Dance Of The Vampires

Intro: Em7 Well alright, Edim7 No stars tonight Em7 The moon must hide Edim7 Can't bear to see my face Cm So many moons have passed Bbm So many suns gone down Ab Too much blood under the bridge F Too many worlds turned upside down verse 1 D Em The skies were pure and the fields were green F#m G The fading summer, sixteen-seventeen Bm F#m The first time I ever drew blood G A She was such a beautiful and innocent child D Em She never knew my soul was cursed for good F#m G I fought to overcome my thirst I thought I could Bm F#m But when I kissed her lips then I had no control G A And the furies all ran wild Pre-Chorus Bm And when I grasped for life F#m G A I always killed the things for which I yearned Bm F#m I wish to be a flame and reduce to ashes G A But I have never burned [Refrão] Em A I long to fly in total freedom Bm G and yet these chains keep dragging me down Em A I want to be an angel or the devil himself Bm G But I am nothing but a creature longing for things I can't have F#m Bm And the split goes through my very soul G A It´s a wound that never mends F#m Bm Our desires are elusive G A And the hunger never ends D Em When the world has drawn its final breath G A And Extinguished all the light D There´ll be nothing left Em G But a lifeless wasteland A Bm And an endless appetite D Em G Nothing left but a soundless heartbeat A And a ruthless appetite Instrumental Bm Gm Bb Gm Asus4 verse 2 D Em The preacher's daughter let me in her room F#m G In seventeen thirty-two, to love me was her doom Bm F#m With her silken blood I wrote a poem of love G A Upon her ivory skin D Em And the bashful page of Napoleon the Great F#m G In eighteen hundred thirteen he stood at the gate Bm F#m When I recall his body I can't help but think G A To consume him was a sin Pre-Chorus Bm F#m So many victims washing on the shores G A An ocean of pure tears... Bm F#m So many pleas for mercy, howls of pain G A Intoxicating fears [Refrão] Em A I used my body just like a bandage Bm G I used their bodies just like a wound Em A And I'll never know where they disappeared Bm But I can see them rising up out my memories now Bm G Just like the demons rising up from a tomb! F#m Bm And there is no way ever to apologize, G A Repent or make amends... F#m Bm No release and no redemption G A The hunger never ends... Bridge D Em There are those who believe in science G A And those who believe in art D Em There are those who believe in power and wealth G A Or love and matters of the heart G A There are those who believe in various gods Bm C#m7 In nations, and knowledge Bm C#m7 In heaven and hell Bm C#m7 The powers of darkness G A The assumption of the light D Bm But I believe in just one God G That of endless and insatiable G Immoral and destructible G And all consuming appetite Instrumental D Bm Gm Bb Gm Asus4 Outro D Em There is a prediction that I now will make G A And I'm sure it will be right: D Em When the next millennium finally comes G A The god most worshiped in this world G Will be the God of appetite Instrumental End Bm Gm Bb Gm D