The Protomen - Father of Death

      
 
 Chords Used (low to high):
 Dm: x00231
 A: x02220
 F: 133211
 E: 022100
 C: 332010
 Am: x02210
 G: 3x0033
 
 Intro (music box): Dm A F E C E F E Am
 Intro (full band): C Am C Am C F C Am
 C Am C Am C F C Am C 
         
 Am          C    Am 
 What have I done?
 
                           C      
 Though I did not pull the trigger
 
  F             
 I built the gun
 
         C                Am G 
 That he holds in his hand
 
 Am           C      Am 
 Last night I dreamed
 
                           C           F    
 I climbed to the top of a mountain of metal
 
                                 C               Am 
 And for miles I could see the destruction of man
 
 Dm Am F E                                 Am C 
     I will not be the Father of Death
 
 Am          C Am 
 Darling Emily
 
                        C          F            
 Everything that I have done I have done for you
 
          C                   Am G 
 But it's turned out all wrong
 
 Am            C    Am 
 Can I take it back?
 
                       C       F               
 Can I turn off this machine before it destroys
 
      C                Am 
 Everything I've loved?
 
 Dm Am      F          E               Dm Am 
   I will find a way to make this right
 
        F           E    
 I will find a way, Emily
 
 Dm Am F       E                         
    I will not be the Father of Death
 
 (Here we have a nice little instrumental interlude in the key of A minor, so just vamp on that)
 
 Am                      
 What are you doing here?
 
 C            Am       
 (Let me take you away)
 
 I'm not going anywhere
 
 C           F                                  
 (He will be nothing when this runs its course)\
 >overlapping
 He will be everything /
 
 That a man is supposed to be
 
 C                                E 
  If the shadow blocks out the sun
 
               C    
 There will be light
 
                                E 
 If it stays till the sun is set
 
               C    
 There will be light
 
                                E     
 If the sun never shows its face again
 
               C    
 There will be light
 
                                  E 
 No matter how dark this city gets
 
 There will be...
 
 Trumpet Solo (chords during): Am E Am E Am E Am E
 Music Box Redux: Dm A F E C E
 Outro: Am G F E Am G F
 E Am G F E Am G F E (hold out an E for a long time, then...) F E (hold it a little longer,
 then...) G F E Am (and let that last chord ring out)
 
 
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