The Dear Hunter – The Fire (Guitar)

        Em                         E                      Am
For so long have my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice

        Em                        E                       Am
But the poison has passed from my lips to my hands, an incendiary ploy

  Em        E            Am
(Hell will open up it's flue) I bare my soul through the flames before me

     Em        E            Am                 G D
(And you will witness what the fire can undo)

C                                      C D
Far from the ash I will be born again

G                      C    G G
 Where every debt is repaid

D                                       Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

   C
As portraits of the past fade away

    C                    E
The id dots the eyes of antiquity

           F                       E
While the ego, of late, has held sway

     Am                        E                Dm                  Em   E  Am
Too foolish to stray past the line too weary to stay, too weary to stay

        Em                      E                  Am
Far too long have I waited to witness the balances bend

        Em                     E
In the favor of wrongs being remedied

            Am               G D
Wickedness coming to an end

C                                      C D
Far from the ash I will be born again

G                      C    G G
 Where every debt is repaid

D                                       Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

    C
As portraits of the past fade away

C                                         C D
Far beyond the act I will be whole again

G                      C    G G
 A phoenix out of the flame

     D                                 Em D
I'm burying that menace in my memory

   C
A funeral held in my name

     C                     E
The ritual pyre's sending smoke to the sky

        F                     E
As the building continues to burn

     Am                     E
The wrath in the ruin, the pain in the grave

       Dm                       E
As the lies are retired to the urn

        C                          E
But we can't keep the embers from catching

     F                       E
The truth from destroying us all

     Am                    E
Do I die as the martyr or miscreant?

               Dm                  E
I'll make the call, I'll make the call

C                                      C D
Far from the ash I will be born again

G                      C    G G
 Where every debt is repaid

D                                       Em D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

    C
As portraits of the past fade away

C                                         C D
Far beyond the act I will be whole again

G                      C    G G
 A phoenix out of the flame

     D                                 Em D
I'm burying that menace in my memory

   C
A funeral held in my name

           Em
held in my name