WHITE PEARL, BLACK OCEANS Acoustic- Sonata Arctica (Reckoning Night)
Standard Tuning, Capo alternates between 4 and 2 where indicated.
CAPO 4
Am (x02210@1) EmI (022000@1)was born and raised by the sea; shy yet proud,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Flearned (133211@1)to stay away from the crowd,
G (320003@1)C (x32010@1) Emin (022000@1)my home, my lighthouse.
Am (x02210@1) Em101 (022000@1)steps, round and down,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) FNew (133211@1)Years Eve, one night on the town
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amcan (x02210@1)change one life into eternity.
Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)(Am) CAll (x32010@1)I could see - her eyes.
Am (x02210@1) CWe (x32010@1)got caught in the moment all of the night.
Dm (xx0231@1) FTaken (133211@1)beyond all lines,
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Gin (320003@1)silence, leaving them all behind.
Am (x02210@1) CShe (x32010@1)had found the sails for the following night.
Am (x02210@1) CThe (x32010@1)town, for her, was getting way too small.
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)
She promised to be mine
Gsus4 (3x0013@1) Gforever, (320003@1)for that one night ...
F (133211@1)
Moments, passion, small defeats.
AmConcealed (x02210@1)emotions found in me.
F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1) C (x32010@1) G"You (320003@1)gave life to a brand new me ..."
Am (x02210@1) CCrossing (x32010@1)the wintry fields
Am (x02210@1) Cthe (x32010@1)first hour of morning light.
Dm (xx0231@1) FWarmed (133211@1)by the flame inside -
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) Gthe (320003@1)lasting memory of the ending night.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) AmI (x02210@1)never had a chance to stop what hit me,
Cwhat (x32010@1)broke my bones and mauled me.
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1)
After hours of deep unwilling sleep
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1)
in a cold shelter, fell back in the dark,
*****CAPO CHANGE - 2*****
and the hours of the day passed ...
Am (x02210@1) EmA (022000@1)nightmare awakes me, blinking light,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
there's no guide - blind ships in the night!
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) GOh, (320003@1)blood red moon, eat away the night ...
BmDarkness (x24432@1)covers my lonely soul,
Emno (022000@1)one to feed the dying light ...
Em-G-Am G D
Em-G-Am G D
Em-G-Am G D
Em-G-Am G D
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1)
Good morn', oh dreadful day.
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)prayed the moon had lit the sea instead of me,
Cfor (x32010@1)the sails of night.
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) D"Please (xx0232@1)tell me everything is alright ..."
Em (022000@1) GMy (320003@1)voice in the room broke the silence,
Em (022000@1) Geverybody (320003@1)killed me with their eyes ...
Am (x02210@1) Cwhat (x32010@1)I was to hear made the people cry -
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Dimpossible (xx0232@1)for me to keep the tears inside.
Am (x02210@1) Em"All (022000@1)on the board the White Pearl have died!
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
Coastal reef has tolled their lives,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)
and you are the light of the night!"
G (320003@1) EmOne (022000@1)thing I remember,
Gbefore (320003@1)I fell on the ground,
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) Amalthough (x02210@1)I never saw the face,
C (x32010@1) Da (xx0232@1)name was inked in his arm ...
Em (022000@1) GLove (320003@1)can be like poetry of demons,
Em (022000@1) Gor (320003@1)maybe God loves complex irony?
Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) AmThe (x02210@1)family name stated I had seen before ...
D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)
Written on her front door!
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)B7"Silence (x21202@1)in the courthouse!"
Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1) EmA (022000@1)presence in the room we both could feel -
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1) Amthe (x02210@1)father of her unborn child and me.
(Am) EmAll (022000@1)on the board the White Pearl have died,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fcoastal (133211@1)reef has tolled their lives,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amwhile (x02210@1)I was the guide light!
EmBack (022000@1)in my tower, run, run, run -
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)
light is out, I hope to see
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) *****CAPO CHANGE 4*****
black oceans beneath rise and swallow me!
Am (x02210@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Bb (x1333x@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_022100@1">E Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) EOne (022100@1)step will take me back inside, another sees my end.
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) BbNo (x1333x@1)one can love a man who guarded the light (gaurded the light) one fateful night ...
E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)AmFlaming (x02210@1)eyes I must confront before I am stated free.
Bb (x1333x@1) E (022100@1)
Defining innocence is hell after all that has passed.
Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) BbBuilding (x1333x@1)new walls inside my eternal night.
E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1) AmAlthough (x02210@1)they took my heart and dried me up, sometimes I still bleed ...
Bb (x1333x@1) EShow (022100@1)me the way ...
Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) AmThe (x02210@1)light will show me a way on the grisly reefs,
Bb (x1333x@1) E (022100@1)
too many dead ends I see.
AmNo (x02210@1)soul can save me -
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)
the respect I lost, the measure of a man.
Dm-F-Gm F C
Dm-F-Gm F Gm
Dm-F-Gm F C
Dm-F-Gm F Gm
Gm-Bb-Cm Bb F
Gm-Bb-Cm Bb Cm
Gm-Bb-Cm Bb F
Gm-Bb-Cm Bb Cm
Am (x02210@1) Em10,000 (022000@1)steps down, round and round,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1)
one night on the town and I'm hell bound.
Black oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
(Am) EmAll (022000@1)on board the White Pearl have died,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)coastal reef come claim my life!
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmBlack (x02210@1)oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
EmMy (022000@1)little tower, seal my fate,
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fhelp (133211@1)me pay back - end their hate.
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) AmBlack (x02210@1)oceans beneath, come and swallow me!
EmOne (022000@1)direction; down, down, down ...
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fpitch (133211@1)black night for my old town,
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Amblack (x02210@1)oceans beneath shall now swallow me.
Am (x02210@1)Bb (x1333x@1)E (022100@1)Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
Bb E Am E Am (repeats and fades)
"I hereby commit my body to the deep,
to be turned into corruption,
looking for the resurrection of the body,
when the Sea shall give up Her dead,
and the life of the world to come,
through our Lord.
Amen."
