Misc Musicals – Frankenstein A New Musical - Amen (Guitar)

Gm                         A7
I curse the day that I was born

Ab                         Gm
Into a world so black with hate

Gm                             A
I'll gladly leave this life of scorn

Eb                           D
And seek my peace before the light of heaven's gate

Gm                  Eb
I have my sins like any man

Gm                      Ebmaj7  Eb
But none more dark than yours

C              Am
If it is I you choose to damn,

         Bb                    Cm    D
Innocent blood will stain your hands forevermore

Gm                                             Eb
For crimes against the people.. (Your kind has no place but the grave)

                             Gm                                Eb
The magistrate of Ingolstadt hereby sentences you, (Not even a soul that can be saved)

                    Gm                             Eb
To be hanged by the neck until dead  (Soon you wil know eternal pain)

         Cm     Eb        D
The 16th day of September 1700 and..

Gm                                                          Eb
Your kind has no place but the grave (What's wrong, what's right?)

Gm                                           Eb
Not even a soul that can be saved  (Does man decide?)

Gm                                             Eb     Cm
Soon you will know eternal pain  (Who dares to act as God?)

                              D                                Gm
No man will dare (No man will dare) No man will dare to act as God

Gm
Another soul.. another light

                Eb
Another flame extinguished

Gm
One moment here, and then its gone, a heart is beating, then its done

                         Eb
The difference barely is distinguished

Cm
The ancient riddle.. What then, is life?

                     Ab
What is its fleeting essence?

Cm
The greatest minds have sought the key that could unlock this mystery

            Ab
And I alone possess it

Gm                    Fm        Gm
What I have found was thought impossible

Cm                    Ab  G
And only spoken of in fear

Db       Cm            G
If I can show them the impossible

         Cm                  D
Create a life, then all must hear!

Gm                     Eb
The gauntlet waits, it calls to me (What's wrong, what's right?)

Gm                        Eb
Crying destiny's demands [Make him pay!] (Does man decide?)

Cm                                    F                           Bb                 F      Gm
The very fate of all mankind, [Finish what's begun] rests in this mind (Who dares to act as God?)

             F
And in these hands [Upon his Judgement day!]

Eb    Bb                Cm  Bb
Oh my creator, claim me now!

Ab       Eb                D
Grant to me this nightmare's end

Gm                            A
And if no man shall mourn for me

Eb            D
I'll trust in you,