Avantasia – Seduction Of Decay (Guitar)

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[Intro] D Eb D Eb D Eb D D* C* D Eb D Eb D Eb D D* C* [Verse 1]
D               Eb              D
   It ain't the far cry that it seemed

             Eb             D
   In just a wink we'd come for you  (You may not feel it)

D             Eb                   D
   We are the light, the scorching heat

              Eb     D
   We are the unto~o~old chosen few

                 Eb       D      D*  C*
   And now we've come for you

Bb                             Ab
   We'll fit you like a velvet glove

                            Eb
   That's gonna choke their minds

                                          Bb
   Affiliate yourself with what you can't defy

                       Ab
   Some below and few above

                          Gm  F  Eb
   We're gonna numb their mi~~~~~inds
[Pre-Chorus]
               D       Eb           D
   Riot on the edge         (hey!)

          Eb                D       Eb
   On the brink of insanity (hey!)

                D    D*  C*
   Riot on the edge
[Chorus]
Gm                Cm             F
   You'll hear me screaming your name

            Bb       Dm             Gm
   I am the angel of decay to seize you

                  Cm              F
   There'll be no thoughts to maintain

             Bb           D7
   I'm the seduction of deca~ay
[Verse 2]
D               Eb           D
   I hear their tales reverberate

D                  Cm             D                 Eb D Eb
   From shrouds of myth that only time would weave

D            Eb     D
   Bred in a den of lunacy

              Eb                   D        Eb D
   Who can we trust? Who's next in line?

              Eb            D       Eb  D  C*  C*
   The sacred drive to rationalize

Bb                          Ab
   Commit ourselves another day

                 Eb
   To the lesser crime  (Choke on your own pace with candor)

Bb                    Ab
   So pleasant in the quiet

                      Gm  F  Eb
   Vicegerents of the ti~~~~~ide
[Pre-Chorus]
               D       Eb           D
   Riot on the edge         (hey!)

          Eb                D       Eb
   On the brink of insanity (hey!)

                D     C*  C*
   Riot on the edge
[Chorus]
Gm                Cm             F
   You'll hear me screaming your name

            Bb       Dm             Gm
   I am the angel of decay to seize you

                  Cm              F
   There'll be no thoughts to maintain

             Bb           D7
   I'm the seduction of deca~ay
[Bridge]
D                                       Eb  Ab
   Time contaminating space, to reinfect  a~and agonize, anything 'round

D                               Eb  Ab
   We are metabolite of dreams,         The chosen ones, To sacrifice The wasteland-bound

   Bb                             Ab
   Oh, Euphoria is looming in the darkness

                              Eb
   Coincidence of opposites we~~e are

   Gm                  Gb       Eb
  (Once beautiful intentions)
[Instrumental] D Eb Ab D Eb Ab [Bridge 2]
   D        Eb  Ab
   O~oo~oh!         We'll drag you over

   D        Eb  Ab                              D   Db*  C*
   Wo~o~oah!        It's gonna drag you over
[Bridge 3]
   Eb  Gm
   O~o~oh

                  F       Bb
   from the start we run away

                  C        Eb
   And don't seem to care, what for

Gm               F           Bb           D       C   Eb
   Forever feels just like a blink, after passing by, just fools

F                 Gm      F       Eb
   don't know the prime's another State, of decay
[Pre-Chorus]
               D       Eb           D
   Riot on the edge         (hey!)

          Eb                D       Eb
   On the brink of insanity (hey!)

                D    C*   C*
   Riot on the edge
[Chorus]
Gm                Cm             F
   You'll hear me screaming your name

            Bb       Dm             Gm
   I am the angel of decay to seize you

                  Cm              F
   There'll be no thoughts to maintain

             Bb           D7
   I'm the seduction of deca~ay
[Outro] D