Ghost of Perdition Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Ghost of Mother
[E]Lin[Am]gerin[Dm]g death[Am]
[E]Gho[G]st [Em]on[F#m][F#]
[F]Mother's [Em]bed[Dm][G][Am]
Black strands on the pillow
[G#]Cont[Am]our of her he[Dm]alth[Am]
[E]Twi[G]ste[Am]d face u[F#m]pon[F#][F]
[Em]the [Am]head[Dm][Am]

[Verse 2]
Ghost of perdition
[G#]Stuc[Am]k in her chest[Dm][Am]
[Em]A warn[Am]ing no o[F#]ne[F]
[Em]read[Dm][G][Am]
Tragic [G#]friendship
[E]Cal[Am]led inside [Dm]the fog
[Am]Pour[G]ing [Am]venom[F#][F]
[Em]brew [Dm]deceiving[Am]

[Interlude 1]
[Em][Am][C][Bm]
[Bb][Bbm]
[Am][Em][C][Cm]
[C][Bm][Bb][Am]

[Verse 3]
Devil
cracked the earthly shell
Foretold she was the one
Blew hope into the room and said:
"You have to live
before you die [Em]young"[Am]

[Verse 4]
[Cm][C][Bm][Bbm]
[Am][Bbm]
[Am][Em][Am][Cm]
[C]
[Bm]Hold[Em]ing h[Am]er
[G#]down[E][Am]
[Dm]Channeling [Am]darkness
[E]Hem[G]loc[Am]k for th[F#m]e[F#][F][Am]
[Em][Dm][G][Am]
Gods
Fading [E]resistance[Am]
Draining [Dm]the w[Am]eakness
[E]Pen[G]etr[F#m]ating inner [F#]ligh[F]t[Em]

[Verse 5]
[Dm]Road[Am] into the dark unaw[C#m]are
[Am]Wind[F#]ing e[Am]ver[F][Fm][F#]
[F#m]higher[G][Am]

[Interlude 2]
[F#][Am][F#][Am]
[F#][Am]

[Verse 6]
Darkness by her side
Spoke and passed her [Em]by[Dm][Am][C]
[Am]Dedicated hunter
Waits to pull [Em]us u[Dm]nder[C]
[Am]Rose up to it's call
In his arms she'd [Dm]fall[Am][C]
[Am]Mother light received
And a faithful servant's [Dm]free[Am]

[Interlude 3]
[Em][C#m][Am][G]
[Em][Eb][Em]
[C#m][Am][G][Em]
[Eb][Em]
[C#m][C#][C#m][G]
[Em][Eb][Em]
[Am][G][Em][Eb]
[Em]
[C#m][G][Em][Eb]
[Em][Am][G]
[Em][Eb]
[Em][E][Em]
[E][Em]

[Verse 7]
[Am]In time the
hissing of her [Em]sanity
[Am]Faded out her voice
and soiled her name
[Em]And [Am]like marked pages in a diary
[Eb]Ever[Em]ythin[Am]g seemed clean
that is unstained
[Eb]The [Em]incoh[Am]erent talk
of ordinary days
[Em]Why [Am]would we really need to live?
Decide what is clear and
what's within a haze
[Em]What[Am] you should take and what to give
[Em][Am]

[Verse 8]
[F#][Am][Am]
[Am]Ghos[Am]t of perdition
[F#]A sa[Am]int's[F#] premonition's unclear
[Am]Keeper of holy hoards
[Am]Keeper of ho[F#]ly[Am]
[Dm][C#m][Am][Dm]
[C#m][Am][F#][Am]
[Dm]whor[C#m]es[Am]

[Verse 9]
To see a beloved [Dm]son
In [G#sus4]despair of wh[C#m]at's to come
[Am]

[Interlude 4]
[Dm][C#m][Am][Dm]
[G#m][C#m][Am]
[F#][Am][Dm][C#m]
[G#m][C#m]
[Am][F#][Am]
[Dm][Am][Am]

[Verse 10]
[F#]
[Am]If one cut the source of the flow
And everything [Em]would[G][Em][Am]
change
Would conviction fall
In the shadow of the [F]righteous[Em][G][Am]
The phantasm of your mind
Might be calling you to go
[Bm][Em][G][Am]
Defying the forgotten morals
Where the victim is the [G]prey[Am]
[Am][G#m][E][Em]
[D]
[Dm][Bm][Am][F#]
[Am][D]
[Dm][Am][E][D]
[Dm]
[Am][F#]
[Am][Dm][Am][E]
[D]
[Dm][Am][Dm][Dsus4]
[G]
[Am]
[G][C][G][Am]
[G]
[Dm][Am][G][Am]