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
Ab -   466544
Fm -   133111
Eb/G - 365xxx
E -    022100
F# -   244322
Abm -  466444
Ebm -  x68876


Intro: Gm--Eb-F- x2


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


Chorus 1:
Eb        F            Gm
Will you still hold me when 
you see what I have done?
Eb        F                Gm
Will you still kiss me the same 
                           Eb
when you taste my victim's blood?
       F
So crimson and red
Dm          Eb
  I feel it flowing from your lips
       F
So crimson and red


Verse 3:
                            Gm
My heart is dead and so are you
And it pulses through
The desire to change
   Eb
To deconstruct all 
F
  giving my past failings
Gm
  But where to begin
Because when you live in sin
                     Eb
It's hard to look at saints
                       F
Without them reflecting their
                        Gm
jet black auras back on you
And I have is hope
My inner burn's not fading
Eb
  I'll wipe the blood 
        F
from my cheek
And get on with my day


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Bridge:
Eb
  And I have is hope
Gm
  And all I need is time
Ab
  To bury in pine under 
            Gm
six feet of time
           Ab
The lies I told me 
        Eb
about myself
Claw my way out
          Gm
Pick the splinters from 
under my fingernails
Ab
  I won't lose hope
Gm             Ab
  I won't give in


Verse 4:
Fm     Cm       Ab
  Just live and breathe
        Eb
And try not to die again
Fm     Cm       Ab
  Just live and breathe
        Eb
And try not to die again 
Fm     Cm       Ab
  Just live and breathe
        Eb          Fm  Eb/G Ab
And try not to die again 
And try not to die again


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