The Guardian Ellies Song chords by Shawn James

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

B -> 2210xx

Intro:
Em Am B7 G B
Em Am B7

Verse 1:
Em
When does it get quiet?
Am    B7      G    B
Time was supposed to extinguish the
Em      Am       B7
desire But the embers won't snuff out

Em       Am
  Haunted by your smiles
  B7         G   B
The mask keeps getting heavier
Em    Am        B7
 One step forward, two steps back

Chorus:
Am                 B7
There's a noose round my neck and the further I get
   G    B     Em
It's harder & harder to breathe
  Am    B7       G  B  Em
Can I find a way to cut the rope?

     Am
I've been waiting for dawn
    B7
But the light is all gone
   G      B    Em
Don't know if I'm already blind
   Am    B7   G B Em
Can I leave it all behind?

Instrumental:
Em Am B7 G B
Em Am B7

Verse 2:
        Em      Am      G  B  Em
What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
        Em     Am    B7
This victory is not what I hoped for
Em       Am     B7       G   B
  How was I to know that everything would end up like this?
Em         Am       B7
  Survival of the fittest... of sorts

[Chorus}
         Am
So I've become the bringer of death
B7
A lover of life
   G    B       Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am      B7    G  B Em
I'll be the hammer of war
Am     B7
Justice & mercy don't live side by side
  G   B    Em
So in retribution I abide
  Am     B7       G   B Em
I'll tip the scales to justice's end
        Em
but can it make amends?

Am B7 G B
Em Am B7

Verse 3:
      En    Am   B7    G  B Em
Kill or be killed... what a way to live and die
      Am         B7
I just can't see this cycle ever ending
Em      Am     B7       G  B
  How can I correct the damage done when I can't
Em       Am         B7
 feel the consequences of my recourse

Chorus:
         Am
So I've become the bringer of death
B7
A lover of life
   G    B       Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am      B7    G  B Em
I'll be the hammer of war
     Am
I've been waiting for dawn
    B7
But the light is all gone
   G      B    Em
Don't know if I'm already blind
   Am    B7   G B Em
Can I leave it all behind?