Nightwish – The Poet And The Pendulum (Ukulele)

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[White Lands of Empathica] --intro-- Dm.........Db... Dm.........Gm...
F#m        Dbm
The........ end

      F#m             Dbm
The songwriter's dead

       Bm            Bb
The blade fell upon him

           Bm            Bb
Taking him to the White Lands

     Dm       Db
Of Empathica

Dm       B
Of Innocence

Dm       Db
Empathica

Dm     B
Innocence
[Home] --intro-- D5.... Eb5 D5.... Eb5 D5..... A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5 Dm The dreamer and the wine Poet without a rhyme A widowed writer
Gm     Bb                   C  Dm
Torn apart by chains of hell
One last perfect verse is still the same old song
                           Gm          Bb           Gm
Oh, Christ, how I hate what I have become

              Bb     C
Take me home....

Dm                          C
Get away, run away, fly away

Dm                                       C
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

Eb                                           
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb
I cannot die

      A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world

Dm                                    C
Forgive me, I have but two faces

Dm                                            C
One for the world, one for God, save me

Gm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb                      F                  C
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

Dm
My home was there n' then 
Those meadows of Heaven
                           Gm
Adventure-filled days

               Bb            C    Dm
One with every smiling face
Please, no more words Thoughts from a severed head No more praise
Gm        Bb                           Gm
Tell me once my heart goes right

              Bb     C
Take me home....

Dm                          C
Get away, run away, fly away

Dm                                       C
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

Eb                                           
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb
I cannot die

      A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world

Dm                                    C
Forgive me, I have but two faces

Dm                                            C
One for the world, one for God, save me

Gm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb                         F                C
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world
[The Pacific]
Cm     Gm      Cm      Gm        Bb                     F
Spar....kle my scen....ery with turquoise waterfall

        Cm               Gm
With beauty underneath

              Eb       F
The Ever Free......

              Bb                    F/A
Tuck me in beneath the blue

                   Gm
Beneath the pain

                   F
Beneath the rain

                 Bb                      F/A
Goodnight kiss for a child in time

             Gm     Eb        F          Gm
Swaying blade......my lullaby.....

Cm        Gm         Cm       Gm
One the shore we sat and hoped

     Bb                        F
Under the same pale moon 

           Bb                              F
Whose guiding light chose you

                    Eb               Gm
Chose you all...................
"I'm afraid, I'm so afraid...............
                      Eb
I just wish the tide would catch me first

                       D                                      Gm
And give me a death I always longed for."
[Dark Passion Play} --solo-- E5.......F5......G5.. E5.......F5......G#5.... E5.......F5 F5....G5 G5... E5.......F5 F5....G#5 G#5... E5.......F5......G5.. E5.......F5......G#5.... E5.......F5......G5.... E5.........Am C D D E5.........A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5 E5.........Am C D D E5......................... Second robber to the right of Christ Cut in half - infanticide The world will rejoice today As the crows feast on the rotting poet E5.......F5......G5.. E5.......F5......G#5.... E5.......F5......G5... E5..................... Everyone must bury their own No pack to bury the heart of stone Now he's home in hell, serves him well Slain by the bell tolling for his farewell
Dm
The morning dawned upon his alter
Remains of the dark passion play
Gm
Performed by his friends without shame

Bb
Spitting on his grave as they came

Dm                          C
Get away, run away, fly away

Dm                                       C
Lead me astray to dreamer's hideaway

Eb                                           
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb
I cannot die

      A5 Ab5 G5 Gb5 F5 E5 Eb5
I, a whore for the cold world

Dm                                    C
Forgive me, I have but two faces

Dm                                            C
One for the world, one for God, save me

Gm
I cannot cry 'cause the shoulder cries more

Bb                        F                       C                            
I cannot die, I, a whore for the cold world

Gm
"Today, in the year of our Lord 2005..."
Save me {Mother and Father} --intro-- Gm........F.......Gm Gm........F.......Gm Eb.........Bb.......F7...Gm Eb.........Bb.......F7...Gm
                  F
Be still, my son

           Gm
You're home

                      F                       Gm
Oh, when did you become so cold?

Eb                  Bb                F7     Gm
The blade will keep on descending

Eb                        Bb     F7    Gm
All you need is to feel my love

                 F                          Gm      
Search for beauty, find your shore

                           F                  Gm
Try to save them all, bleed no more

Eb                   Bb       F7     Gm
You have such oceans within

Eb                      Bb      F7     Gm
In the end, I will always love you
"The beginning..." --outro---
Gm          F            Gm
Ooooooooooooooooo....