Travesty Haste the Day
Key of Fm
Standard Tuning w/ Capo on 3
If you don't have a capo, transpose these chords 3 half steps up.
When playing the A#5*, play a normal A#5, but drop the 3rd fret on the D
string to the 2nd fret. When playing the A#5^, drop the 3rd fret on the D
string to open.
Intro:
Lead riff plays...
[A#] [Dm] [C] [A#] [Dm] [C]
[A#]A#5[Dm] A#[C]5* [A#]A#5[Dm] A#[C]5*
Verse 1: Beat starts on the Dm, not the A
[A]I am [Dm]spent and with death you paid my ransom
For the [C]witness of your w[A#]ord
To bring them is the [A]jackal's sin
[C]Oh...[Dm] the eyes of death are upon me
And the watchman takes his t[Gm]oll
If the river will run dry it will [A#]never take us [C]home
[Dm] With idle minds we grew unconscious as the
hunter stalks his p[Gm]rey His eyes, his [A#]eyes are locked on [C]me
Chorus:
[A#] You cover the [Dm]darkest p[C]art of me
[A#] With a look that's s[Dm]ure to set the ca[C]ptives free
A#5 A#5*
Verse 2:
[A]Oh, make [Dm]way for I am not the redeemer
Nor do the mountains fall in my n[Gm]ame
But with slightest cry, my h[A#]unter
You will fail to reac[C]h your prey
[Dm] Still with idle minds unconscious
As the hunter stalks his p[Gm]rey
His eyes, his [A#]eyes are locked on [C]me
Chorus:
[A#] You cover the [Dm]darkest p[C]art of me
[A#] With a look that's s[Dm]ure to set the ca[C]ptives free
[A#] With love that the [Dm]blindest e[C]yes will see
[A#] You cover the [Dm]darkest p[C]art of me
A#5 A#5* A#5 A#5^
Bridge: Beat starts on the Gm
As I am met with [Gm]travesty
[Dm] And I am broken [C] and I am empty
[Gm] And through it all I can [Dm]see your f[C]ace
[Gm] With words unspoken [Dm] I h[C]ear your voice
[Gm] I see the hand, the [Dm]hand that [C]writes it [A#]all
You've called the [Dm]wind to [C]show its w[A#]orth
You've called the [Dm]sun to [C]brag about its w[A#]armth
Because [Dm]You are the [C]writ[A#]er
Because [Dm]You are the [C]soul of the [A#]world
Chorus:
[A#] You cover the [Dm]darkest p[C]art of me
[A#] With a look that's s[Dm]ure to set the ca[C]ptives free
[A#] With love that the [Dm]blindest e[C]yes will see
[A#] You cover the [Dm]darkest p[C]art of me
[A#] Because [Dm]You are the [C]writer
[A#] Because [Dm]You are the [C]writer
Acoustic pause:
A#*
End on
[A#]
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