The Dear Hunter – The Fire Remains (Guitar)

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Bm* - Bm with the highest note being D, whereas the regular Bm would have B as it's highest note - it's just a tip [Intro] F#m F# Bm* Bm F#m F# Bm* Bm [Verse 1]
       F#m                        F#                     Bm
For so long have my teeth held my tongue from a venomous voice (From a venomous voice)

        F#m                       F#                     Bm
But the poison has passed from my lips to my hands, an incendiary ploy

     F#m       F#          Bm
(And Hell will open up its flue) I bare my soul through the flames before me

     F#m      F#               Bm            D/F# A/E
(And you will witness what the fire can undo)
[Chorus]
D                                      A/C# Esus4/B A
Far from the ash, I will be born again

A                     D    A/C# Esus4/B E
Where every debt is repaid

E                                       D/F# A/E D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

D
As portraits of the past fade away
[Bridge 1]
    D                    F#
The id dots the i's of antiquity

          G                      F#
While the ego, of late, has held sway

    Bm                        F#                     Em
Too foolish to stray past the line, but too weary to stay

    Em    Em/G F#m
Too weary to   stay
[Brdige] F#m F# Bm* Bm F#m F# Bm* Bm [Verse 2]
        F#m                   F#                   Bm
Far too long have I waited to witness the balances bend (The balances bend)

       F#m                   F#                   Bm                D/F# A/E
In the favor of wrongs being remedied, wickedness coming to an end
[Chorus]
D                                      A/C# Esus4/B A
Far from the ash, I will be born again

A                     D    A/C# Esus4/B E
Where every debt is repaid

E                                       D/F# A/E D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

D                                  D/F# A/E D
As portraits of the past fade away
[Chorus 2]
D                                           A/C# Esus4/B A
Far beyond the act, I will be whole again

A                    D       A/C# Esus4/B E
A phoenix out of the flame

E                                     D/F# A/E D
I'm burying that menace in a memory

D
A funeral held in my name
[Bridge 2]
    D                     F#
The ritual pyre's sending smoke to the sky

       G                     F#
As the building continues to burn

    Bm                     F#
The wrath in the ruin, the pain in the grave

       Em                      F#
As the lies are retired to the urn

       Bm*                        F#
But we can't keep the embers from catching

    G                        F#
The truth from destroying us all

     Bm                   F#                       Em
Do I die as the martyr or miscreant? I'll make the call

Em    Em/G    F#m
I'll make the call
[Brdige] F#m F# Bm* Bm Em Em/G F#m F# Bm* Bm Em Em/G F#m F# Bm* Bm Em Em/G F#m F# Bm* Bm D/F# A/E [Chorus]
D                                      A/C# Esus4/B A
Far from the ash, I will be born again

A                     D    A/C# Esus4/B E
Where every debt is repaid

E                                       D/F# A/E D
Nothing left to keep me out of paradise

D                                  D/F# A/E D
As portraits of the past fade away
[Chorus 2]
D                                           A/C# Esus4/B A
Far beyond the act, I will be whole again

A                    D     A/C# Esus4/B E
A phoenix out of the flame

E                                     D/F# A/E D
I'm burying that menace in a memory

D
A funeral held in my name

           F#m
Held in my name