Shawn James

The Guardian (Ellie's Song)

Shawn James


Tom: G

[Intro] Em  Am  B7  G  G7M/F#
        Em  Am  B7

[Intro]

   Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
   Em                Am                 B7
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2------------------------|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Primeira Parte]
  
  Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
  When does it get quiet? / Time was supposed to extinguish the desire
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

  Em                Am                 B7
  But the embers won't snuff out
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
  Haunted by your smiles / The mask keeps getting heavier
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

  Em                Am                 B7
  One step forward, two steps back
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Refrão 1]

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  There's a noose round my neck and the further I get / It's harder & harder to breathe
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  Can I find a way to cut the rope?
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  I've been waiting for dawn / But the light is all gone / Don't know if I'm already blind
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  Can I leave it all behind? 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

[Interlúdio]

   Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|
   Em                Am                 B7
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2------------------------|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Segunda Parte]

  Em                Am                 G       G7M/F#    Em
  What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-------------------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2------------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-------2-------2---0----------------------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|-0------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Em                  Am                 B7
  This victory is not what I hoped for
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
  How was I to know that everything would end up like this?
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

  Em                Am                 B7
  Survival of the fittest of sorts
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Refrão 2]

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  So I've become the bringer of death / A lover of life / The one who guards from the dark of the night  
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  I'll be the hammer of war
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  Justice & mercy don't live side by side / So in retribution I abide 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em 
  I'll tip the scales to justice's end (But can it make amends?)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

[Interlúdio]

   Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

   Em                Am                 B7
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2------------------------|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------------------|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Terceira Parte]

  Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
  Kill or be killed / What a way to live and die
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

  Em                Am                 B7
  I just can't see this cycle ever ending
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Em                Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#
  How can I correct the damage done / When I can't fell
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0--------------------------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2----2---------0-------0-|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0-----|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2---------2--------2--|
E|-0--------------------------------------------------------3-------2-------|

  Em                Am                 B7
  the consequences of my recourse
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------1------1-----------0------0-------0-----------|
G|----------0------0----2--------2---------2-------2-------2-------2----2---|
D|----2--------2-----------2-------2----------1-----------------------------|
A|-------2-------2---0------------------2-------------2-------2-------2-----|
E|-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Refrão]

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  So I've become the bringer of death / A lover of life / The one who guards from the dark of the night
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em 
  I'll be the hammer of war
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  I've been waiting for dawn / But the light is all gone / Don't know if I'm already blind
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1------1-----------0---------------------------------------------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0-----------0------0-|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0---------2--------2-----|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2----------2-------2---|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

  Am                 B7                  G       G7M/F#    Em
  Can I leave it all behid? 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------0-------|
B|----------1------1-----------0-----------------------------------0---------|
G|----2--------2---------2--------2---2---------0-------0--------0-----------|
D|-------2-------2----------1---------------0-------0----------2-------------|
A|-0------------------2-------------2---------2-------2------2---------------|
E|----------------------------------------3-------2--------0-----------------|

[Primeira Parte]

              Em
When does it get quiet?
Am          B7         G    G7M/F#    Em
Time was supposed to extinguish the desire
         Am              B7        Em
But the embers won't snuff out
               Am
Haunted by your smiles
    B7                 G   G7M/F#  Em 
The mask keeps getting hea-vi----er
          Am              B7
One step forward, two steps back

[Refrão]

          Am                         B7         
There's a noose round my neck and the further I get
     G        G7M/F#     Em
It's harder & harder to breathe
    Am      B7              G  G7M/F#  Em   
Can I find a way to cut the ro-------pe?
         Am
I've been waiting for dawn
        B7
But the light is all gone
     G       G7M/F#        Em         
Don't know if I'm already blind
    Am         B7    G  G7M/F#  Em
Can I leave it all behi--------nd?

[Interlúdio] Em  Am  B7  G  G7M/F#
             Em  Am  B7

[Segunda Parte] 
           
                 Em          Am            G  G7M/F#  Em
What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?
                Em         Am    B7     Em
This victory is not what I hoped for
             Am         B7              G    G7M/F#  Em
How was I to know that everything would end up like this?
                Am         B7
Survival of the fittest of sorts

[Refrão]

                   Am
So I've become the bringer of death
  B7
A lover of life
    G       G7M/F#           Em  
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am          B7        G  G7M/F#  Em
I'll be the hammer of war
Am                    B7 
Justice & mercy don't live side by side
   G       G7M/F#   Em
So in retribution I abide
Am            B7                 G  G7M/F#  Em
I'll tip the scales to justice's end 
                  
(But can it make amends?)

[Interlúdio] Em  Am  B7  G  G7M/F#
             Em  Am  B7

[Terceira Parte]

        Em
Kill or be killed
Am     B7     G   G7M/F#  Em
What a way to live and die
             Am                  B7       Em
I just can't see this cycle ever ending
             Am        B7
How can I correct the damage done
     G  G7M/F#  Em             Am              B7
When I can't feel the consequences of my recourse

[Refrão]

                   Am
So I've become the bringer of death
  B7
A lover of life
    G       G7M/F#           Em  
The one who guards from the dark of the night
Am          B7        G  G7M/F#  Em
I'll be the hammer of war
         Am
I've been waiting for dawn
        B7
But the light is all gone
     G       G7M/F#        Em         
Don't know if I'm already blind
    Am         B7    G  G7M/F#  Em
Can I leave it all behi------nd?