The Guardian (Ellie's Song) Chords

[E] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
[B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] When does it get quiet?
[A] [Am] Time was [B] supposed [G] to _ [B] extinguish the [Em] desire
But [Am] the embers won't [B] snuff out
_ Haunted _
[Em] _ _ _ [A] by your [Am] smile, [B] the mask keeps [G] getting _ [B] heavier
[Em] _
_ One [Am] step forward, two [B] steps _ back _ There's [Am] a noose around my [B] neck
And the further I get, [G] it's harder [B] and harder [Em] to breathe _
[A] And I [Am] find [B] a way to cut [G] the rope
_ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] I've been waiting for dawn, [Em] but the [B] light is all gone
[G] Don't know if I'm [B] already [Em] _ blind [Am] And I leave [E] it [B] all _
[G] behind
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ What's [Em] it really for [A] if it's [Am] not _ [G] yours and [B] it's [Em] not mine?
This victory's not [A] what I [Am] _ _
[B] hoped _ _ for _ _ _
[Em] _ _ How was [Am] I to know [Em] that [B] everything [G] would end [B] up [Em] like this?
Survival [Am] of the fittest, [B] a sore wrist
_ So I've [Am] become the bringer of [B] death, the lover of [G] life
If the one [B] who [Em] guards from the dark of the night
[A] I'll [Am] be [E] the [B] hammer _ [G] of [B] war
_ [Em] _ _ _
[Am] Justice and [Em] mercy don't [B] live side by [G] side
So in [B] retribution [Em] I'll abide
[Am] I'll [Em] tip the [B] scales to [G] justice's _ [B] _ [Em] end
But can it make a man _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ kill [Em] or be killed?
[Am] What _ [Em]
[B] a way [G] to _ [B] live [Em] and die
I [A] just can't [Am] see the cycle [B] ever ending
_ _ How _
[Em] _ _ can [Am] I correct [Em]
the [B] damage done [G] when I [B] _ _
[Em] can't feel
The [Am] consequences of my [Em] _ [B] _ recourse?
_ So I've [Am] become the bringer of [E] death, [B] the lover of [G] life
If the [B] one who [Em] guards from the dark of the night
I'll be [B] the hammer _ [G] of war
[B] _ [Em] _ _ _
[A] I've been waiting [Am] for [B] dawn, but the light is all gone
[G] Don't know if [B] I'm [Em] already blind, [Am] can I _ [B] leave it all _ [G] behind?
_ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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