Allister
Blackout
Before The Blackout
2005
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: F#

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Ebm -   x68876
B -     x24442
F# -    244322
C# -    x46664
G#m -   466444
F#/Bb - x143xxx


Intro: Ebm--B-- x4


Verse 1:
     Ebm
It's frightening
            F#
How you can see the
             G#m
changes happening
When they move so 
Ebm C#-Ebm
fast 
    Ebm
And lightning
           F#
Except the odds are
              G#m
growing These lonely times
               Ebm  C#-Ebm
will strike me twice


Refrain 1:
B                  C#
  The screams of a thousand
           Bbm
voices Are whispers inside 
   B   B
my head The echoes
   C#
of self defense


Chorus 1:
F#
  So how many times
        C#
will it take
To cover up the
        G#m
past mistakes
And hide behind a 
           B       C#
crying you face of shame
F#
  And how many
              C#
nights will I hide

and blink under the 
           G#m
blackened skies
I've cursed out 
   B    C#   Ebm--B-- x2
so many times


Verse 2:
     Ebm
It's biting
         F#
when the cold wind

blows through
          G#m
weathered eyes
               Ebm C#-Ebm
and blistered skin
     Ebm
it's quiet now
              F#
it's like the calm before
           G#m
the raging violence
               Ebm C#-Ebm Ebm C#-Ebm
of the storm begins


Refrain 2:
B
  and when this comes 
C#
crashing down
     Ebm
I'll fall harder 
       B
than before
B
  I'll start this 
    C#
all over now


Chorus 2:
F#
  So how many times
        C#
will it take
To cover up the
        G#m
past mistakes
And hide behind a 
           B       C#
crying you face of shame
F#
  And how many
              C#
nights will I hide

and blink under the 
           G#m
blackened skies
I've cursed out 
   B    C#      Ebm--B-- x2
so many times before


Bridge:
G#m                 F#/Bb
   I'll beg for the ending 
               B
or just for forgiveness
or just for forgiveness
G#m                 F#/Bb
   I'll wait in the shadows 
                B              C#
of a battle I'm close to losing


Chorus 3:

Silence:
F#
  So how many times
        C#
will it take
To cover up this
        G#m
smiling face of silence
     B
This face of shame
F#
  And how many
              C#
nights will I hide

and blink under the 
           G#m
blackened skies
I've cursed out 
   B    C#      F#
so many times before
So how many times
        C#
will it take
To cover up the
        G#m
past mistakes
And hide behind a 
           B       C#
crying you face of shame
F#
  And how many
              C#
nights will I hide

and blink under the 
           G#m
blackened skies
I've cursed out 
   B    C#   F#(hold)
so many times