Chords for Shadow Stalker (Oathbreakers)

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_ _ _ _ It was just a week to sov'n, [Dm] and the nights were turning chill,
[E] And the battle turned a stalemate, double bluff and feint and drill,
[A] And a shadow [Dm] drifted northward, just a shadow, [F] nothing more.
[Am] No one noticed [Dm] that the shadows [Am] grew all [G] darker [Am] than before,
No one noticed how the shadows [Dm] seemed to creep into the [Am] heart,
But [E] from then the fight for freedom seemed a fool's quest from the start.
[A] All the hopes that [Dm] they had cherished seemed unreasoned [F] and naive,
_ [E] Nothing worth a strength to pray for [A] or to [G] strive [E] for [Abm] or [Am] believe.
_ _ [Dm] And the shadows [Am] stole the sunlight [E] from the brightest [Am] autumn day,
[Dm] As they sang a [A] song of bleakness [D] that touched every [Em] heart that heard,
[F] As they [C] whispered words of [G] hopelessness all courage [E] fled away,
[A] And they wove a [Dm] smothering blanket [G] over all that [Am] lived and stirred. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Harold Boniel came upon them, [Dm] and he sensed a subtle wrong,
[E] And there was some magic working, deeply hidden, yes, but strong,
[Am] And it moved and [D] worked its secret [Dm] like a poison [F] in the vein. _
[A] Like a poison [Dm] meant to weaken, [A] this was [G] magic [Am] meant to drain,
Harold Boniel saw the shadows, [Dm] and they turned their wiles on him,
[E] For one moment even he began to feel his spirit [Ab] dim,
But [A] he saw their [Dm] secret evil, and he swore ere [F] he was done,
[E] He would stalk and slay these shadows [Am] and [G] destroy [E] them [Ab] one [Am] by one.
_ [Dm] Harold Boniel's [Am] shadow stalker [E] hunted shadows [A] to their doom,
[Dm] They turned all their [A] powers upon him, [Dm] turned away from [Em] other men,
[F] And although they [C] strove to take him, he [G] unwove their [E] web of gloom,
[A] So the shadows fled [Dm] his anger, [G] their _ creator [Am] sought again. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Harold Boniel faced the singer [Dm] who had sung them into life,
[E] And she sang to him of grief and loss that cut him like a knife,
[A] And she sang to [Dm] him of self-hate, and she wove a [F] net of pain. _
[Am] Were the songs of [Dm] woe and [A] hopelessness meant [G] to be [A] Boniel's bane?
So now what is there to strive [Dm] for was the song she sang to him,
[E] And the shadow came upon his heart, the world grew grey and dim,
[A] But the singer [Dm] of the shadow did not know the [F] foe she fought,
[E] Nor how dear he held his duty, [Am] nor by [Em] what [E] pain of [Abm] power [Am] was bought.
[Dm] Harold Boniel [A] looked upon her, [Em] and he saw through [A] her disguise,
[Dm] And she strove then [A] to seduce him [Dm] into death or [E] madness sweet.
[F] Harold Boniel [C] looked within him, [G] and he saw her [E] songs were lies,
[A] And he gathered [D] up his magic, [G] then her _ powers [A] to defeat. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Harold Boniel raised his golden [Dm] voice and sang of life and light,
[E] Of the first cry of a baby, of the silver stars at night.
[A] Harold Boniel [Dm] sang of wisdom, sang of courage, [F] sang of love,
[A] Of the earth's sweet [Dm] soil beneath him, [Am] of the [G] vaulting [Am] sky above.
Sang of healing, sang of growing, [Dm] sang of joy and hope and dreams,
[E] And the singer of the shadows felt the death of all her schemes.
[A] It was then she [Dm] tried to flee him, but his song and [F] magic spell
_ [E] Struck her down and held her pinioned, [Am] and she [G] [E] faltered [Ab] and [A] she fell.
_ [D] Then the [Dm] singer [Am] of the shadows [Em] saw her shadows [Am] shatter there,
[Dm] Saw her lies [A] unmade before her, [Dm] saw her darkness [Em] turn to day,
[F] And how empty [C] and how petty [G] was the spirit then [E] laid bare.
[A] Like her shadows [D] then she shattered, [G] and in silence [Am] passed away. _ _ _
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