Intro: Ab A (x3)
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Colonel Forbin stared up at the mountain, and wiped away the beads of sweat that
glistened on his brow
F#mC#dimBbdim
His tired feet were buried in the quag___mire
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And his bloodshot eyes saw all that lay between him and fulfillment of his
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Vows
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And he felt his fingers wrap around a knotted root, and pull his body upwards to a
seagreen mossy boulder
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And he dragged his weary carcass up the moun___tain
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And he climbed so slowly, he climbed so slowly,
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Ahead (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2)
Random Notes (start on Eflat Page and plays a note while simultaneously playing a note a
half step up,
walking that up the piano for 4 measures and Trey follows)
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Suddenly he heard the crack of thun__der and the rocks began to crumble overhead
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And tumble down the mountain to the dismal swamp that lay beneath the
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Jagged cliffs through which his path had led
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And the earth began to quake beneath his feet and the mighty mountain changed before his eyes
AC#D
And he stood amidst a sea of dust and rocks and stones cascading down the mountain
GAC#m7Bm7
And a thousand birds were headed for the sky, ohhhhhh
GAC#m7Bm7GAC#m7Bm7G
The sacred creed will be yours, and if you wait 'til tomorrow
the sacred creed
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Will be yours to devour, yours to seize
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And to obey (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2)
Bridge:
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Whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa
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Whoa-whoa-whoa, whoa-whoa-whoa
AbE|----| When the
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Dust had cleared, the colonel lifted up his head, and was driven to his knees by a
blazing beam of light
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And he saw the silhouette that stood be-fore him
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And he bowed in reverence, trembling in the shadow of the mighty legend's form
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Icculus, the prophet, stood before his eyes
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Looking down on Colonel Forbin where he shuddered in the puddles and the muck
C#dimBbdim
And he quietly addressed him
F#mG
And he spoke so slowly, he spoke so slowly,
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Ahead (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa)
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He said (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa)
Funky Random Note Piano/Guitar Walkup Again
C#D
Colonel Forbin, I know why you've come here, and I'll help you on your quest to gain the
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Knowledge that you lack, I call upon my faithful friend the mockingbird
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To find and seize the helping book and bring it to your shack
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And a tree of knowledge in your soul will grow, and the helping friendly book will plant
the seed
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But I warn you that all knowledge seeming innocent and pure becomes a deadly weapon in
the hands of
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Avarice and greed, ohhhhhh
GAC#m7Bm7GAC#m7Bm7G
The sacred creed will be yours, and if you wait 'til tomorrow
the sacred creed
F#mGF#mG
Will be yours to devour, yours to seize
AFF#mD
And to obey (hea-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaaa-eaaaaaa) (x2)