Atreyu
Crimson
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com


Key: Bb, B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb -   x68886
F -    133211
Gm -   355333
Bb -   x13331
Dm -   xx0231
Cm -   x35543
G# -   466544
Fm -   133111
Eb/G - 365xxx
E -    022100
F# -   244322
G#m -  466444
Ebm -  x68876


Intro: Gm--Eb-F- x2


Verse 1:
                       GmI (355333@1)feel it welling up inside
And Robert Smith lied
Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1) Boys do cry
        GmAnd (355333@1)with  blood tears in my eyes
       Eb (x43121@3)            FI'm (133211@1)an Anne Rice novel come to life
Gm (355333@1)                      Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1) I can't hide the monster  anymore
       Gm (355333@1)                 Eb (x43121@3)   FOne (133211@1)can  only feel desolate for so long
Gm (355333@1) Until one starts to change
Into something the mirror 
doesn't recognize
Eb (x43121@3) I metamorphosize
             FThe (133211@1)darkness has been 
biding its time
Gm (355333@1) To claim its latest victim
Fresh meat for carnal desires
Eb (x43121@3) To become what I became
F (133211@1) I viewed the sun for the last time


Chorus 1:
Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)          GmWill (355333@1)you still hold me when 
you see what I have done?
Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)              GmWill (355333@1)you still kiss me the same 
                           Ebwhen (x43121@3)you taste my victim's blood?
       FSo (133211@1)crimson and red
Dm (xx0231@1)        Eb (x43121@3) I feel it flowing from your lips
       FSo (133211@1)crimson and red


Verse 3:
                            GmMy (355333@1)heart is dead and so are you
And it pulses through
The desire to change
   EbTo (x43121@3)deconstruct all 
F (133211@1) giving my past failings
Gm (355333@1) But where to begin
Because when you live in sin
                     EbIt's (x43121@3)hard to look at saints
                       FWithout (133211@1)them reflecting their
                        Gmjet (355333@1)black auras back on you
And I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
Eb (x43121@3) I'll wipe the blood 
        Ffrom (133211@1)my cheek
And get on with my day


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
Eb (x43121@3) And I have is hope
Gm (355333@1) And all I need is time
G# (xx1114@1) To bury in pine under 
            Gmsix (355333@1)feet of time
           G#The (xx1114@1)lies I told me 
        Ebabout (x43121@3)myself
Claw my way out
          GmPick (355333@1)the splinters from 
under my fingernails
G# (xx1114@1) I won't lose hope
Gm (355333@1)           G# (xx1114@1) I won't give in


Verse 4:
Fm (133111@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)     G# (xx1114@1) Just live and breathe
        EbAnd (x43121@3)try not to die again
Fm (133111@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)     G# (xx1114@1) Just live and breathe
        EbAnd (x43121@3)try not to die again 
Fm (133111@1)   Cm (x3101x@1)     G# (xx1114@1) Just live and breathe
        Eb (x43121@3)        Fm (133111@1)Eb/GG#
And try not to die again 
And try not to die again


Chorus 2: Modulate from Eb to E
E (022100@1)       F# (244322@1)         G#mWill (133111@4)you still hold me when 
you see what I have done?
E (022100@1)       F# (244322@1)             G#mWill (133111@4)you still kiss me the same 
                           Ewhen (022100@1)you taste my victim's blood?
       F#So (244322@1)crimson and red
Ebm (xx4342@1)        E (022100@1)  I feel it flowing 
from your lips
       F#So (244322@1)crimson and red
My heart is dead 
and so are you
(Repeat)