Title: Against The Wind
Band: Avantasia
Album: Here Be Dragons
Year: 2025
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EESxuN0weso&lc=UgzuKQ3leZ0Y7WC2q4B4AaABAg

Chords:

   F/A
e:-----
B:-----
G:--2--
D:--3--
A:--0--
E:-----


[Intro]
Bb5 C5
D5 C5 Bb5 F/A
G5 F/A Bb5 C5
D5 Bb5 C5
D5 C5 Bb5 F5
G5 F/A Bb5 C5
D5


[Verse]
        D5
Here I stand at the banks where the river of time feeds the sea
    Bb5
Oh, I delve into the vault
       F/A      C5
Of my mind, a memory
        D5
When a heart full of trust had not yet waned to a weak
        Bb5
Paling crescent in the sky
         F/A             C
Pouring down its fading beam


[Pre-Chorus]
G5                 A5
I stand here all alone
                   Bb5
I came here on my own
                       Bb5
To reginite the inner blaze


[Chorus]
G5          A5                 E5
Against the wind, against the grain
      C5      D5     G5
Open visor - arrows rain
    A5                E5   C5  D5
I'm me and I do it my way
G5         A5             E5
Don't you tell me what to be
            C5       D5     G5
Through my eyes you cannot see
    C5               D5
I'm me and I'm going my way
E5           C5              D5
Against the wind I'm going my way


[Verse 2]
          D5
I've been out for the grail they contest with hubris and hate
           Bb5
I've seen scarily faceless things
            F/A               C5
Where they scream, but never hear
         D5
Scraggy fingers they scratch over maps with all kingdoms displayed
     Bb5
The enticer never sleeps
           F/A            C5
Breathing doubt into your ear


[Pre-Chorus]
G5                 A5
I stand here all alone
                   Bb5
I came here on my own
                      Bb5
And you will not take hold on my creed


[Chorus]
G5          A5                 E5
Against the wind, against the grain
      C5      D5     G5
Open visor - arrows rain
    A5                E5   C5  D5
I'm me and I do it my way
G5         A5             E5
Don't you tell me what to be
            C5       D5     G5
Through my eyes you cannot see
    C5               D5
I'm me and I'm going my way
E5           C5              D5
Against the wind I'm going my way


[Bridge]
Am                           G
And if you don't like what I do
              Em    D    C
Then it's not made for you
           Am
And if you get exasperated
         F5
With what I will, or I may, or I say - it's my way!


[Solo]
D5 C5 D5 C5
G5 D5 Bb5
F5


[Pre-Chorus]
            G5        A5        D5
A thousand stars melt with the sea
         Bb5      C5      F5
Elysian fields reveal to me
            G5     A5               Bb5   C5
This is the air I need to breathe - oh!


[Chorus]
G5          A5                 E5
Against the wind, against the grain
      C5      D5     G5
Open visor - arrows rain
    A5                E5   C5  D5
I'm me and I do it my way
G5         A5             E5
Don't you tell me what to be
            C5       D5     G5
Through my eyes you cannot see
    C5               D5
I'm me and I'm going my way
E5           C5              D5
Against the wind I'm going my way