Misc Musicals – Frankenstein A New Musical - The Modern Prometheus (Guitar)

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[Verse 1] [VICTOR:]
Dm
So still the shadow of a woman lies

                           Bbmaj7
The future sleeping in her form

                 C         Bb
Dare I free her from her death?

                 C               Bb
Quicken now her pulse and breath

              A         Dm
And make her once again reborn?

Dm
Why does the knife quake in my fingers?

                          Bbmaj7
Why is my heart an empty shell?

Bb           C
What if she awakes like him

Bb             C
Murderous and vile within?

    Bb    A             Dm
An angel banished into hell?

  Dm G Bb
No!
[Chorus]
Bb                             Dm
I've come too far to turn back now

Bb                        Dm
The darkness will not be denied

Bb           C             Dm
And now the modern Prometheus

 C   Bb       A          Dm
Is ready to create his bride!
[Spoken interlude] [ADAM, SPOKEN:]
        Gm
Do not delay, Victor

                                                     Eb
For I will be ever watching and when your labors are through

                   Dm
I shall appear to claim what is mine
Heed my wishes. You may be my creator, but I am your master- Obey [Chorus] [VICTOR:]
Bb                             Dm
I've come too far to turn back now

Bb                        Dm
There's nothing left I need decide

Bb         C        F  Dm
I am the modern Prometheus

 C   Bb     A         Dm
Ready to create his bride
[HENRY:]
Dm
What heresy have you devised?
Is this the science you conceived?
Bb
With nature's every law defied

      Gm             Em    A
What good could ever be achieved?
[VICTOR, SPOKEN:]
Dm
The power of life and death rests in my hands, Henry
I dared before Ingolstadt, but this time will be different! She will be different! [HENRY, SPOKEN:] The question is not what you can do The question is what you should do! [Chorus] [VICTOR:]
Bb                             Dm
I've come too far to turn back now

Bb                     Dm
Soon you'll see I'm justified!

Bb         C        F  Dm
I am the modern Prometheus

 C   Bb     A         Dm
Ready to create his bride!
[HENRY, SPOKEN:]
Dm
Men mustn't try to act like god!
Prometheus was merely myth! [SUNG]
Bb
And if you toy with nature's course

     Gm                A
Your fate will be the same as his!
[VICTOR:]
Dm
I cannot believe what I am hearing

         Bb
A great discovery is near
Lesser men may wait behind
              C        Bb
Paralyzed of heart and mind

         A              Dm
But I am not afraid to dare

Em
We'll change the course of history

                              C
Please see beyond your petty fears
I was once a dreamer, now I'm man's redeemer!
                      B   Em
We're on the verge of new frontiers!
[VICTOR, HENRY, AND ADAM, OVERLAPPING:]
       C            Em
She's going to be perfect!
(You've gone too far to turn back now) (Can't you see what you've become?)
C               Em
God is here on earth!
(My wishes shall not be denied) (This science is insanity!)
C         D          G Em
I am the modern Prometheus
(You are the modern Prometheus) (You're not the modern Prometheus)
G    C       Am
Bear witness to her birth!
(Ready to create my bride) (You cannot save humanity) [VICTOR, SPOKEN:]
B      F         Eb
  The destiny of humanity will not be stayed, Henry!
[HENRY, SPOKEN:] I will not allow you to destroy yourself, Victor!
                                     C
I will do everything in my power to see that
This abomination is exposed and brought to an end! [VICTOR, SPOKEN:]
F                   Bb    Em
No!