Aviators — Song of the Abyss

[Verse 1]
Bm                        G
Old friend, we seem surrounded
                     Em
As decay is closing in
                         F#
And the kiss of deadly silence
                       Bm
Has been placed upon my skin
                              G
For the code we're bound to follow
                         Em
You have led my last crusade
                             F#
Now we're swallowed by the city

As it fades


[Chorus]
           G
I will shield you from the darkness
           Em
When the walls around us quake
         Bm
I will hold back all the monsters
           F#
Until my bones begin to break
            G
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
           Em
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
         Bm
If I'm taken by the shadows
          D
I will spare you from the pain

Bm G Em F#


[Verse 2]

Bm                   G
Cry a requiem for sunlight
                         Em
Hide away now from the dark
                           F#
To me the angered deep is calling

Tearing me apart
Bm                            G
Somehow the whispers do command me
                           Em
When the abyss has taken hold
                   F#
Now carry on in glory

When I grow cold


[Chorus]
           G
I will shield you from the darkness
           Em
When the walls around us quake
         Bm
I will hold back all the monsters
           F#
Until my bones begin to break
            G
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
           Em
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
         Bm
If I'm taken by the shadows
          D
I will spare you from the pain

G Em Bm F#

Bm Bm Em F#
Bm Bm Em F#


[Bridge]
Bm                                   Bm
Foolishly I left the darkness creeping
                                       Em
In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding

I confess to you the dark
    F#
Has taken me prisoner
Bm                            Bm
I am corrupt beyond any rescue
                                  Em
I've forsaken my vow to protect you

Oh, end these horrors
         F#
Face the father of the sinister


G
If the fight's over
         Em
I will sacrifice my mind
           Bm
Just to know you'll still be breathing
            F#
When the years have been unkind
        G
So continue on without me
         Em
Guard my body and my flame
         Bm
Keep a watch over the wasteland
           F#
When the world forgets my name

N.C.


[Chorus]
           G
I will shield you from the darkness
           Em
When the walls around us quake
         Bm
I will hold back all the monsters
           F#
Until my bones begin to break
            G
When I've lost I'll have to leave you
           Em
And the tears, they'll fall like rain
         Bm
If I'm taken by the shadows
          D
I will spare you from the pain

G Em Bm F#
G Em Bm F#