Symphony X – Paradise Lost (Guitar)

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Chords

If you're using a Capo, you'll have to move it at a couple of points during the song. I've indicated where the key changes are to help. Dm Bb Am x4
Dm
In the cold misty morning

Bb         Am  Dm
Gleaming rays awake the dawn
Bb Am
F               G
Here I stand, a stranger in this land

           Em           F
Does your conscience betray you?

Bb
Falling from grace

         C
Feel the sun on my face

       Am   Bb    C
Does desire still hold

Dm
true?
Bb Am Dm Bb Am
Dm
Mystified by her beauty

Bb Am     Dm
Does the hunter pity his prey

Bb Am     Dm
   Under starless skies

              Bb  Am  Dm
All love must die and fade away
(here it modulates up a tone to E minor)
Em         C       D
   Take my hand, divine or damned

Em                              C D
   Make a stand, seize the day

Em                             C
Oh, yours or mine, damned or divine,

D         Em                    C D
draw the line, come what may

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...
Em C Bm Em C Bm
Em                      C    Bm          Em        C
My yearning is silenced by angelic skin of white

Bm   Em                         C    Bm
Love conquers all though heavens fall

Em                    C   Bm
This fateful night

Am              F            Em   Am
Oh,    yours or mine, damned or divine

                     F    Em
Draw the line, serpentine

B7        C
Love is a tragedy

D                Bm            C
All that I have, all that I'll ever need

              G
Is right here inside

Am                       B7
Let the winds of freedom be my guide

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...

Esus4        F       G
Say goodbye, goodbye

Esus4
Hold on
(First part of solo modulates up a tone to F#m, then second half returns to Em) Solo F#m D C#m x4 Em C Bm x4
C               D
So I've cheated   and I've lied

Em                 D
Been the victim of foolish pride

C               D
And I've begged   and I've crawled

Em                   D
And I've battled it, bled for it all

C                  D
Now I'll savor the downfall

Esus4        E        Esus4         E
Of Paradise..

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...

Em      G          D       A
Looking down from ethereal skies

Em     G           D       A
Silent crystalline tears I cry

Em           G         D        A
For all must say their last goodbye

   Em   G      D    A
To Paradise...