Capo 4
To make it sound more like the original recording, you could hammer on and pull off on the first fret of
the b string during the first C and G chords in the chorus!
Enjoy! :)
[Intro]
Am C F G
Am C F G
[Verse]
Am G C F
Why should I play this game of pretend?
Am G C F
Remembering through a secondhand sorrow?
Am G C F
Such a great son and wonderful friend
G C F
Oh don't the tears just pour
Am G C F
I can curl up and hide in my room
Am G C F
There in my bed still sobbing tomorrow
Am G C F
I could give in to all of the gloom
G
But tell me, tell me what for
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
Why should I have a heavy heart?
F
Why should I start to break in pieces?
Dm G
Why should I go and fall apart for you?
[Chorus]
C
Why should I play the grieving girl and
G
Lie saying that I miss you
Am F G
And that my world has gone dark without your light
Dm C F Am
I will sing no requiem tonight
[Instrumental]
Am C F G
Am C F G
[Verse]
Am G Em F
I gave you the world, you threw it away,
Am G Em F
leaving these broken pieces behind you
Am G Em F
Everything wasted, nothing to say
Dm G
So I can sing no requiem
Am G Em F
I hear your voice, feel you near
Am G Em F
Within these words I finally find you
Am G Em D
And now that I know that you are still here
F G
I will sing no requiem tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm
Why should I have a heavy heart?
F G
Why should I say I'll keep you with me?
Dm C G
Why should I go and fall apart for you?
[Chorus]
C
Why should I play the grieving girl and
G
Lie saying that I miss you
Am F G
And that my world has gone dark without your light
Dm C F
I will sing no requiem
G
Tonight
[Bridge]
F G
'Cuz when the villains fall, the kingdoms never weep
F G
No one lights a candle to remember
G F
No, no one mourns at all
G
When they lay them down to sleep
A# F C
So don't tell me that I didn't have it right
A# F C
Don't tell me that it wasn't black and white
A# F A# F
After all you've put me through, don't say it wasn't true
Dm F
That you were not the monster that I knew,
[Chorus]
C
Cause I cannot play the grieving girl and
G
Lie saying that I miss you
Am F C G
And that my world has gone dark
[Coda]
Dm Am F
I will sing no requiem
C Am F
I will sing no requiem
Dm Am F
I will sing no requiem
Am
tonight
C F
Oh-oh
G Am
Oh-oh
C F
Oh-oh
G Am
Oh-oh
