Key: G
Introduction:
Em D C Am D C D
"Welcome to the show, the great finale's finally here, I thank you for coming
Em
into my theatre of fear
Em D C Am D C D
Welcome to the show, you're all witnesses you see, A privledged invitation
Em
to the last rights of me.
Em D C DAmEm G D Em
"Remember me? You can't save me, Mama you never needed me
Em D C D Am Em G D C
No crimson king, look in my eyes, you'll see, Mama I'm lonely, it's only me,
D
it's only me.
Em D C Am D
"I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a
million
Em D C Am D
I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a
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million eyes, of a million"
Em F#/D C Am
"I am the prisoner of the paradise I dreamed, the idol of a million lonely
Em Gm
faces look at me
Em F#/D C
Behind the mask of sorrow, four doors of doom behind my eyes, I've got their
Am Em Gm
footprints all across my crimson mind
Em F#/D C D Em F#/D
"Long live, long live, long live the King of Mercy, Long live, long live,
C Am D
There is no
Em D C D
"love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free
No love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free"
Em F#/D C Am
"I was the warrior, with an anthem in my soul, the idol of eight thousand
Em Gm
lonely days of rage ago
Em F#/D C Am
And remember me when it comes your time to choose, be careful what ya wish
Em G Em
for, it might just come true
Em F#/D C D Em F#/D
"Long live, long live, long live the King of Mercy, Long live, long live,
C Am D
There is no
Em D C D
"love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free
No love to shelter me, Only love, love set me free"
B B6 B
"Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy?
B B6 B
The strap on my back... ahhhh"
(ah ah ah ah ah)
B B6 B
"Red, crimson red, no I was never to be. Only
B B6 B
one crimson son, no it never was me"
F#m G#/E D
"Living in the limelight little did I know, I was dying in the shadows and
E
the mirror was my soul
F#m G#/E D
It was all I ever wanted, everything I dreamed, But the dream became my