|-0-------000-------00-|

|-0-------000-------00-|

|-0-strum-000-strum-00-|

|-2-------202-------20-|

|-2-------222-------22-|

|-0-------000-------00-|



||--0-------2-------0-------0----2--0-------2-------0--------||

||--0-------3-------1-------1----3--1-------3-------0--------||

||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2----2--0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-.||

||.-2-------0-------2-------2----0--2-------0-------2-------.||

||--2---------------3-------0-------3---------------2--------||

||--0-----------------------------------------------0--------||

 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.





                                                 ___        ___

                                                 |1.        |2.

||-0-------2-------0-2---00-0----3-------2-------|-0-------||-3-3---3--2-------|

||-0-------3-------1-3---11-0----0-------3-------|-0-------||-5--5---5-3-------|

||-0-strum-2-strum-0-2---22-0----0-strum-2-strum-|-0-strum-||-5---5---52-strum-|

||-2-------0-------2-0---22-2----0-------0-------|-2-------||-5----5---0-------|

||-2---------------3-----00-2----2---------------|-2-------||-3----------------|

||-0------------------------0--023---------------|-0-------||------------------|



 Em        D             C    D AmEm 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.



||--0-------2-------0-------0-0-00-2--------||-0-------|

||--0-------3-------1-------1-1-11-3--------||-1-------|

||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2-2-22-2-strum-.||-2-strum-|

||.-2-------0-------2-------2-2-22-0-------.||-2-------|

||--2---------------3-------0-0-00----------||-0-------|

||--0---------------------------------------||---------|

||                                          ||         |

||                                          ||         |

||                                          ||         |

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||--0-------2-------0-------0-0-00-2--------||-0-------|

||--0-------3-------1-------1-1-11-3--------||-1-------|

||.-0-strum-2-strum-0-strum-2-2-22-2-strum-.||-2-strum-|

||.-2-------0-------2-------2-2-22-0-------.||-2-------|

||--2---------------3-------0-0-00----------||-0-------|

||--0---------------------------------------||---------|



    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

                                                            Am

                                                   million eyes, of a million"



dist.

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|-9099099099099011p9p7h9-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-|

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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-|

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-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-|

-------------------------------------------|

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  Em___________________  D______________________________________________

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|-9099099099099011p9p7h9-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-|

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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|



  C_____________________________________________

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-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-|

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  D_______________________________________

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-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-|

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(pick each note twice very fast) (pick up and down)



Em________________ D__________________ C__________________

||------------------------------------------------------------|

||------------------------------------------------------------|

||.-9-0-11-0-12-0-9-0-0-11-0-11-14-0-11-0-12-0-14-0-16-0-12-0-|

||.-----------------------------------------------------------|

||------------------------------------------------------------|

||------------------------------------------------------------|



D_______________________

---------------------------||

---------------------------||

19-0-16-0-17-0-14-0-16-12-.||

--------------------------.||

---------------------------||

---------------------------||



(both guitars)

||-----------------------------||

||-----------------------------||

||.---------------------------.||

||.-9___-7___-5_-2_-9__-12-9_-.||

||--7___-9___-3_-0_-7__-10-7_--||

||-----------------------------||



  Em                       F#/D                    C         Am

"I am the prisoner of the paradise I dreamed, the idol of a million lonely

                                                             Em            GEm

                                                              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               GEm

                                         footprints all across my crimson mind



|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|--9__--11__-12__-14__-|-9__-10__-12-14_-14|

|--9__--12__-10__-12__-|-9__-12__-10-12_-12|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|                                          |

|                                          |

|                                          |

|                                          |

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|--9___-7___-5___-7___-|-9___-7___-5-----7-|

|--7___-9___-3___-5___-|-7___-9___-3-7__-5-|

|----------------------|-------------5__---|



  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



||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.||

||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.||

||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||     <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->        ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||



  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"



|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|----------------------------|

|--9___-7___-5_-2_-9__-12-9_-|

|--7___-9___-3_-0_-7__-10-7_-|

|----------------------------|



  Em                         F#/D                   C             Am

"I was the warrior, with an anthem in my soul, the idol of eight thousand

                                                             Em             GEm

                                                     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



|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|--9__--11__-12__-14__-|-9__-10__-12-14_-14|

|--9__--12__-10__-12__-|-9__-12__-10-12_-12|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|                                          |

|                                          |

|                                          |

|                                          |

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------|

|--9___-7___-5___-7___-|-9___-7___-5-----7-|

|--7___-9___-3___-5___-|-7___-9___-3-7__-5-|

|----------------------|-------------5__---|



  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



||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.||

||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.||

||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||     <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->        ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||



  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"



(both guitars)

||------------------------------------------------------||

||------------------------------------------------------||

||.----------------------------------------------------.||

||.----------------------------------------------------.||

||--99999999-1010101010101010-99999999-10-9-7-9-7--7----||

||--77777777--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77777777-----------10-10--||



  B             B6      B       N.C.

"Red, crimson red, am I the invisible boy?

       B        B6            B      N.C.

The strap on my back...    ahhhh"

                  (ah ah ah ah ah)



solo:

<- 4x ->

|-12p10----/17~~-14-15_-12h14h15p14p12----------------|

|------12-----------------------------15p13p12--------|

|---------------------------------------------1211_---|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

|

|

|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------|

|-9---------7-------5-------------------------7------|

|-9---------7-------5-------------------------7------|

|-7---------5-------3-------------------------5------|

|----------------------------------------------------|





<- 4x ->  H  H  H  H

|---------12----------17p13--15p13--17p13--17p13--22__-19p17-15-17p15-17-|-19_-|

|------------12------------15-----15-----15-----15-----------------------|-----|

|-14p12---------12-------------------------------------------------------|-----|

|------14----------12_---------------------------------------------------|-----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----|

|                                                                        |

|                                                                        |

|                                                                        |

|                                                                        |

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-9-------7-----------5---------------------------7----------------------|

|-9-------7-----------5---------------------------7----------------------|

|-7-------5-----------3---------------------------5----------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------------|





||(19____)----------------------------------------------||

||------------------------------------------------------||

||.----------------------------------------------------.||

||.----------------------------------------------------.||

||--99999999-1010101010101010-99999999-10-9-7-9-7--7----||

||--77777777--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-77777777-----------10-10--||



   B            B6   B        N.C.

"Red, crimson red, no I was never to be. Only

    B           B6   B     N.C.

   one crimson son, no it never was me"



|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-4__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-44__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-4|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|

|

|

|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------|

|-4__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-44__-6__-7__-9_-7-6-4|

|-2__-4__-5__-7_-5-4-22__-4__-5__-7_-5-4-2|

|-----------------------------------------|



||-----------------------------------------||

||-----------------------------------------||

||-----------66_-6-4-6-77_-7-6-7-99_-9-7-6-||

||-99_-9-7-9-77_-7-7-7-55_-5-5-5-99_-7-7-7-||

||-------------------------------77_-------||

||-----------------------------------------||

||                                         ||

||                                         ||

||                                         ||

||                                         ||

||-----------------------------------------||

||-----------------------------------------||

||-----------------------------------------||

||-4_____----7_____----5_____----9_--------||

||-2_____----4_____----5_____----7_--7___--||

||---------------------3_____--------5___--||



||------------------------||

||------------------------||

||.----------------------.||

||.-11___-9___-7___-9___-.||

||---9___-7___-5___-7___--||

||------------------------||



  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

                                                       E

                                     nightmare and no-one could hear me scream

                      ___      ___

                     |1.      |2.

||-------------------|-------||-----------------|

||-------------------|-------||-----------------|

||.------------------|------.||-----------------|

||.-11___--9___-7___-|-9___-.||-6-6-6-6674-6___-|

||---9___-11___-5___-|-7___--||-4-4-4-4444-4___-|

||-------------------|-------||-----------------|

                                <- -3x- ->



       F#m                  G#/E             D                  E

 "With these six-strings, I make a noose, to take my life, it's time to chose



      F#m               G#/E          D  C#             C#

  The headlines read of my demise, of my suicide, of my suicide.



|-------------||-------------------------------||

|-------------||-------------------------------||

|-11_________-||.-11___--13___--14___--16___--.||

|-11_________-||.-11___--14___--12___--14___--.||

|--9-________-||-------------------------------||

|-------------||-------------------------------||

|

|

|

|

|-------------||-------------------------------||

|-------------||.-----------------------------.||

|-9-9_--9-9_--||.--9___---7___---5___------7_-.||

|-------------||------------------------7_-----||



  F#m               E                   D             E

"Oh sweet silence, where is the sting? I am no idol, no crimson king



 F#m               E                      D                    E

I'm the imposter, the world has seen, my father was the idol, it was never me



||-------------------------------||----------|

||-------------------------------||----------|

||.-11___--13___--14___--16___--.||-11_____--|

||.-11___--14___--12___--14___--.||-11_____--|

||-------------------------------||----------|

||-------------------------------||----------|

|

|

|

|

||---2------0------2------2_-0---||-2_____---|

||---2------0------3------3_-0---||-3_____---|

||.--2------1------2------4_-1--.||-4_____---|

||.--4------2------0------4_-2--.||-4_____---|

||---4------2-------------2_-2---||-2_____---|

||---2------0----------------0---||----------|

|

|

|

|

||-------------------------------||----------|

||.-----------------------------.||----------|

||.--9___---7___---5___------7_-.||----------|

||------------------------7_-----||----------|



 F#m                E                 D                            Bm   E

"I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a

                                                                       million



 F#m                E                 D                            Bm   E

  I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be, I don't wanna be the crimson idol of a

                                                            Bm

                                                   million eyes, of a million"



  Em___________________  D______________________________________________

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|-9099099099099011p9p7h9-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-11-11-0-12p11p9h11-|

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|------------------------------------------------------------------------|



  C_____________________________________________

--------------------------------------------------|

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-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-12-12-0-14p12p11h12-|

--------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------|



  D_______________________________________

-------------------------------------------|

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-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-14-0-14-0-|

-------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------|



||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.||

||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.||

||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||     <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->        ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||





||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||.-----------------------------------------------------------------.||

||.------------5---------------5---------------5---------------5----.||

||--7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5-7_-5h7-7_-5-7-5--||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||

||     <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->          <-2x->        ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||                                                                   ||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||--8---------------7---------------5---------------7----------------||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||.-9---------------7---------------5---------------7---------------.||

||--7---------------5---------------3---------------5----------------||

||-------------------------------------------------------------------||



  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"



|-------------------------------------000000000000000--------|

|-------------------------------------000000000000000--------|

|-------------------------------------999999999999999--------|

|-----5--7--5-----5--7--5-----5--7--9-999999999999999-999----|

|--7-----------7-----------7----------777777777777777-777----|

|-------------------------------------000000000000000-000----|

|                                                          |

|                                                          |

|                                                          |

|                                                          |

|--7-----------5-----------3-----5----777777777777777--------|

|--8-----------7-----------5-----7----888888888888888--------|

|--9-----------7-----------5-----7----999999999999999--------|

|--9-----------7-----------5-----7----999999999999999-999----|

|--7-----------5-----------3-----5----777777777777777-777----|

|------------------------------------------------------------|