Xandria - A Thousand Letters

      
 
 INTRO/VERSE 1

 d|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 A|-------------0h1-0---------------|-------------0h1-0---------------|
 F|---------2-----------2-----------|---------2-----------2-----------|
 C|-----2-------------------2-------|-----2-------------------2-------|
 G|-0---------------------------0---|-0---------------------------0---|
 D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 Gm 
  

 d|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
 A|---------------------------------|-------------1-------1-----------|
 F|-------------------------0-------|---------2---------------2-------|
 C|---------3-----------0-------0---|-----2-----------------------2---|
 G|-----3-------3-------------------|-0-------------------------------|
 D|-1---------------3---------------|---------------------------------|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 Eb F Gm 
   
 
 VERSE 2

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 A|-------------0h1-0---------------|-------------1-------1-----------|
 F|---------2-----------2-----------|---------0---------------0-------|
 C|-----2-------------------2-------|-----2-----------------------2---|
 G|-0---------------------------0---|-3-------------------------------|
 D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 Gm Bb 
  

 d|-------------0h1-0---------------|---------------------------------|
 A|---------3-----------3-----------|---------------------------------|
 F|-----2-------------------2-------|-------------------------0-------|
 C|-0---------------------------0---|---------3-----------0-------0---|
 G|---------------------------------|-----3-------3-------------------|
 D|---------------------------------|-1---------------3---------------|
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 Cm Eb F 
  
 x4

 d|-----------------0----------------||
 A|---------------------0------------||
 F|-------------1-----------1------o-||
 C|---------2-------------------2--o-||
 G|-----2----------------------------||
 D|-0--------------------------------||
 

 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
 D 
  
 --END RIFFS--
 
 ORDER: I V1 V2 C V3 C B INT FC O
 
 INTRO 
 
 Gm | | Eb F | Gm |
 
 VERSE 1 
 
   Gm     Gm     Eb    F       Gm 
 A last embrace, last words to say
   Gm      Gm   Eb         F     Gm 
 Before the war took their fate away
 
 VERSE 2 
 
   Gm      Bb     Cm              Eb  F 
 Before to kill became his forced task
     Gm       Bb          Cm           Eb  F 
 And bleeding fields were covered with sins
 D                                       
 His wounded heart is crying out for home
 
 CHORUS 
 
  Gm    Eb      F                 Eb       F       Gm  
 Away, away, my love to where all darkness will be gone
        Eb          F   
 Away, away, to our land
                Eb    F    Eb    F     Gm  
 Where you will be forever in my arms again
 
 VERSE 3 
 
 Gm      Gm       Eb   F      Gm   
 Days of dust, of cruelty and death
 Gm        Bb     Cm                    Eb  F 
 Broke his soul until there was nothing left
 D                                         
 Only her love that carried him through all
 
 CHORUS 
 
 Gm      Eb      F                 Eb       F       Gm  
  Away, away, my love to where all darkness will be gone
        Eb          F   
 Away, away, to our land
                Eb    F    Eb    F     D   
 Where you will be forever in my arms again
 
 BRIDGE 
 
 Eb              F                   Gm    F 
  He passed high mountains and rough rivers
 Eb          F                Gm        F 
  He wrote a thousand letters to be near
 Eb           F             
  He walked a thousand miles
 Bb                   Gm    
 Just to see her smile again
 F    Eb    F       Gm  
 Just for returning home
 
 INTERLUDE 
 
 ( Gm ) | | | D |
 
 FINAL CHORUS 
  - in A minor
 n.c. F G F G Am
 Away, away, my love to where all darkness will be gone
        F           G   
 Away, away, to our land
                F     G    F     G     Am  
 Where you will be forever in my arms again
 
 OUTRO 
 
 ( Am )       F            G    F       G         Am  
   Tell the wind I'll survive just to feel you again
        F               G             F        G   
 I will fight 'till the end to lay my promised love
                 Esus4 E Am 
 Forever in your hands
 
 (intro riff transposed up 2 frets)
 Am | | F G | Am |
 Am | | F G | Am |