Avantasia – The Wicked Symphony (Guitar)

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[Verse 1: Tobias]
Am
You'll be running out of miracles

F
Like I'm running out of dreams

C
Madness lurking to my left

Bb
Angels faint in front of me

Dm
And I see eyes to the right

F
I hear a promise resound

Am                  G
Gold and diamonds, love and fame

F
And music meant to remain
[Verse 2: Russell]
Am
You've been dying for glory

F
You've been looking for love

Am                     G
Why don't we read the signs

            F
When we're about to get lost
[Pre-Chorus: Jorn]
Cm                       Gm
A seeker enthralled by a flame

                       G#
Eventually home to his pain
The Great Unbeloved
     Bb
You reach for the final stage
[Chorus: Tobias/Russell]
Dm              Bb
Hey man in your hideaway

                F   C
Where do we go from here

Gm            D#
Heroes in a tragedy

Dm    C         F
Down-home just a memory

Bb
Where do we go

Dm        C         Dm
When the world gets in the way

Dm              Bb
Way down to the hideaway

                 F    C
Afflatus Divine! Your hands

Gm            D#
And a wicked symphony

Dm   C         F
Hey now to the hideaway

Bb               Dm     C      Bb
Lock up the rain for a wicked symphony
[Verse 3: Jorn]
Am
Don't you give up on your emotions

F
Don't you abandon your despair

C
If you deny what you desire

Bb
This will have been just a mystery play

Dm
There'll be nowhere to go

F                        Am
Just oblivion, we're so close to reach out

G              F
Close to fall, make up or break up or crawl
[Verse 4: Russell]
Am
You are striving for beauty

F
For a song to remain

Am                     G               F
A final touch and the spirit you have cited
Holds on to the reins [Pre-Chorus: Tobias]
Cm                       Gm
I feel how I'm losing my ground

                         G#
A dancer enthralled by a sound
The smoke clears away
     Bb
I'll reach for the final stage
[Chorus: Tobias/Russell]
Dm              Bb
Hey man in your hideaway

                F   C
Where do we go from here

Gm            D#
Heroes in a tragedy

Dm    C         F
Down-home just a memory

Bb
Where do we go

Dm        C         Dm
When the world gets in the way

Dm              Bb
Way down to the hideaway

                 F    C
Afflatus Divine! Your hands

Gm            D#
And a wicked symphony

Dm   C         F
Hey now to the hideaway

Bb               Dm     C      Bb
Lock up the rain for a wicked symphony
[Pre-Bridge: Tobias] N.C. Oh I can hear it, I can hear it N.C. Oh I can hear it, I,I,I,I... N.C. I can hear it, yeah N.C. I'm dying for a sign [Bridge: Tobias]
Em                 D
You can turn your face away

Bm                     C
Can pretend you don't hear it

Em
How long have you been

D
Begging on your knees

Bm                   C
And now that you're near it

Em
Won't you be damned

        D
If you defy what you're given

Bm            C
Mercury of salvation

Em                  D
The colors for the eyes of the world

A
We'll be kings for generations
[Chorus: Tobias/Russell]
Dm              Bb
Hey man in your hideaway

                F   C
Where do we go from here

Gm            D#
Heroes in a tragedy

Dm    C         F
Down-home just a memory

Bb
Where do we go

Dm        C         Dm
When the world gets in the way

Dm              Bb
Way down to the hideaway

                 F    C
Afflatus Divine! Your hands

Gm            D#
And a wicked symphony

Dm   C         F
Hey now to the hideaway

Bb               Dm     C      Bb
Lock up the rain for a wicked symphony