Silverstein – The Artist (Guitar)

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The Artist feat. Brendan Murphy of The Counterparts Rescue 2011 Submitted by: [email protected] Key: E Tuning: Standard EADGBe Chords used: C#m x46654 A x02220 E 022100 B x24442 F#m 244222 G# 466544 D xx0232 E 022100 G#m 466444 Intro:

C#m  
(You! You! )

Verse 1: Growl:

             C#m     A
The artist's palette falls

              F#m         G#
The paint is spilled with blood

        C#m      A
Someone shot him down

             F#m   G#
Left him without a soul

Sing:

           C#m     A
His body's laid to rest and 

     F#m           G#
underground he'll stay

              C#m  A
With hopes to resurrect 

          F#m
and live again

Growl:

 G#
another day

Chorus 1: Growl:

C#m    A      D
   Now they decide 

    C#m                A D
who lives and dies Now!

Verse 2: Growl:

                C#m   A
His peers won't come around

               F#m       G#
They're too disgraced to face

        C#m     A
Another soldier down

         F#m      G#
His life work's a waste

Sing:

              C#m       A
And now these walls are bare

          F#m      G#
No one pretends to care

          C#m A
A distant memory

          F#m
His masterpiece

Growl:

   G#
In disrepair

Chorus 2: Growl:

C#m    A      D
   Now they decide 

    C#m
who lives and dies

    A         D
Now they will hold you back

Breakdown: Growl:

C#m A         D    E   C#m
    They will hold you back

A         D    E
They will hold you

Bridge: Growl:

C#m
   We stand tall and illuminate

                        A   D E
We fight through and prevail

C#m
   We don't stop where

you'd be giving up

              A   D E
We won't ever fail

Verse 3: Growl:

         C#m       A
A martyr takes his hand

            F#m   G#
To make him live again

             C#m       A
With savage sleight of hand

                F#m      G#
He'll force his legs to stand

Sing:

           C#m     A
A sick and gutless joke

      F#m    G#
A serenading hoax

     C#m    A
Interrupted peace

           F#m
A waste of time

    G#m
A pathetic excuse for hope

Chorus 3: Growl:

C#m
   The sleepless nights have no compassion

Sing:

B                                  A
   And the dreams that come aren't true

Growl: A charade of lies unconscious

C#m
   And so much left to be proved

Sing:

                                B
But the sun will rise and fall again

                             A
And the nights will start to shorten

The memories will fade Growl:

C#m
   into darkness

You!!! can't let it go!!! Outro: Growl:

A                                 G#
  But your world is turned upside down

                         F#m
It's a panic you can't release

Once you have it you just can't

E
  Ever ignore it

A                              G#
  That's when you realize your best

Days are behind you

    F#m
And all you ever 

              E
live for Is regret

(hold)             C#m  
You can't take it away (You! )

End in C#m(hold) You can't take it away (You! )