My Chemical Romance

The Foundations Of Decay

My Chemical Romance


Tom: Am

Chords used:
    Am Am/G Am/F Am/E F Esus4 E  Em G  Dm Bb5 A5 Asus Am/Gb
E|--0---0----0----0---1---0---0--0--3--1--x---x----0----0---|
B|--1---1----1----1---1---0---0--0--0--3--x---x----3----1---|
G|--2---2----2----2---2---2---1--0--0--2--3---2----2----2---|
D|--2---2----2----2---3---2---2--2--0--0--3---2----2----2---|
A|--0---x----x----x---3---2---2--2--2--x--1---0----0----x---|
E|--x---3----1----0---1---0---0--0--3--x--x---x----x----2---|
 

[Intro]
Am  Am/G  Am/F  Am/E   Dm    Esus4  E
Am  Am/G  Am/F  Am/E   Dm    Esus4  E

[Verse 1]
Am      F         G               Em
See the man which stands upon the hill
F              Dm              Esus4   E
  He dreams of all the battles won
     Am      F         G              Em
But fate had left its' scars upon his face
F               Dm             Esus4  E
  With all the damage they had done

[Pre-chorus]
        F          G   
And so tired, with age 
   Em         Am
He turns, the page
G       F
Let the flesh
F                E
Submit itself to gravity

[Chorus]
         F                   G
Let our bodies lay while our hearts will stay
        Em                 Am          G
Let our blood invade, If I die in pain
   F                            G
Now, If your convictions were a passing phase
         Em                          Am        G
May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
F                             E                               Am
  And as the vermin crawls we lay in the foundations of decay

[Verse 2]
Am         F
He was there
    G              Em
The day the towers fell
F           Dm                Esus4  E
  And so he wandered down the road
    Am       F
And we would all
      G             Em
Build towers of our own
F         Dm               Esus4   E
  Only to watch the roots corrode
         F        G
But it's much too late
       Em     Am   G     F
You're in the race so we'll press
F                               E
And press till you can't take it anymore

[Chorus]
        F                    G
Let our bodies lay while our hearts will stay
        Em                 Am          G
Let our blood invade, If I die in pain
F                            G
  And if by his own hand his spirit flies,  
         Em                    Am        G
Take his body as a relic to be canonized
   F                         E
Now, And so he gets to die a saint but she will always be the whore

[Solo/Bridge]
Bb5 A5
Bb5 A5
Bb5 A5

Bb5 A5
Bb5 A5
Bb5 A5

(You look stressed out!)

         Am   Asus    Am
E|------------------------|
B|-------5~-----3~-----1~-|
G|-------5~-----4~-----2~-|
D|------------------------|
A|--0-0-----0-0----0-0----|
E|------------------------|
         Am   Asus    Am
E|------------------------|
B|-------5~-----3~-----1~-|
G|-------5~-----4~-----2~-|
D|------------------------|
A|--0-0-----0-0----0-0----|
E|------------------------|


Am  Asus    Am
A-  gainst  faith (Antihero)
Am   Asus   Am
A-   gainst all life (As if it must be pure)
Am   Asus   Am
A-   gainst change (Wander through the ruins)
Am  Asus  Am
We  are   free 
                  F
The guiltiness is yours

[Chorus]
G        Em         Am   G
  you must fix your heart
F        G              Em             Am   G
  And you must build an altar where it was
         F                     G
When the storm decays and the sky it rains
       Em           
Let it flood, let it flood
       Am        G
Let it wash away
F                                    G
  At last, we'll stumble through the last crusade
         Em                             Am           G
Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
F                               E
  And as the swarming calls, we lay in the foundations

[Outro]
        Am   Am/G  Am/F  Am/E   F     Esus4  E
Yes, it co--mforts me--  much-- more
        Am   Am/G  Am/Gb Am/E   F    
Yes, it co--mforts me--  much-- more
   Esus4            E
To lay in the foundations of decay
Bb5 A5     Bb5 A5   Bb5 A5
       Get       up        coward