The Crimson

Atreyu

Crimson

Submitted by: [email protected]

Key: Bb, B

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

Eb - x68886

F - 133211

Gm - 355333

Bb - x13331

Dm - xx0231

Cm - x35543

G# - 466544

Fm - 133111

Eb/G - 365xxx

E - 022100

F# - 244322

G#m - 466444

Ebm - x68876

Intro: Gm--Eb-F- x2

Verse 1:

Gm

I feel it welling up inside

And Robert Smith lied

Eb F

Boys do cry

Gm

And with blood tears in my eyes

Eb F

I'm an Anne Rice novel come to life

Gm Eb F

I can't hide the monster anymore

Gm Eb F

One can only feel desolate for so long

Gm

Until one starts to change

Into something the mirror

doesn't recognize

Eb

I metamorphosize

F

The darkness has been

biding its time

Gm

To claim its latest victim

Fresh meat for carnal desires

Eb

To become what I became

F

I viewed the sun for the last time

Chorus 1:

Eb F Gm

Will you still hold me when

you see what I have done?

Eb F Gm

Will you still kiss me the same

Eb

when you taste my victim's blood?

F

So crimson and red

Dm Eb

I feel it flowing from your lips

F

So crimson and red

Verse 3:

Gm

My heart is dead and so are you

And it pulses through

The desire to change

Eb

To deconstruct all

F

giving my past failings

Gm

But where to begin

Because when you live in sin

Eb

It's hard to look at saints

F

Without them reflecting their

Gm

jet black auras back on you

And I have is hope

My inner burn's not fading

Eb

I'll wipe the blood

F

from my cheek

And get on with my day

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Bridge:

Eb

And I have is hope

Gm

And all I need is time

G#

To bury in pine under

Gm

six feet of time

G#

The lies I told me

Eb

about myself

Claw my way out

Gm

Pick the splinters from

under my fingernails

G#

I won't lose hope

Gm G#

I won't give in

Verse 4:

Fm Cm G#

Just live and breathe

Eb

And try not to die again

Fm Cm G#

Just live and breathe

Eb

And try not to die again

Fm Cm G#

Just live and breathe

Eb Fm Eb/G G#

And try not to die again

And try not to die again

Chorus 2: Modulate from Eb to E

E F# G#m

Will you still hold me when

you see what I have done?

E F# G#m

Will you still kiss me the same

E

when you taste my victim's blood?

F#

So crimson and red

Ebm E

I feel it flowing

from your lips

F#

So crimson and red

My heart is dead

and so are you

(Repeat)