§2 Chords by Opeth

[Start]

[Intro]
Bm Gm E Gm Am Fm E
■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
               E    
A child in the night
          E7        
Cursed to ■  survive
     E              E7
Love like quicksand ■ 
    E7                    
And deflowered maid in tow


[Chorus]
E7     
My woes
E       E7                   E      C#m7 
■ Yet I wandered through the gilded halls


[Verse]
C#m          Csus4 A           D#m      A#m G#    
■   Dreadful ■     daughter of wretched ■   martyr
A                  A7 G#  
Sick to marrow and to bone
C#m          Gm           A D#m  A#m G#sus4 G#
Your fevered mother would ■ care and bother ■ 
A                            
Loved her like one of her own
    G#    C#m
Her words ■  


[Chorus]
G# C#m                                                      
■  ■   The word of Christ tells us to forgive transgressions
              C#7                                    
It is through him we can distinguish right from wrong
C#m                  E               C#7             
A penurious handmaid gave birth to a girl in our care
       C#7                                                    
We are compelled to persevere in place of the estranged father
C#7             
Until his return
C#m7 E C#m                            
■    ■ ■   Bestowed upon my weary head
      E      Em7
Was a secret ■  
Bm7                                 
■   But your mother was dying faster
E7                              
■  And by my penance in disarray
         E       E7
Her ruin looking on
  E7                     
A delinquent's confession
                             C7
Death her bane and protector ■ 
Fm                         F#m               
Placidly waited 'neath the ■   scorching moon
    A#7      
For ■   yield


[Break]
Dm A Dm D
■  ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
     Am7  D     G             Fm  D     
Snow made white the street of her dreams
            A       G        Fm        
And on that night I authored said theme


[Chorus]
C#7                                                  
■   Through these words I extend my hand to salvation
                                                   C#m 
And this writ may overturn the rich and reward the poor
                         C#m7                                  
You have learned that my blood has flown to clandestine bournes
                                       C#7             
And I reject predestined wealth in the hand of inequity


[Solo]
A C#m E C#m E
■ ■   ■ ■   ■


[Chorus]
                         Am        
Tragic the idle hands of ■  progeny
                                 E     
There is a rising tide of sorrow sister
Am                                       E
There is a rising tide of sorrow brother ■
Am                C7      G#m          
There is a rising tide of sorrow sister
E E7     Am          G#     C7  G#m      Fm
■ ■  The rise of the waxing sun tomorrow ■ 


[Outro]