• Song:

    Travesty

  • Artist:

    Haste The Day

  • Album:

    Travesty

Transcribed by Colton Wood
Key of Fm
Standard Tuning w/ Capo on 3
If you don't have a capo, transpose these chords 3 half steps up.

When playing the A#5*, play a normal A#5, but drop the 3rd fret on the D 
string to the 2nd fret. When playing the A#5^, drop the 3rd fret on the D 
string to open.

Intro:

Lead riff plays...

Bb Dm C  Bb Dm C
Bb Dm C  Bb Dm C
Bb5 Bb5 * Bb5 Bb5 *

Verse 1: Beat starts on the Dm , not the A

A    Dm
I am spent and with death you paid my ransom
        C                Bb
For the witness of your word
                     A
To bring them is the jackal's sin
C    Dm    
Oh...   the eyes of death are upon me
                            Gm
And the watchman takes his toll
                                  Bb            C
If the river will run dry it will never take us home
Dm         
    With idle minds we grew unconscious as the 
                   Gm                Bb                 C
hunter stalks his prey His eyes, his eyes are locked on me

Chorus:

Bb                Dm       C
    You cover the darkest part of me
Bb                      Dm               C
    With a look that's sure to set the captives free

Bb5 Bb5 *

Verse 2:
A        Dm
Oh, make way for I am not the redeemer
                                 Gm
Nor do the mountains fall in my name
                            Bb
But with slightest cry, my hunter
                     C
You will fail to reach your prey
Dm
    Still with idle minds unconscious
                          Gm
As the hunter stalks his prey
              Bb                 C
His eyes, his eyes are locked on me

Chorus:
Bb                Dm       C
    You cover the darkest part of me
Bb                      Dm               C
    With a look that's sure to set the captives free
Bb                     Dm        C
    With love that the blindest eyes will see
Bb                Dm       C
    You cover the darkest part of me

Bb5 Bb5 * Bb5 Bb5^

Bridge: Beat starts on the Gm

                 Gm
As I am met with travesty
Dm                  C 
    And I am broken   and I am empty
Gm                           Dm        C
    And through it all I can see your face
Gm                      Dm    C
    With words unspoken    I hear your voice
Gm                      Dm        C         Bb
    I see the hand, the hand that writes it all
                  Dm      C         Bb
You've called the wind to show its worth
                  Dm     C               Bb
You've called the sun to brag about its warmth
        Dm          C   Bb
Because You are the writer
        Dm          C           Bb
Because You are the soul of the world

Chorus:
Bb                Dm       C
    You cover the darkest part of me
Bb                      Dm               C
    With a look that's sure to set the captives free
Bb                     Dm        C
    With love that the blindest eyes will see
Bb                Dm       C
    You cover the darkest part of me

Bb          Dm          C
    Because You are the writer
Bb          Dm          C
    Because You are the writer

Acoustic pause:
Bb * 
End on
Bb

That's all UG'ers! God bless and good luck.
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