Silverstein
The Artist feat. Brendan Murphy of The Counterparts
Rescue
2011
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com
Key: E
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C#m x46654
A x02220
E 022100
B x24442
F#m 244222
G# 466544
D xx0232
E 022100
G#m 466444
Intro:
C#m
(You! You! )
Verse 1:
Growl:
C#m A
The artist's palette falls
F#m G#
The paint is spilled with blood
C#m A
Someone shot him down
F#m G#
Left him without a soul
Sing:
C#m A
His body's laid to rest and
F#m G#
underground he'll stay
C#m A
With hopes to resurrect
F#m
and live again
Growl:
G#
another day
Chorus 1:
Growl:
C#m A D
Now they decide
C#m A D
who lives and dies Now!
Verse 2:
Growl:
C#m A
His peers won't come around
F#m G#
They're too disgraced to face
C#m A
Another soldier down
F#m G#
His life work's a waste
Sing:
C#m A
And now these walls are bare
F#m G#
No one pretends to care
C#m A
A distant memory
F#m
His masterpiece
Growl:
G#
In disrepair
Chorus 2:
Growl:
C#m A D
Now they decide
C#m
who lives and dies
A D
Now they will hold you back
Breakdown:
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Growl:
C#m A D E C#m
They will hold you back
A D E
They will hold you
Bridge:
Growl:
C#m
We stand tall and illuminate
A D E
We fight through and prevail
C#m
We don't stop where
you'd be giving up
A D E
We won't ever fail
Verse 3:
Growl:
C#m A
A martyr takes his hand
F#m G#
To make him live again
C#m A
With savage sleight of hand
F#m G#
He'll force his legs to stand
Sing:
C#m A
A sick and gutless joke
F#m G#
A serenading hoax
C#m A
Interrupted peace
F#m
A waste of time
G#m
A pathetic excuse for hope
Chorus 3:
Growl:
C#m
The sleepless nights have no compassion
Sing:
B A
And the dreams that come aren't true
Growl:
A charade of lies unconscious
C#m
And so much left to be proved
Sing:
B
But the sun will rise and fall again
A
And the nights will start to shorten
The memories will fade
Growl:
C#m
into darkness
You!!! can't let it go!!!
Outro:
Growl:
A G#
But your world is turned upside down
F#m
It's a panic you can't release
Once you have it you just can't
E
Ever ignore it
A G#
That's when you realize your best
Days are behind you
F#m
And all you ever
E
live for Is regret
(hold) C#m
You can't take it away (You! )
End in C#m(hold)
You can't take it away (You! )
