The Guardian Chords by Shawn James

[Start]

[Intro]
Em Am B7 G B7 Em Am B7
■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■ 


[Verse]
             Em  Em7  
When does it get quiet
Am   Am7 B7          G              Em    
Time was supposed to extinguish the desire
Am                   B7       
But the embers won't snuff out
Em Em7 Em      Am            
■  ■   Haunted by your smiles
B7                     G       B7 Em
The mask keeps getting heavier ■  ■ 
    Am                     B7  
One step forward two steps back
Am7                           B7                   
There's a noose round my neck and the further I get
G                      Em        
It's harder and harder to breathe
Am           B7  B      G   Em     
Can I find a way to cut the ■  rope


[Chorus]
     Am                   
I've been waiting for dawn
    Am                   
But the light is all gone
                          Em   
Don't know if I'm already blind
Am          B7     G     
Can I leave it all behind


[Inst]
B Em Am Em B7 G B7 Em
■ ■  ■  ■  ■  ■ ■  ■ 
Am Em B
■  ■  ■


[Verse]
          Em            Am       G                  Em  
What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine
                         Am B7       
This victory is not what I  hoped for
Em Em7 Em      Am7       B7              G            Em       
■  ■   How was I to know that everything would end up like this
Am                      B7      
Survival of the fittest of sorts
        Am                         
So I've become the bringer of death
B7             
A lover of life
    G                Em                        
The ■ one who guards from the dark of the night
E7 Am          B7        G   B7 Em
■  I'll be the hammer of war ■  ■ 


[Chorus]
Am                B7                     
Justice and mercy don't live side by side
G                 Em        
So in retribution ■  I abide
Em7  Am      Em        G         B   Em
I'll tip the scales to justice's end ■ 
           Em         
But can it make amends


[Solo]
Em7 B7 Em B7 B
■   ■  ■  ■  ■


[Verse]
     Em7          Am   Em    G           Em 
Kill or be killed what a way to live and die
       Em7   Am             B           B7
I just can't see this cycle ever ending ■ 
Em           Em7     Am  Em     B   
■  How can I correct the damage done
G      Em             Esus4        Am    Em       B7
When I can't feel the consequences of my recourse ■ 


[Chorus]
        Am7                        
So I've become the bringer of death
B7             
A lover of life
G                  Em                   Am   
The one who guards from the dark of the night
     Am7    B7     B    Gmaj7 B Em
I'll be the hammer ■ of war   ■ ■ 
Esus4                     
I've been waiting for dawn
Am      B7       B       
But the light is all gone
G                         Em   
Don't know if I'm already blind
Am          B7     B      Gmaj7 Gbm7 Em
Can I leave it all behind ■     ■    ■ 


[End]