Chords for Twisted

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ I've gone against my soul to the highest act of [F] treason, but I had good intentions, I did
it for a [G] reason.
They'll kill me if I'm lucky, they'll torture me if not.
But [Abm] anything that I did get away with such a plot, it's not too late to [E] bring it back,
perhaps I'll be forgiven.
But [Am] if my crime can help [D] improve the world we all must [C] live in, am I not bound by duty
to the people [Am] of this nation?
[F] How does the golden rule [G] apply in such [E] a situation?
[Am] As a citizen I think I would be grateful for [F] the aid, but if I were the sultan I should
hate to be betrayed.
[Dm] Whichever road I take I'll be incurring someone's wrath, so now I've always travelled on the
straight and narrow [Dm] path.
Temptation may have second, but I always have [Ab] resisted.
But which way [Am] do I turn when [F] the roads become so_
[E]
so_
twisted?
_ _ Who are you?
[A]
[C] A fellow traveller down a twisted path.
Wait, I know you from Sherazade's stories.
You think you know [B] me as others think they know you, but there are two sides to every story.
I [E] used to be the ruler of the ocean, I was benevolent and always [B] kept my word.
But [E] my brother held the [Am] antiquated notion that women should [Ebm] be seen and [E] never heard.
So he [A] dethroned me and disowned me and on top of that [Dm] rezoned me to the outskirts of
the [Cm] kingdom in a cave.
Took my scepter and my [Am] crown though I tried to take him [B] down, the truth and I now share
a watery grave.
[E] _ _ [F] The story lingers on, [E] but the version that is drawn is [A] twisted.
_ [Am] A pain I know all too well.
The pride had never [Cm] seen a more progressive king than me.
Both lion and [Dm] hyena lived in perfect harmony.
I brought an end to [Bm] what had been a senseless age-old [Em] feud.
I was prepared for [E] anything except for what ensued.
My brother ate my heirs, [Cm] my precious cubs and stole my throne.
Returned to segregation and the hateful ways we'd [E] known.
Though I'd advocate for [Am] unity, I always was [Dm] denounced.
So when I saw an [E] opportunity to right the wrong, [A] I pounced.
The [F] pride came before my fall in [E] a fate [Ab] that one might call, [E] well, twisted.
_ They weren't ready for my ideas.
They didn't hate you because of your ideas.
They hated you because of that evil-looking scar on your face.
Fortune favors the [C] beautiful.
Au contraire!
[F] My only crime was [Em] love.
In town, there was only she who was as beautiful [F] as me on the inside.
But then tragedy struck.
She was taken hostage in a [F] castle filled with demonic furniture.
So [Dm] I did what anyone would do [Am] and I organized a rescue mission.
But how was I to know that she had fallen [F] in love with her captor?
[Am] To me, that doesn't seem [F] entirely healthy, [E] especially since he's a wolf-bear thing.
[C] But the heart wants what it wants.
And [E] sometimes what it [E] wants is twisted.
_ [Am] _ _ Twisted, [C] twisted, twisted.
I only wished to reclaim what was mine.
I only wished for equal rights for all.
I only wished to save her.
I only wished to be invited to the party.
I [A] only wished to [E] improve relations between the races.
I only wished to teach the boy a [C] responsibility.
I only wished to give the [Am] people a voice.
So he [B] wouldn't end up like me.
I [G] only wished to love her.
To help [E] the miserable, lonely, and broken be [B] included.
To live in harmony.
[Em] For once, I never knew [E] my father.
I only wished for justice.
I only [B] wished for peace.
[Em]
I only [E] wished for peace.
I only wished for peace.
I [Am] only wished, I only wished, I only wished, I only wished.
I [E] only wished to have a coat made out of puppies.
You're not helping.
Disregard that.
It's an unfortunate situation, but you do have a choice.
_ [D]
[Am] What remains of a man when that man is dead and gone?
[C] Only memories and stories [Em] of his deeds will linger [G] on.
But if a man's [D] accomplishments aren't in the tale they tell,
are the deeds [Ab] that go unheralded his legacy as well?
[F] If a war breaks out tomorrow, [E] we'll all have hell to pay.
[Am] Why protect my reputation?
[G] I'm a dead man [Eb] either way.
_ [C] How will they tell my story?
[D] How will they tell my tale?
[Bb] Will anybody [A] even [Dm] care?
_ [C] _ [G] The question then is whether it is nobler in the mind to be well-liked,
but ineffectual, or moral, but [D] maligned.
I'll never be a hero [C] all the citizens adore.
But if I hide [G] to save my life, [F] what has my [A] life been for?
[F] What has my life [A] been for?
[Am] The road ahead may twist, [F] but I will never swear.
I'll [Dm] give them all the unsung [Bb] anti-hero they deserve.
[F] I've nothing left to [E] lose, so the only path to [Am] choose is twisted.
_ [F] My words, let the people [D] scorn me.
Who cares if no one will ever mourn [C] me?
Let them bury the [E] sign of the story they'll [Am] never learn.
Let the [F] truth be twisted.
[Bbm] Let my life be [D] twisted.
I'll be [Bb] twisted.
It's my [Am] time. _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _