Avantasia – Book Of Shallows (Guitar)

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[Intro] Cm Ab/C Cm7 Fm Cm Ab/C Ab Eb Bb Db Cm Ab/C Cm7 Fm Cm Ab/C Ab Eb Bb Db [Verse 1]
Cm
What if I would script a dream? And if I'd let you in?

                     Ab Eb  Bb  Db
I'd be your door out of a stark truth...

Cm
Leave a stark reality, an arrant giveness

                     Ab  Eb   Bb  Db
I'd make you fall to be there for you
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Ab Eb/G Ab  Eb/G Ab  Eb5 Bb F/A Bb F/A Bb
        Let Morpheus commit his spark

Eb/G  Ab   Eb/G Ab  Eb/G
To a stray soul wandering

Ab Eb5 Bb     F/A  Bb
Errant in the dark
[Chorus]
            Fm
Chase your dream!

              Db
If you don't mind don't be astounded

        Ab          Eb
By the things they make you do

      Cm         Db
For amusement's sake

            Fm
Chase your dream!

      Eb       Db
When all comes breaking down around it

       Ab        Eb      Bb
What a day for a pastel dream

        Fm        Eb
That's coming to life...
[Interlude] Cm Ab/C Cm7 Fm Cm Ab/C Ab Eb Bb Db [Verse 2]
Cm
Beautiful in colour, united in their creed

                           Ab  Eb   Bb  Db
Reasonable people dreaming ordinary dreams

Cm
Rise above confusion, and leverage the weak

                                 Ab   Eb       Bb  Db
Dive into the shuffle, and then tap into the freak show
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Ab Eb/G Ab  Eb/G Ab  Eb5 Bb F/A Bb F/A Bb
        And Morpheus commit his spark

Eb/G  Ab   Eb/G Ab  Eb/G
To a plain soul wandering

Ab Eb5 Bb     F/A  Bb
Errant in the dark
[Chorus]
            Fm
Chase your dream!

              Db
If you don't mind don't be astounded

        Ab          Eb
By the things they make you do

      Cm         Db
For amusement's sake

            Fm
Chase your dream!

      Eb       Db
When all comes breaking down around it

       Ab        Eb      Bb
What a day for a pastel dream

        Fm        Eb
That's coming to life...
[Bridge 1]
Am       G
May it charm the living

Bb       Gm
May it ease misgiving

Dm                          A5 Ab5 Dm A5 Ab5 Dm A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Intoxicating, dazing rapture

Dm                                A5 Ab5 D5 A5 Ab5 D5 A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Of the shallow, dazed and captured

Dm
Say you wanna be now, sneak into their dream now,

            A5   Ab5 D5           A5     Ab5 D5 A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Suck up to their love, you're the master of their freakshow

Dm
Give into temptation, seek and bring salvation,

          A5   Ab5 D5          A5     Ab5 D5 A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Mine now, Suburbia! tomorrow it's the nation

Am/E                      G
Wait for a savior rising from the tranquil sea

Bb                             Gm
The book of shallows bringing forth a common dream
[Bridge 2]
Dm
Going with the grain, numb the pain, we are common sense

                A5 Ab5 Dm        A5 Ab5 Dm A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Knock them down a peg, make them beg for deliverance

Dm
Rapture of the deep, they believe, take a deep bow

                A5  Ab5 Dm        A5 Ab5 Dm    A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Give them what they need now, mingle with the creep show

Dm
Going with the grain, numb the pain, we are common sense

                A5 Ab5 Dm        A5 Ab5 Dm A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Knock them down a peg, make them beg for deliverance

Dm
Rapture of the deep, they believe, take a deep bow

                A5  Ab5 Dm        A5 Ab5 Dm    A5 Ab5 A5 Eb
Give them what they need now, mingle with the creep show

Am                        G
Wait for a savior rising from the tranquil sea

Dm                             C
The book of shallows bringing forth a common dream

Ab
Let Morpheus commit his spark

Bb
To a stray soul wandering in the dark
[Chorus]
            Fm
Chase your dream!

              Db
If you don't mind don't be astounded

        Ab          Eb
By the things they make you do

      Cm         Db
For amusement's sake

            Fm
Chase your dream!

      Eb       Db
When all comes breaking down around it

       Ab        Eb      Bb
What a day for a pastel dream

        Fm        Eb
That's coming to life...

            Fm
Chase your dream!

              Db
If you don't mind don't be astounded

        Ab          Eb
By the things they make you do

      Cm         Db
For amusement's sake

            Fm
Chase your dream!

      Eb       Db
When all comes breaking down around it

       Ab        Eb      Bb
What a day for a pastel dream

        Fm        Eb
That's coming to life...

       Ab        Eb      Bb
What a day for a pastel dream

        Fm        Eb    Fm
That's goin' to plan