Protest The Hero
Blindfolds Aside
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: B then F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
G#m -  466444
E -    022100
B -    x24442
F# -   244322
Ebm -  x68876
C# -   x46664
Bbm -  x13321
C#m -  x46654
C#/F - 143xxx
Bb/D - x587xx
A -    x02220
F -    133211


Intro: G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- x6


Verse 1:
E (022100@1)             Ebm (xx4342@1) We woke up as men but 
  G#m
tonight we'll sleep as killers
F#As (244322@1)we break the cryptic 
   Emorning (022100@1)with a bullet 
      Ebm (xx4342@1)                  G#mand (133111@4)a prayer The steel never seemed 
more cold and agile than now
    F#And (244322@1)life never seems less vital 
    E (022100@1)            Ebmand (xx4342@1)fragile With a heart 


G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm--


Chorus:
Ebmwith (xx4342@1)a heart 
that's beating louder 
        Bthan (x2444x@1)my own I watch a 
                G#m (133111@4)   Ebmwoman (xx4342@1)they call Kezia I watch a 
woman that I know I watch my 
hopes and my own 
Bfuture (x2444x@1)blindfolded 
    G#m (133111@4)      F# (244322@1)         C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care 
           Bfor, (x2444x@1)but a sin that paid my debts A
F# (244322@1)     C#/F
sin that fed my children and 
Bburned (x2444x@1)my smiles and 
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4
ci--ga---rettes 


Verse 2:
    EbmAnd (xx4342@1)no one ever said that hope 
      F# (244322@1)  C# (x43121@1)          Ebmwould (xx4342@1)be so beautiful And no 
one ever said I'd have to 
F# (244322@1)     C#pull (x43121@1)the trigger on her


Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B, 
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--

Ebm-- x4


Verse 3:
Ebm (xx4342@1) C#Ebm         C# (x43121@1)   B (x2444x@1) Five   soldiers forever sedated 
          F# (244322@1)                  Ebm (xx4342@1)     C# (x43121@1)Ebmwith (xx4342@1)the "No one's responsible" psychological drama 
   C# (x43121@1)B (x2444x@1)       C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1)    C#of (x43121@1)our social justice dribble 
Ebm (xx4342@1)    C# (x43121@1)     Ebm (xx4342@1)  Her tiny steps tell 
               C# (x43121@1)                  Ebm (xx4342@1)    C#lies (x43121@1)about the choice I have to make Resurrect a 
 B (x2444x@1)                           C# (x43121@1) Bb/Dstatic (x1033x@1)lifetime starve to death  my own 
   Ebm (xx4342@1)           C# (x43121@1)     Ebmmistakes (xx4342@1)Pull the screaming trigger and watch your 
C# (x43121@1)    B (x2444x@1)             Ebmcarcass (xx4342@1)bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to 
C# (x43121@1)   Ebm (xx4342@1)                  C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1)   Ebmshake (xx4342@1)away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the 
              C# (x43121@1) Ebm (xx4342@1)              C# (x43121@1)Bgun, (x2444x@1)drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun


Outro: Ebm-- x6