The Guardian Ellies Song - Shawn James | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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Em | Am | B7 | G | B7 
Em | Am 
B7
                Em
When does it get  quiet?

[Verse 1]
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    Am            B7     G       B7        Em
Time  was supposed  to extinguish  the desire
        Am                B7
But the embers won't snuff  out
Em                Am              B7                 G B7 Em
  Haunted by your smiles, the mask  keeps getting hea_vier
         Am                B7
One step forward, two steps  back

[Chorus (1)]
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          Am                           B7
There's a noose 'round my neck and the further I get
     G          B7        Em            Am          B7                G B7
It's harder and harder to breathe, can I  find a way  to cut the rope?
Em          Am                        B7
  I've been waiting for dawn, but the light is all gone
      G           B7            Em     Am            B7
Don't know if I'm already blind,  can I  leave it all  behind?
G | B7 | Em 

[Post-Chorus (1)]
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Em | Am | B7 | G | B7 
Em | Am | B7 

[Verse 2]
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                Em            Am            G    B7       Em
What's it really  for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
                           Am    B7
This victory is not what I hoped for
Em             Am           B7               G       B7 Em
  How was I to know that everything would end up like   this?
                Am        B7
Survival of the fittest of  sorts

[Chorus (2)]
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                   Am                  B7
So I've become the bringer of death, a lover of life
    G       B7              Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night,
    Am          B7        G B7 Em
I'll  be the hammer of war
   Am                   B7                    G       B7       Em
Justice and mercy don't live side by side, so in retribution, I  abide
    Am              B7              G   B7 Em                  Em
I'll  tip the scales  to justice is end,     but can it make amends?

[Post-Chorus (2)]
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Am | B7 | G | B7 | Em 
Am | B7 

[Verse 3]
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          Em            Am  B7     G    B7     Em
Kill or be  killed, what  a way to live and die
             Am                  B7
I just can't see this cycle ever ending
Em             Am         B7              G B7    Em
  How can I correct the damage done when I  can't feel
             Am                 B7
The consequences of my recourse?

[Chorus (3)]
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                   Am                  B7
So I've become the bringer of death, a lover of life
    G       B7              Em
The one who guards from the dark of the night,
    Am          B7        G B7 Em
I'll  be the hammer of war
          Am                        B7
I've been waiting for dawn, but the light is all gone
      G           B7            Em
Don't know if I'm already blind,  can
 Am            B7
I  leave it all  behind?

[Outro]
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G | B7 | Em