/B C#m/A C#m/G# F#m G#4 G# C#m C#m/B C#m/A C#m/G# F#m G#4 G#Verse 1:
C#m A B G#m See the man who stands upon the hill A F#m G#4 G# He dreams of all the battles won C#m A B G#m But fate had left its scars upon his face A F#m G#4 G# With all the damage they had donePre-Chorus
A B And so time with age G#m C#m It turns the page B A Let the flesh A G# Submit itself to gravityA Let our bodies lay B Mark our hearts with shame G#m Let our blood in vain C#m B You find God in pain A B Now, if your convictions were a passing faith G#m C#m B May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays A G# C#m And as the vermin crawls we lay in the foundations of decayVerse 2:
C#m A He was there B G#m The day the towers fell A F#m G#4 G# And so he wandered down the road C#m A And we would all B G#m Build towers of our own A F#m G#4 G# Only to watch the roots corrode A B But it's much too late G#m C#m B A You're in the race so we'll press A G# And press till you can't take it anymore( D5 C#5 D5 C#5 ) ( D5 C#5 D5 C#5 ) ( D5 C#5 D5 C#5 ) (You look stressed out!)A Let our bodies lay B Mark our hearts with shame G#m Let our blood in vain C#m B You find God in pain A B And if by his own hand his spirit flies G#m C#m B Take his body as a relic to be canonized A G# Now, and so he gets to die a saint but she will always be the whorehide this tabC#m C#4 C#m E|------------------------| B|-------5~-----3~-----1~-| G|-------5~-----4~-----2~-| D|------------------------| A|--0-0-----0-0----0-0----| E|------------------------|C#m C#4 C#m A- gainst faith (Cage all the animals) C#m C#4 C#m A- gainst all life (Cause the message must be pure) C#m C#4 C#m A- gainst change (You can wander through the ruins) C#m C#4 C#m We are plagued A But the poison is the curehide this tabC#m C#4 C#m E|------------------------| B|-------5~-----3~-----1~-| G|-------5~-----4~-----2~-| D|------------------------| A|--0-0-----0-0----0-0----| E|------------------------|B G#m C#m B You must fix your heart A B G#m C#m B And you must build an altar where it swells A B When the storm it gains, and the sky it rains G#m Let it flood, let it flood C#m B Let it wash away A B And as you stumble through your last crusade G#m C#m B Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays? A G# And as the swarm, it calls, we lay in the foundations C#m C#m/B C#m/A C#m/G# A G#4 G# Yes, it co--mforts me-- much-- more C#m C#m/B C#m/Bb C#m/G# A Yes, it co--mforts me-- much-- more G#4 G# To lay in the foundations of decay D5 C#5 D5 C#5 D5 C#5 Get up coward
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