The Day Of chords by Nightwish

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

Am

🎸 Verse 1:
Am
Take shelter, skies are humming
Am
Armageddon, second coming
F               Am
War of the worlds, the end of history
Am
Take shelter, floods are rising
Am
The wrath of thunderous drumming
F              Am
End of days for mankind, and for your kin
Am
Fill those empty moments, fear more
Am             G
In this grave new world of '84
F            Am
Fast death, last breath, A.I. to kill us all
Am
Horse waste covering London
Am    Em
Martians among us, Y2K
G               F
Hoard, all aboard, the end is near

🎸 Chorus:
Dm     Bb        Gm   Dm
We are the ill-starred kids of your junkyard
  Bb    F     Dm
The innocent islands unscarred
  Bb   Gm   Dm
The moment of our nadir
  Bb        F  Am
So many times passed thе due date
Am
Too late, gathеr up
Am
It's the day of

🎸 Verse 2:
Am
Purgatory, same old story
Am
Cower before a caliphate glory
  F           Am
The big read of today will gallow you
Am
Keep you small
Am
Here's a million ropes for the hangman
G
Nightmare cavalcade for the sandman
F
Mind virus, fear of the well-known
Am
Keep us safe (Keep us safe)
Am
We are too many for our Mother
Am
Crops will burn so why bother
 F             Am
A new strain sent you back into your cave
Am
Obey, stay away, cover up
Am
Fear the words, feeding humanity
G                   F
Hide the unshot guns and the crippled dancing

🎸 Chorus:
Dm     Bb        Gm   Dm
We are the ill-starred kids of your junkyard
  Bb    F     Dm
The innocent islands unscarred
  Bb   Gm   Dm
The moment of our nadir
  Bb        F  Am
So many times passed thе due date
Am
Too late, gathеr up
Am
It's the day of

🎸 Instrumental:
Am F Am G C F Am C Am G Am C Am Eb
Gm Bb Gm F Gm Bb Gm F E Dbm E C Am

🎸 Bridge:
Am
It's a long road to a dreamworld
    G
All the pain and suffering to feel for
   C
It's there, but yours is an empty sermon

🎸 Verse 3:
Am
Made up the sun rising
Am
Made sense of equus flying
F           Am
Time for another fear made real
Am
A need to feel dread, gloom, awe
Am           G  F
A lust for never-ending doom porn
F            Am
A man-shaped evil walks among us
Am
Obey, stay away, cover up
     Em
Fear the words, the feed, feed the human beast
G                F
Hide the unshot guns, the end is fear

🎸 Chorus:
Dm     Bb        Gm   Dm
We are the ill-starred kids of your junkyard
  Bb    F     Dm
The innocent islands unscarred
  Bb   Gm   Dm
The moment of our nadir
  Bb
So many times passed

🎸 Chorus:
F#m    D      Bm      F#m
We are the ill-starred kids of your junkyard
  D    A    F#m
The innocent islands un-scarred
  D   Bm   F#m
The moment of our nadir
  D         A  F#m   D F#m D
So many times passed the due date

🎸 Outro:
F#m  D F#m D
Due Date