Sonata Arctica - Caleb
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Standard Tuning, Capo 2, 4, 5 & 6 (where indicated)
CAPO 4
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There is a man in this
You may know his tragedy,
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world, who has never smiled
the later years, by heart
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In the beginning, there was
A troubled little silent
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a mother, a father, and a
boy, whose life they worked to
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child destroy
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Known to us from this day on
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by his father, Caleb..
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Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11*
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11
Em Bsus4His mother came up with such a
C Dadd11
clever way to save the day with
Asus2a little white lie
Em Bsus4He thinks he missed the point
Cback then, but now he's grown
Dadd11 Asus2
to understand it, in a way
Em BmFather said "I'm sorry" only
C* Dadd11*
once, as I remember
Em BmThe words were not meant to
C*hurt, only destroy you, my
Dadd11*
stupid son
Am Bsus4One person can make a
C Dadd11
difference, sometimes
AmJust turn his head when the kid
Bsus4 C Dadd11is still and has a weak neck
[NC]
Smiled at his funeral, "happy you're dead."
Em Bsus4 CAll his solutions, it seemed,
Dadd11 Asus2
were only problems in disguise
Em Bsus4 CGlueing on his drinkin' face,
Dadd11 Asus2
got ready to erase another day
CAPO 2
Am FMother was yet confident,
Am Falthough they had it
Ctight, taught her son
Dm EAt the end of every tunnel's a little light
AmIt wasn't a lie, it was her
F Amhope, that everything would
Fbe fine one day
C DmHe can fulfill his every dream,
EI'm happy as long as he's not
F G A E..I hate it and fear can't face
it
F GThe child is not right, he's my
A Egreatest shame
F GGo out, create thunder, and
A Estand right under
F G
A[CHANGE CAPO to 5 NOW]
That old apple tree where dead
snakes let him feed on those
Am F GLost hopes, all those kind
C C/Bwords could hurt him even
Ammore, now
F G CSomehow, lost one more way back
C/Bhome
CAPO 4
Em Bsus4Out on the lake, he rows
Ctowards a monster he
Dadd11
should've been running
Asus2away from, years ago
Em Bsus4The past had made him blind to
C Dadd11
the way he'd turned the pain
Asus2into a way of life
CAPO 2
Am FFollowed his father, tucked him
Am Fin, Caleb knows the trade
C Dm EHe's the portrait of a man his
Ammother drew to hate forever
FShe was a beast, a deadly
Am Fsaint, wrong in many ways
C Dm E[CHANGE CAPO to 4 NOW]
Wanted to keep up the charade,
until the end waltzing together
(TIME CHANGE 6/8)
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EmOver the hills, under the sea,
Cfighting the will, whole
Universe
G AmWhy does a man driving a hearse
Blive in fear, Gift and a Curse
F#mTaking 'em out, taking 'em all,
Dshooting the wall, over and out
A BmWhen nothing moves, all's well,
C#a decision he can find a way
F#mto live with
D...And dried up flowers are so beautiful
A BmAnd it applies to all things
C#living, and dead
Em Bm CFor that I serve my time... in
D Em Bm C D Amy suite in Hell
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11
CAPO 6
Em Bm CNow I ring the bell to tell the
Dworld
Em BmI'm ready when they bring out
C Dthe soon to be dead against
Emthe wall
Bm C G Am BOooh.. This necessary evil has
Em Bm C G Am Bno heart
Em CFlowers and people he will now enlace
G AmA price he must pay serving a
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