Intro: C#mb6, C#m, B, E, A, F#m, Bsus4 B
F#m, C#m, B, E, A, F#m, G#sus4I G#
Verse 1:
G#m C#m A B
In good old times, remember my friend
E A C#m E D#/E
Moon was so bright and so close to us, sometimes
G#m C#m A B
We were still blind and deaf, what a bliss?
E A C#m E D#/E B(Hit once, let ring)
Painting the world of our own, for our own eyes, now?
(B) A E
"Can we ever have what we had then?
F#m C#m
Friendship unbreakable
B E
Love means nothing to me
A F#m Bsus4
Without blinking an eye
B F#m C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,
B E
All those moments with you
A F#m G#sus4II G#
If I had you beside me"
Verse 2:
G#m C#m A B
One cloudy day we both lost the game?
E A C#m E D#/E
We drifted so far and away
G#m C#m A B
Nothing is quite as cruel as a child
E A C#m E D#/E B(Hit once, let ring)
Sometimes we break the unbreakable, sometimes?
(B) A G#/E
"And we'll never have what we had then
F#m C#m
Friendship unbroken
B E
Love means nothing to me
A F#m Bsus4
Without blinking an eye
B F#m C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,
B E
All those moments with you
A F#m G#sus4II G# G#m
If I had you beside me now"
Passage: Notice the D# changing to D#m, and the final C# (not C#m)
(G#m),E,C#m,D#
D#m,B,C#
E|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|-6-7-6-4----|
E|---------7-6|
*Palm Mute*
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G#5-A#5-B5 A E F#
I was un-able to cope with what you said
G#5 A#5 B5 A E F#
Some- times we need to be cruel to be kind
G#5 A#5 B5 A E F#
Child that I was, could not see the reason
G#5 A#5 B5 A E F#
Fee-lings I had were but sham and a lie?
Bridge:
Bm G D A G
I have never forgotten your smile
A Bm
Your eyes, oh, Shamandalie
G A D G
Time went by, many memories died
Em F#
I'm writing this down to ease my pain
E|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-7--7--|
A|-5--4--|
E|-------|
Bm G D A G
You saw us always clearer than me
A Bm
How we were never meant to be
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|-4-2-----|
A|-----5-4-|
E|---------|
G A D G
Love denied meant the friendship would die
Em F#sus4 F#
Now I have seen the light
Em F#
These memories make me cry
Solo Break (It's not as complicated as it looks):
G#5-A#5-B5, C#m, A, B
G#5-A5-B5, A5-B5-C#5, C#5-D#5-C#5, E, D#/E, B
(B) A G/E
"Can we ever have what we had then?
F#m C#m
Friendship unbroken
B E
Love means nothing to me
A F#m Bsus4
Without blinking an eye
B F#m C#m
I'd... fade, if so needed,
B E
All those moments with you
A F#m Bsus4 B F#m
see the world with my wide open eyes
(F#m) C#m
Friendship got broken
B E
There's no other for me
A F#m Bsus4 B
Like the one of my childhood days
F#m C#m
Can you forgive me?
B E
Love's got better off me,
A F#m G#
On that day back in old times"
