|-0-------000-------00-| |-0-------000-------00-| |-0-strum-000-strum-00-| |-2-------202-------20-| |-2-------222-------22-| |-0-------000-------00-| ||--0-------2-------0-------0----2--0-------2-------0--------|| ||--0-------3-------1-------1----3--1-------3-------0--------|| ||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2----2--0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-.|| ||.-2-------0-------2-------2----0--2-------0-------2-------.|| ||--2---------------3-------0-------3---------------2--------|| ||--0-----------------------------------------------0--------|| Em D C Am D C D "Welcome to the show, the great finale's finally here, I thank you for coming Em into my theatre of fear; Em D C Am D C D Welcome to the show, you're all witnesses you see, A privledged invitation Em to the last rights of me. ||-0-------2-------0-2---00-0----3-------2-------|-0-------||-3-3---3--2-------| ||-0-------3-------1-3---11-0----0-------3-------|-0-------||-5--5---5-3-------| ||-0-strum-2-strum-0-2---22-0----0-strum-2-strum-|-0-strum-||-5---5---52-strum-| ||-2-------0-------2-0---22-2----0-------0-------|-2-------||-5----5---0-------| ||-2---------------3-----00-2----2---------------|-2-------||-3----------------| ||-0------------------------0--023---------------|-0-------||------------------| Em D C D AmEm G D Em "Remember me? You can't save me, Mama you never needed me; Em D C D Am Em G D C No crimson king, look in my eyes, you'll see, Mama I'm lonely, it's only me, D it's only me. ||--0-------2-------0-------0-0-00-2--------||-0-------| ||--0-------3-------1-------1-1-11-3--------||-1-------| ||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2-2-22-2-strum-.||-2-strum-| ||.-2-------0-------2-------2-2-22-0-------.||-2-------| ||--2---------------3-------0-0-00----------||-0-------| ||--0---------------------------------------||---------| ||--0-------2-------0-------0-0-00-2--------||-0-------| ||--0-------3-------1-------1-1-11-3--------||-1-------| ||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2-2-22-2-strum-.||-2-strum-| ||.-2-------0-------2-------2-2-22-0-------.||-2-------| ||--2---------------3-------0-0-00----------||-0-------| ||--0---------------------------------------||---------| Em D C Am D "I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a million Em D C Am D I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a Am million eyes, of a million" |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9099099099099011p9p7h(b9)11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| -12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| Em D |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9099099099099011p9p7h(b9)11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| C --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| -12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| D -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| Em D C ||------------------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------------------| ||.-(b9)0-11-0-12-0-(b9)0-0-11-0-11-14-0-11-0-12-0-14-0-16-0-12-0-| ||.-----------------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------------------| D ---------------------------|| ---------------------------|| 1(b9)0-16-0-17-0-14-0-16-12-.|| --------------------------.|| ---------------------------|| ---------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|| ||.---------------------------.|| ||.-9___-7___-5_-2_-9__-12-9_-.|| ||--7___-9___-3_-0_-7__-10-7_--|| ||-----------------------------|| Em F#/D C Am "I am the prisoner of the paradise I dreamed, the idol of a million lonely Em Gm faces look at me Em F#/D C Behind the mask of sorrow, four doors of doom behind my eyes, I've got their Am Em Gm footprints all across my crimson mind |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--9__--11__-12__-14__-|-9__-10__-12-14_-14| |--9__--12__-10__-12__-|-9__-12__-10-12_-12| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--9___-7___-5___-7___-|-9___-7___-5-----7-| |--7___-9___-3___-5___-|-7___-9___-3-7__-5-| |----------------------|-------------5__---| Em F#/D C D Em F#/D "Long live, long live, long live the King of Mercy, Long live, long live, C Am D There is no ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.|| ||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.|| ||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| Em D C D "love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free; No love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free" |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--9___-7___-5_-2_-9__-12-9_-| |--7___-9___-3_-0_-7__-10-7_-| |----------------------------| Em F#/D C Am "I was the warrior, with an anthem in my soul, the idol of eight thousand Em Gm lonely days of rage ago Em F#/D C Am And remember me when it comes your time to choose, be careful what ya wish Em G Em for, it might just come true |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--9__--11__-12__-14__-|-9__-10__-12-14_-14| |--9__--12__-10__-12__-|-9__-12__-10-12_-12| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |----------------------|-------------------| |--9___-7___-5___-7___-|-9___-7___-5-----7-| |--7___-9___-3___-5___-|-7___-9___-3-7__-5-| |----------------------|-------------5__---| Em F#/D C D Em F#/D "Long live, long live, long live the King of Mercy, Long live, long live, C Am D There is no ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.|| ||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.|| ||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| Em D C D "love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free; No love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free" ||------------------------------------------------------|| 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"Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy? B B6 B N.C. The strap on my back... ahhhh" (ah ah ah ah ah) (solo) |-12p10----/17~~-14-15_-12h14h15p14p12----------------| |------12-----------------------------15p13p12--------| |---------------------------------------------1211_---| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-(b9)--------7-------5-------------------------7------| |-(b9)--------7-------5-------------------------7------| |-7---------5-------3-------------------------5------| |----------------------------------------------------| |---------12----------17p13--15p13--17p13--17p13--22__-19p17-15-17p15-17-|-19_-| |------------12------------15-----15-----15-----15-----------------------|-----| |-14p12---------12-------------------------------------------------------|-----| |------14----------12_---------------------------------------------------|-----| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----| |------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(b9)------7-----------5---------------------------7----------------------| |-(b9)------7-----------5---------------------------7----------------------| |-7-------5-----------3---------------------------5----------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||(19____)----------------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------------------------|| ||.----------------------------------------------------.|| ||.----------------------------------------------------.|| ||--9999999(b9)1010101010101010-9999999(b9)10-(b9)7-(b9)7--7----|| ||--77777777--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77777777-----------10-10--|| B B6 B "Red, crimson red, no I was never to be. Only B B6 B one crimson son, no it never was me" |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-4__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-44__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-4| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-4__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-44__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-4| |-2__-4__-5__-7_-5-4-22__-4__-5__-7_-5-4-2| |-----------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------66_-6-4-6-77_-7-6-7-99_-(b9)7-6-|| ||-99_-(b9)7-(b9)77_-7-7-7-55_-5-5-5-99_-7-7-7-|| ||-------------------------------77_-------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------------------|| ||-4_____----7_____----5_____----9_--------|| ||-2_____----4_____----5_____----7_--7___--|| ||---------------------3_____--------5___--|| ||------------------------|| ||------------------------|| ||.----------------------.|| ||.-11___-9___-7___-9___-.|| ||---9___-7___-5___-7___--|| ||------------------------|| F#m G#/E D "Living in the limelight little did I know, I was dying in the shadows and E the mirror was my soul F#m G#/E D It was all I ever wanted, everything I dreamed, But the dream became my E nightmare and no-one could hear me scream ||-------------------|-------||-----------------| ||-------------------|-------||-----------------| ||.------------------|------.||-----------------| ||.-11___--9___-7___-|-9___-.||-6-6-6-6674-6___-| ||---9___-11___-5___-|-7___--||-4-4-4-4444-4___-| ||-------------------|-------||-----------------| F#m G#/E D E "With these six-strings, I make a noose, to take my life, it's time to chose F#m G#/E D C# C# The headlines read of my demise, of my suicide, of my suicide. |-------------||-------------------------------|| |-------------||-------------------------------|| |-11_________-||.-11___--13___--14___--16___--.|| |-11_________-||.-11___--14___--12___--14___--.|| |--(b9)________-||-------------------------------|| |-------------||-------------------------------|| |-------------||-------------------------------|| |-------------||.-----------------------------.|| |-(b9)9_--(b9)9_--||.--9___---7___---5___------7_-.|| |-------------||------------------------7_-----|| F#m E D E "Oh sweet silence, where is the sting? I am no idol, no crimson king F#m E D E I'm the imposter, the world has seen, my father was the idol, it was never me ||-------------------------------||----------| ||-------------------------------||----------| ||.-11___--13___--14___--16___--.||-11_____--| ||.-11___--14___--12___--14___--.||-11_____--| ||-------------------------------||----------| ||-------------------------------||----------| ||---2------0------2------2_-0---||-2_____---| ||---2------0------3------3_-0---||-3_____---| ||.--2------1------2------4_-1--.||-4_____---| ||.--4------2------0------4_-2--.||-4_____---| ||---4------2-------------2_-2---||-2_____---| ||---2------0----------------0---||----------| ||-------------------------------||----------| ||.-----------------------------.||----------| ||.--9___---7___---5___------7_-.||----------| ||------------------------7_-----||----------| F#m E D Bm E "I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a million F#m E D Bm E I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a Bm million eyes, of a million" |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9099099099099011p9p7h(b9)11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| -12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| --------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.|| ||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.|| ||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.|| ||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.|| ||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||.-(b9)--------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.|| ||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------|| Em D C D "love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free; No love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free" |-------------------------------------000000000000000--------| |-------------------------------------000000000000000--------| |-------------------------------------99999999999999(b9)-------| |-----5--7--5-----5--7--5-----5--7--(b9)99999999999999(b9)99(b9)---| |--7-----------7-----------7----------777777777777777-777----| |-------------------------------------000000000000000-000----| |--7-----------5-----------3-----5----777777777777777--------| |--8-----------7-----------5-----7----888888888888888--------| |--(b9)----------7-----------5-----7----99999999999999(b9)-------| |--(b9)----------7-----------5-----7----99999999999999(b9)99(b9)---| |--7-----------5-----------3-----5----777777777777777-777----| |------------------------------------------------------------|