Nightwish
"I Want My Tears Back"
Imaginareum

Tuning: Standard EADGBe for acoustic
        or Drop D for power chords


Intro:
Em-Em-D-Em-(Break)
           I Want My Tears Back!


Instrumental:
Em--G-D
Em--G-Am-C-Bm (2x)

Em-D-Em-G-D


Verse 1:
Em                                         G
  The treetops, the chimneys, the snowbed stories, 
       Em                                          Cm
winter grey, wildflowers, those meadows of heaven, wind in the wheat
Em                                       G             Em
  a railroad across waters, the scent of grandfatherly love
                                       Cm
Blue bayous, Decembers, moon through a dragonfly's wings.


Chorus:
Am
Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                            Em     Am
Where's dear Alice knocking on the door?
                          F 
Where's the trapdoor that takes me there
         C                      G
were the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.


Chorus 2:
Em
Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am           Em
Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           C
Before the years take me,
  G               D
I wish to see the lost in me.


Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C      D        Em
            I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am-Em C      D             Em
            I want my tears back now!


Instrumental:
Em--G-D
Em--G-Am-C-Bm


Verse 2:
Em                                   G          Em
  A ballet on a grove, still growing young all alone.
                                        Cm
A rag doll, a best friend, the voice of Mary Costa.


Chorus:
Am
Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                            Em     Am
Where's dear Alice knocking on the door?
                          F 
Where's the trapdoor that takes me there
         C                      G
were the real is shattered by a Mad Marsh Hare.


Chorus 2:
Em
Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am           Em
Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           C
Before the years take me,
  G               D
I wish to see the lost in me. (2x)


Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C      D        Em
            I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am-Em C      D             Em
            I want my tears back now!


[Interlude]
Main riff: Em-G


Repeat Chorus 2 (2x):
Em
Where is the wonder? Where's the awe?
                                 Am           Em
Where are the sleepless nights I used to live for?
           C
Before the years take me,
  G               D
I wish to see the lost in me.


Post-Chorus:
Em-Em-D-Em  C      D        Em
            I Want My Tears Back!
Em-Em-Am    C      D (Break)
            I want my tears back now!