Amorphis – Nightfall (Guitar)

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from album Tuonela (1999) music by Amorphis, lyrics by Pasi Koskinen Key/scale is D phrygian mode (same as Gm but starting from D) For D-tuning (DGCFAd) transpose 2 steps up to E. [Intro] |D |Eb | x10 [Verse 1]
D5            Eb5                  D5
 As a rot to rape the spring sown seed

                Eb5           D5
A plague sprang forth of his tracks

           Eb5                   D5
Churns ran red when cows milked blood

           Eb5          D5
And famine cracked poor backs
[Verse 2]
          Eb5            D5
Who would hear a lament sad

  Eb5                  D5
Under the bright blue sky

               Eb5              D5
That's sung in hovels dark and low

          Eb5
With eyes too weak to
[Bridge]
  Gm   D      Eb   D
cry__, cry__, cry____
|Gm |D |Eb |D | w/ Guitar riff & Flute solo [Chorus] |D |Eb |
D    Eb            D              Eb  D
 But horror be the nightfall's gloom____

        Eb             D   Eb            D
For the man upon the road (man upon the road)

     Eb                 D          Eb   D
When moon doth laugh at worthless lives___

Cm                 Cm
Twice hard for all promise showed

D            Cm  D
Promise showed
[Interlude] |Cm |D | x2 [After-chorus]
Eb      D              Eb
 Empty stare upon his face

     D
Nine fathoms deep

Eb       D             Cm
 He set upon the road again

               D        Eb   D
On ground that bears no seed___

Eb                   D   Eb  D
Ground that bears no seed__
[Interlude] |Cm |D | x2 [Solo] |Gm |D |Eb |D | x2 [Chorus] |D |Eb |
D    Eb            D              Eb  D
 But horror be the nightfall's gloom____

        Eb             D   Eb            D
For the man upon the road (man upon the road)

     Eb                 D          Eb   D
When moon doth laugh at worthless lives___

Cm                 Cm
Twice hard for all promise showed

Cm           Cm
Promise showed,

D
promise showed... promise showed...
-TTP