Nightwish
"I Want My Tears Back"
Imaginareum

Tuning: Standard EADGBe for acoustic
        or Drop D for power chords

Intro:
Em-Em-D-Em-(Break)
           I Want My Tears Back!

Instrumental:
Em--G-D
Em--G-Am-C-Bm (2x)

Em-D-Em-G-D

Verse 1:
Em (022000@1)                                       G (320003@1) The treetops, the chimneys, the snowbed stories, 
       Em (022000@1)                                        Cmwinter (x3101x@1)grey, wildflowers, those meadows of heaven, wind in the wheat
Em (022000@1)                                     G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1) a railroad across waters, the scent of grandfatherly love
                                       CmBlue (x3101x@1)bayous, Decembers, moon through a dragonfly's wings.

Chorus:
AmWhere (x02210@1)is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                            Em (022000@1)   AmWhere's (x02210@1)dear Alice knocking on the door?
                          F (133211@1)Where's the trapdoor that takes me there
         C (x32010@1)                    Gwere (320003@1)the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.

Chorus 2:
EmWhere (022000@1)is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am (x02210@1)         EmWhere (022000@1)are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           CBefore (x32010@1)the years take me,
  G (320003@1)             DI (xx0232@1)wish to see the lost in me.

Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)           I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am-Em C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)           I want my tears back now!

Instrumental:
Em--G-D
Em--G-Am-C-Bm

Verse 2:
Em (022000@1)                                 G (320003@1)        Em (022000@1) A ballet on a grove, still growing young all alone.
                                        CmA (x3101x@1)rag doll, a best friend, the voice of Mary Costa.

Chorus:
AmWhere (x02210@1)is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                            Em (022000@1)   AmWhere's (x02210@1)dear Alice knocking on the door?
                          F (133211@1)Where's the trapdoor that takes me there
         C (x32010@1)                    Gwere (320003@1)the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.

Chorus 2:
EmWhere (022000@1)is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am (x02210@1)         EmWhere (022000@1)are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           CBefore (x32010@1)the years take me,
  G (320003@1)             DI (xx0232@1)wish to see the lost in me. (2x)

Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)           I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am-Em C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)           Em (022000@1)           I want my tears back now!

[Interlude]
Main riff: Em-G

Repeat Chorus 2 (2x):
EmWhere (022000@1)is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am (x02210@1)         EmWhere (022000@1)are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           CBefore (x32010@1)the years take me,
  G (320003@1)             DI (xx0232@1)wish to see the lost in me.

Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)           I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am    C (x32010@1)    D(Break) (xx0232@1)            I want my tears back now!