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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.
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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.
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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"
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Em D
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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
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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
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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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|--7___-9___-3_-0_-7__-10-7_-|
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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
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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
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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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B B6 B N.C.
"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)
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B B6 B
"Red, crimson red, no I was never to be. Only
B B6 B
one crimson son, no it never was me"
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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
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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.
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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
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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"
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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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