The Mars Volta – Aegis (Guitar)
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Chords
As recorded by The Mars Volta
(From the 2012 Album NOCTOURNIQUET)
[Intro]
D Gm D Gm
D Gm Bbm
A D Gm Gb Gm
[Verse 1]
Gm D The days are catching up to me Gm D7 D My unconscious fear unbound Dm Am Gm D Is it time to tailor fit the notion Gm D Gb That come Sunday I'm in the ground? Gm Gbm D Gm D The obelisk fumes have occupied, emphatically austere Am Gm A smelter pile made by the debt collector
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbm D Gm Where the children should be seen, not heard Bbm Am Gbm Gm C Bb Even if there is no way back home
[Chorus]
Gm C Bb I'm not running away Gm C Bb I'm not running away Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Gm C Bb I'm not running away
[Interlude]
Gm Gbm D Gm Gbm D
Am Gm Bbm Am D Gm Gb
[Verse 2]
Gm D Can you hear him saber rattling Gm D With bones I've left behind? Am Gm D Obloquy is the bulwark of his implants Gm D Am I your son or just a clone? Gm D Gm D Dasehra you were sworn to be, a window to my night Am Gm My subterfuge, just branches to the mandrake
[Pre-Chorus]
Bbm D Gm Where the children should be seen, not heard Bbm Am Gbm Gm C Bb Even if there is no way back home
[Chorus]
Gm F Cm Bb I'm not running away Gm F Cm Bb I'm not running away Gm F Cm Bb I'm not running away Gm F Cm Bb I'm not running away
[Bridge]
Gm Cm Under the aegis of cognition Ab F I am dead, I will escape Gm Cm Engrammic marks of ligature Ab F I am dead, I will escape Gm Cm Under the aegis of cognition Ab F I am dead, I will escape Gm Cm Engrammic marks of ligature Ab F Am I dead? Will I escape?
[Interlude]
Gm F C Bb
[Chorus]
Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Gm F C Bb I'm not running away G F C Bb I'm not running away Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Bb (Am I running away?) Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Bb (Am I running away?) Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Bb (Am I running away?) Gm F C Bb I'm not running away Bb (I am running away)