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                                  "The Past" by Sevendust
                        From the album "Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow"
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Listen to the song for strumming patterns.


Standard tuning


Chords used:

   Bm  F#m   A    Em   G    D    C
e|-2----2----0----0----3----2----0-|
B|-3----2----2----0----0----3----1-|
G|-4----2----2----0----0----2----0-|
D|-4----4----2----2----0----0----2-|
A|-2----4----0----2----2----0----3-|
E|-2----2----x----0----3----x----0-|



Verse 1: 

Bm            F#m          A              Em
 Beneath the water, that's fallen from my eyes

Bm       F#m          A     G
 Lays a soul I left behind

Bm             F#m       A                   Em
 The edge of sorrow, was reached but now I'm fine

Bm             F#m         A     G
 I filled the hole I had inside


 
Bridge 1:

Em            G                 D      A
 I'll pray it doesn't scream my name

     Em                G                   D                  C
So I light a flame and let it breathe, the air that kills the shame



Chorus 1:

    Bm      
I'm up, I'm down

       D                                G
Like a roller coaster racing through my life

     Em                    Bm - F#m - A - Em
I've erased the past again



Verse 2:

Bm         F#m      A              Em
 A risky morning, I feel like I'm alive

Bm         F#m             A            G
 I can't believe I made it through this time

Bm           F#m       A                 Em
 The edge of sorrow, I lived in for some time (lived in for some time)

Bm            F#m           A     G
 Has left the hole I have inside



Bridge 2:

Em          G           D      A
 The burden is I try my hate

        Em            G            D                 C
Was the last thing I ever felt, or thought I could escape



Chorus 2:

    Bm
I'm up, I'm down

       D                                G
Like a roller coaster racing through my life

     Em
I've erased the past again

    Bm
I'm up, I'm down

       D                                G
Like a roller coaster racing through my life

     Em
I've erased the past again



Interlude:

Bm          G                    D
 You led me here then broke me down

                             A
The difference is this time around

                          C
I will not let you see me drown



Chorus 3:


    Bm
I'm up, I'm down

       D                                G
Like a roller coaster racing through my life

     Em
I've erased the past again

    Bm
I'm up, I'm down

       D                                 G
Like a  roller coaster racing through my life

     Em                   Bm
I've erased the past again

 D                    G
Erased the past again now

Em
Erased the past again



Outro:

Bm            F#m          A              Em
 Beneath the water, that's fallen from my eyes