Kamelot – Prodigal Son (Guitar)

Drop Bb (Bb-F-Bb-Eb-G-C)

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Band verse in part 1 is on a standard-tuned acoustic. ORDER: Pt 1 - I1 V V INT1 Pt 2 - I2 V C INT2 Pt 3 - I3 INT3 V1 PC C V2 PC FC O Part I: Funerale [INTRO 1] Am | | G | Am Am/G | F | Am | Dm7-5/F | E5 Dm/E | E | [VERSE] - organ/vocals

Am         Dm
Essence of beauty

Gsus4  G   G7  Am/E Em/G
Ta  -  ken too soon

F           Am/E
Princess of hope

Fdim7/D       Fdim7           Esus4 E7
Deep   in our hearts you live on

Am         Dm
Essence of goodness

Gsus4 G G4   G7 Am  Am/G
God  -  dess of life

F           Am
Give us the power

Fdim7/D        Fdim7            Fdim7/Ab Fdim7/Cb
God    give us strength to live on

[VERSE] - band

Em         Am
Essence of beauty

D Dsus2 D5  Em
Taken   too soon

E   Esus4 E  Am  Am/G
Princess  of hope

Dsus2       Dsus2/C        B5  B-9 B
Deep in our hearts you live  on

Em         Am
Essence of goodness

D  Dsus2 D Em
Goddess  of  life

E    Esus4 E   Am   Am/G
Give us    the power

F
God give us strength

Esus4                       E
Give us the strength to live on

[INTERLUDE 1] F#m | C# | A | E | F | Am | Gm | Gm | Gm | Part II: Burden of Guilt [INTRO 2] Gm | | | | Gm | | | | [VERSE]

Em                   Asus2
   How could this hap  -  pen?

       Gsus2        B-9
   Oh, what have we done?

Em          Asus2      Gsus2           Gsus2/F#
   Will our tears ever pay for our sin?

Em               Asus2
   Mother forgive     us

      Gsus2         B-9
   We need all your love

      Em    D      Gm   F    Ebmaj7-5
   To fight and to carry the burden of shame

[CHORUS]

Em        Asus2        Gsus2      B-9
Hereby we swear for as long as we live

Em          Asus2   Gsus2    Gsus2/F#
We will not soil our     name

    Em            Asus2
The truth made of iron

     Gsus2        B-9
Will see  it with pain

      Em   D     Gm    F  Ebmaj7
until death, our secret remains

      Ebmaj9     F      Bb/Eb
until death, our love remains

       Ebmaj9     F      Bbm
And in death, our love reframed

[INTERLUDE 2] ( Bbm ) | Ebm | Ab | Bbm | Ebm | Bbm | Ebm | F | Part III: The Journey [INTRO 3]

  Gb         Ebm7
A minute away

           Bbm   Gb/Bb Bbdim Bbm Gb/Bb Bbm Cb
But worlds unwind

Gb               Ebm
Brothers in blood

            Ab Bbm
Now divided in    heart

[INTERLUDE 3] ( Bbm ) Gb/Bb Bbdim | Bbm Ebm Db Bbm Cb | [VERSE 1]

Dm                            Am
   By grief and sorrow one is striving to repay

Dm                         Bb
   Behind the palisade, he lives his destined life

Dm                             Am
   The music and the tears are piercing through the walls

Dm                         Gm7        F/A
   Turns to nightmares and there's no escape at all

[PRE-CHORUS]

Bb
   Oh joyful childhood,

C
   you died so young

[CHORUS]

Fm       Bbm
   Every child follows blind

Ab            C7
   On the jour - ney we call life

Fm            C   Db
   Learning every day

Fm           Bbm
   Given love   or given hate

Ab             C          Fm  Eb       Db
   Determines everybody's fate  in life

                   Fm      Eb
   Be careful what you give

[VERSE 2]

Dm                          Am
   A stranger to love and affection on the run

Dm                             Bb
   In search of shelter in the solitude of sin

Dm                          Am
   A drifter in the dark, a soldier of the pain

Dm                            Gm      Am
   A constant slave under the belt of misery

[PRE-CHORUS]

Bb
   Oh joyful childhood,

C
   you died so young

[FINAL CHORUS]

Fm       Bbm
   Every child follows blind

Ab            C7
   On the jour - ney we call life

Fm            C   Db
   Learning every day

Fm           Bbm
   Given love   or given hate

Ab             C          Fm  Eb       Db
   Determines everybody's fate  in life

                   Bbm7
   Be careful what you give