[Intro - No drums - BPM 90 - Barre chords for verses] [Freetime]
[G] Kyrie E [F]leison [G] Kyrie E [F]leison [G] Kyrie Eleison
[Vamp - just bass drum G to G7]
[Verse] (Just bass drum and play bass of chords muted) [G] The wind blows hard against this mountainside, [G] Across the sea, into my soul. [F] It reaches into where I cannot hide, [G] Setting my feet upon the road. (play G7 to G as riff)
(offbeat xxxx xxxX - no snare, just chord and bass drum)
[Verse - Drums in - G to G7 back to G riff] [G] My heart is old, it holds my memories, [G] My body burns a gem-like flame. [F] Somewhere between the soul and soft machine, [G] Is where I find myself again.
[Chorus - Open chords to sound bigger] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, down the [Em] road that I must [F] travel. [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, through the [F] darkness of the [Am] night [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, where I'm [Em] going will you [F] follow? [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, on a [Em] highway in the [F] light. [G]
[Vamp G to G7]
[Verse] [G] When I was young I thought of growing old, [G] Of what my life would mean to me. [F] Would I have followed down my chosen road? [G] Or only wished what I could be?
[Chorus] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, down the [Em] road that I must [F] travel. [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, through the [F] darkness of the [Am] night [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, where I'm [Em] going will you [F] follow? [G] [C] Kyrie E [Dm] leison, on a [Em] highway in the [F] light. [G]
Key shifts up one whole step to D [Chorus 2 - A ccapella with drums - minimal guitar] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, down the [F#m] road that I must [G] travel. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, through the [G] darkness of the [Bm] night. [A] (guitar in) [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, where I'm [F#m] going will you [G] follow? [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, on a [F#m] highway in the [G] light. [A]
[Chorus 2 - Full drums] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, down the [F#m] road that I must [G] travel. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, through the [G] darkness of the [Bm] night. [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, where I'm [F#m] going will you [G] follow? [A] [D] Kyrie E [Em] leison, on a [F#m] highway in the [G] light. [A] [End] [D]
[Verse] These [F#] mist covered [E] moun- [F#] tains Are home now for [B] me [Bsus4 - B] But my [D#m/A#] home is the [G#m] low [D#m] lands And always will [E] be [F#sus4] Some- day you'll re- [G#m] turn [D#m] to Your valley and your [E] farms ([C#m][F#sus4]) And you'll [F#] no longer [G#m] burn To be [E] brothers in [F#sus4] arms [F#]
Through these [F#] fields of de- [E] struc- [F#] tion Baptisms of [B] fire [Bsus4 – B] I've [D#m/A#] watched all your [G#m] suffe- [D#m] ring As the battles raged [E] higher [F#sus4] And though they did hurt [G#m] me so [D#m] bad In the fear and a- [E] larm ([C#m][F#sus4]) You did not de- [G#m] sert me My [E] brothers in [F#] arms
[G#m][E][C#m][E] [G#m][E][C#sus2][C#sus2] [G#m]
There's so [F#] many different [G#m] worlds [F#] So [B] many different [E] suns [F#sus4] And [F#] we have just one [G#m] world [F#] But we [B] live in different [E] ones
Now the sun's gone to [E] hell [F#] And the moon's riding [B] high [Bsus4 – B] Let me [D#m/A#] bid your fare- [G#m] well [D#m] Everyman has to [E] die [F#sus4] But its [F#] written in the [G#m] star- [D#m] light And every line on your [E] palm ([C#m][F#sus4]) We're [F#] fools to make [G#m] war On our [E] brothers in [F#sus4] arms [F#]
