• Song:

    The Poet and the Pendulum

  • Artist:

    Nightwish

  • Album:

    Dark Passion Play (Coll...

[White Lands of Empathica]

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Dm.........Db...
Dm.........Gm...

F#m (244222@1)      DbmThe........ (x13321@4)end
      F#m (244222@1)           DbmThe (x13321@4)songwriter's dead
       Bm (x24432@1)          BbThe (x1333x@1)blade fell upon him
           Bm (x24432@1)          BbTaking (x1333x@1)him to the White Lands
     Dm (xx0231@1)     DbOf (x43121@1)Empathica
Dm (xx0231@1)     BOf (x2444x@1)Innocence
Dm (xx0231@1)     DbEmpathica (x43121@1)Dm (xx0231@1)   BInnocence (x2444x@1)

[Home]

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D5.... Eb5 D5.... Eb5 D5.....
A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5 Dm

The dreamer and the wine
Poet without a rhyme
A widowed writer
Gm (355333@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)                 C (x32010@1)DmTorn (xx0231@1)apart by chains of hell

One last perfect verse is still the same old song
                           Gm (355333@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)         GmOh, (355333@1)Christ, how I hate what I have become
              Bb (x1333x@1)   CTake (x32010@1)me home....

Dm (xx0231@1)                        CGet (x32010@1)away, run away, fly away
Dm (xx0231@1)                                     CLead (x32010@1)me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Gm (355333@1)                                         
i cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
BbI (x1333x@1)cannot die
      A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">Ab5 G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_244xxx@1">Gb5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5I, (xx134x@1)a whore for the cold world
Dm (xx0231@1)                                  CForgive (x32010@1)me, I have but two faces
Dm (xx0231@1)                                          COne (x32010@1)for the world, one for God, save me
GmI (355333@1)cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb (x1333x@1)                   CI (x32010@1)cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

DmMy (xx0231@1)home was there n' then 
Those meadows of Heaven
                           GmAdventure-filled (355333@1)days
               Bb (x1333x@1)          C (x32010@1)  DmOne (xx0231@1)with every smiling face

Please, no more words
Thoughts from a severed head
No more praise
Gm (355333@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)                         GmTell (355333@1)me once my heart goes right
              Bb (x1333x@1)   CTake (x32010@1)me home....

Dm (xx0231@1)                        CGet (x32010@1)away, run away, fly away
Dm (xx0231@1)                                     CLead (x32010@1)me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Gm (355333@1)                                         
i cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
BbI (x1333x@1)cannot die
      A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">Ab5 G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_244xxx@1">Gb5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5I, (xx134x@1)a whore for the cold world
Dm (xx0231@1)                                  CForgive (x32010@1)me, I have but two faces
Dm (xx0231@1)                                          COne (x32010@1)for the world, one for God, save me
GmI (355333@1)cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb (x1333x@1)                   CI (x32010@1)cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world


[The Pacific]

Cm (x3101x@1)   Gm (355333@1)    Cm (x3101x@1)    Gm (355333@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)                   FSpar....kle (133211@1)my scen....ery with turquoise waterfall
        Cm (x3101x@1)             GmWith (355333@1)beauty underneath
              Eb (x43121@3)     FThe (133211@1)Ever Free......
              Bb (x1333x@1)                  F/ATuck (x03211@1)me in beneath the blue
                   GmBeneath (355333@1)the pain
                   FBeneath (133211@1)the rain
                 Bb (x1333x@1)                    F/AGoodnight (x03211@1)kiss for a child in time
             Gm (355333@1)   Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)        GmSwaying (355333@1)blade......my lullaby.....

Cm (x3101x@1)      Gm (355333@1)       Cm (x3101x@1)     GmOne (355333@1)the shore we sat and hoped
     Bb (x1333x@1)                      FUnder (133211@1)the same pale moon 
           Bb (x1333x@1)                            FWhose (133211@1)guiding light chose you
                    Eb (x43121@3)             GmChose (355333@1)you all...................

"I'm afraid, I'm so afraid...............
                      CmI (x3101x@1)just wish the tide would catch me first
                       D (xx0232@1)                                    GmAnd (355333@1)give me a death I always longed for."


[Dark Passion Play}
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E5.......F5......Ab5..
E5.......F5......A5....
E5.......F5 E5....Ab5 E5...
E5.......F5 E5....A5 E5...

E5.......F5......Ab5..
E5.......F5......A5....
E5.......F5......Ab5....

E5.........C ....D....
E5.........A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
E5.........C.....D....
E5.........................

Second robber to the right of Christ
Cut in half - infanticide
The world will rejoice today
As the crows feast on the rotting poet

E5.......F5......Ab5..
E5.......F5......A5....
E5.......F5......Ab5...
E5.....................

Everyone must bury their own
No pack to bury the heart of stone
Now he's home in hell, serves him well
Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell

DmThe (xx0231@1)morning dawned upon his alter
Remains of the dark passion play
GmPerformed (355333@1)by his friends without shame
BbSpitting (x1333x@1)on his grave as they came

Dm (xx0231@1)                        CGet (x32010@1)away, run away, fly away
Dm (xx0231@1)                                     CLead (x32010@1)me astray to dreamer's hideaway
Gm (355333@1)                                         
i cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
BbI (x1333x@1)cannot die
      A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_133xxx@4">Ab5 G5 (355xxx@1)name="chord_244xxx@1">Gb5 F5 (133xxx@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5 Eb5I, (xx134x@1)a whore for the cold world
Dm (xx0231@1)                                  CForgive (x32010@1)me, I have but two faces
Dm (xx0231@1)                                          COne (x32010@1)for the world, one for God, save me
GmI (355333@1)cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more
Bb (x1333x@1)                   C (x32010@1)                          
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

Gm"Today, (355333@1)in the year of our Lord 2005..."
Save me


{Mother and Father}

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Gm........F.......Gm
Gm........F.......Gm
Eb.........Bb.......F...Gm
Eb.........Bb.......F...Gm

                  FBe (133211@1)still, my son
           GmYou're (355333@1)home
                      F (133211@1)                     GmOh, (355333@1)when did you become so cold?
Eb (x43121@3)                Bb (x1333x@1)              F (133211@1)   GmThe (355333@1)blade will keep on descending
Eb (x43121@3)                      Bb (x1333x@1)   F (133211@1)  GmAll (355333@1)you need is to feel my love

                 F (133211@1)                        Gm (355333@1)    
Search for beauty, find your shore
                           F (133211@1)                GmTry (355333@1)to save them all, bleed no more
Eb (x43121@3)                 Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)   GmYou (355333@1)have such oceans within
Eb (x43121@3)                    Bb (x1333x@1)    F (133211@1)   GmIn (355333@1)the end, I will always love you

"The beginning..."


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Gm (355333@1)        F (133211@1)          GmOoooooooooooooooo.... (355333@1)
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