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Tears of the Dragon (Guitar)
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Am  For too long now
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B|------1------0------1------0------0-1-----|
G|--------2------2------2------2------------|
D|---2------2------2------2------2----------|
A|-0----------------------------------------|
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   C there were secrets in my mind
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Am  For too long now
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   C there were things I should've said
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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Am  In the darkness
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A|-0----------------------------------------|
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   C I was stumbling for the door
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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Am  to find a reason
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   C to find the time, the place,
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G|--------0-------------0------0------------|
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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   Am  the hour
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B|-----1------1-------------1------1--------|
G|-------2------2-------------2------2------|
D|---2------------2-------2------------2----|
A|-0--------------------0-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

   Em Waiting for the winter sun
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B|-----0------0------------0------0---------|
G|-------0------0------------0------0-------|
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E|-0-------------------0--------------------|

   G and the cold light of
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G|-------0------0---------------------------|
D|---0------------0-------------------------|
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E|-3----------------------------------------|

  D day
D: ↓  ↓↑ ↓↑ ↓↑


   Am              The misty ghost of
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B|-3--1--0h1p0-1--------1------1------------|
G|-2--2--2-----2----------0------2----------|
D|-2--2--2-----2------2------------2--------|
A|-0--0--0-----0----0-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

   Em  childhood fears
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E|-0-------------------0--------------------|

   G The pressure is building
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B|------3------3------------3------3--------|
G|-------0------0------------0------0-------|
D|---0------------0------0------------0-----|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------3--------------------|

     D and I can't stay away

D :   ↓     ↓↑↓      ↓↑↓↑↓     ↓↑↓↑


     Em    C      G      D
I throw myself into the sea
   Em        C
Release the wave
        G         D
Let it wash over me
    Em       C     G       D
To face the fear I once believed
     Em            C         G           D
The tears of the dragon for you and for me

Am  Where I was,
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   C I had wings that couldn't fly
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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Am  Where I was,
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   C I had tears I couldn't cry
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Am  My emotions,
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   C frozen in an icy
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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Am  Lake I couldn't feel them
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G|--------2------2------2------2------------|
D|---2------2------2------2------2----------|
A|-0----------------------------------------|
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   C until the ice began
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G|--------0-------------0------0------------|
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A|-3----------------------------------------|
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     Am  to break
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B|-----1------1-------------1------1--------|
G|-------2------2-------------2------2------|
D|---2------------2-------2------------2----|
A|-0--------------------0-------------------|
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   Em I have no power over this
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A|------------------------------------------|
E|-0-------------------0--------------------|

   G you know I'm
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G|-------0------0---------------------------|
D|---0------------0-------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-3----------------------------------------|

    D
D: Afraid ↓  ↓↑ ↓↑ ↓↑


   Am              The walls I built are
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B|-3--1--0h1p0-1--------1------1------------|
G|-2--2--2-----2----------0------2----------|
D|-2--2--2-----2------2------------2--------|
A|-0--0--0-----0----0-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

   Em  crumbling
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E|-0-------------------0--------------------|

   G the water is moving
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B|------3------3------------3------3--------|
G|-------0------0------------0------0-------|
D|---0------------0------0------------0-----|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------3--------------------|

     D I'm slipping away ↓     ↓↑↓      ↓↑↓↑↓     ↓↑↓


     Em    C      G      D
I throw myself into the sea
   Em        C
Release the wave
        G         D
Let it wash over me
    Em       C     G       D
To face the fear I once believed
     Em            C         G           D
The tears of the dragon for you and for me

Am           Em     G       D
  Slowly I awake, slowly I rise
Am                        Em
  The walls I built are crumbling
     G
The water is moving
      D
I'm slipping away


     Em    C      G      D
I throw myself into the sea
   Em        C
Release the wave
        G         D
Let it wash over me
    Em       C     G       D
To face the fear I once believed
     Em            C         G           D
The tears of the dragon for you and for me
     Em    C      G      D
I throw myself into the sea
   Em        C
Release the wave
        G         D
Let it wash over me
    Em       C     G       D
To face the fear I once believed
     Em            C         G           D
The tears of the dragon for you and for me


[Ending]

Am C/F# G Em

   Am            C/F#
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B|-----1------1--0------1-----1-------------|
G|-------2---------0------0-----------------|
D|---2-----2---------2------2---------------|
A|-0----------------------------------------|
E|---------------2--------------------------|

   G                 Em
e|----------------------------0-------------|
B|-0-----1-----1---------0------------------|
G|---0-----0-----0---------0----------------|
D|-----0-----0---------2--------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------0--------0-------------|



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off

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