Epica – Once Upon A Nightmare (Guitar)

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[Intro] Am A5 Asus2 x2 Am Asus2 x2 Am G5 G x2 A5 Am Gsus2 G A5 Am G F Em7 Fmaj7 G Am G x4 Gm [Verse]
Gm            F
On the way to sacred shores

    Cm                 Eb             Gm
And in the arms of the life that we adore

Gm                F
Moonlight shows a white design

            Cm                      Eb                  Gm
That’s been waiting for a chance to seize the soul once more

                      Cm              Bbm F
(Sweet lad, o come and join me, do!)

     Eb
On a road

                                      Bbm F
(Such pretty games I will play with you)

         Gm
Changing course

Gm                      F
Lightning strikes where we depart

   Cm                 Eb                 Gm
An eerie voice as the night embraced the heart

           F                    Cm
Resonating from the life and is moving on

           Eb             Gm
To the new windows of the soul

Gm
(Will you, sweet lad, come along with me?)

Bb             F              Eb
  My daughters shall care for you tenderly”

Eb   F   Gm
Hear his mystic voice

Gm                                                Eb Bb F
“I love you, for your comeliness charms me, my boy!

F
(And if you’re not willing, my force I’ll employ)

   Cm    Dm Eb   F    Am   G
He feeds on stainless souls
Am G x3 [Chorus]
        F
We are struck in the night

        F
Ancient power will strike

     F/G Am
Feel the fire

        Em
Now run into his arms

           Em
Leave your shelter behind

       G
We are going to fly

F
Higher than high

        F
We will take on the sky

     G  Am
Feel my senses

  G
United by the night
[Verse]
Am                  G
   Now it’s time to close the door

    Dm             F  G  Am C
And open up like before

N.C.                Am
 New windows of the soul

C  G F      F  G    Am
        The silence of the void

C G Dm    Dm E     F    G   Am
        A father’s life destroyed
[Chorus]
Am
(Stuck in the night)

Am
(Ancient power will strike)

Am
(Feel the fire)

C    G F
Burn inside
(Run into my arms) (Leave your shelter behind)
        F  G     Am
(We are going to fly)

Am
See us fly

Am
And hear our cry

      C   G  Dm
We’re out of sight

Dm
(Higher than high we will)

Dm
(Take on the sky)

Dm
(Feel my senses)

C         G
(Out of my sight)

         Dm
(But live on my mind)

    Dm Em   F  G   Am
New windows of our soul
[Outro] F G Am x8