Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage

[Intro]
Fm Db Bbm C7

Fm Db Bbm C7/E
Fm Db Bbm C7/E

[Verse 1]
Fm E Fm E

Fm E
So I arrived, naked and cold
Fm E
A welcomed change from the abeyance of a ghost town catacomb
Fm E Fm
No need for counsel I appreciate the time I'm not alone
E
( Why don't you get my lawyer on the phone )
Fm E
There were days these child eyes
Fm E
Would overlook the ugliness and fantasize
Fm E
I found my heart for the first time and I awakened in me
Fm E
I left myself to navigate
C C Db C C Db
And oh I felt control

( It appears these sheep have quite an appetite )

[Chorus 1]
Fm Gb
Who is the crowd that peers through the cage
Ebm C
As we perform here upon the stage

[Verse 2]
Fm E Fm E

Fm E
As the boy became a man
Fm E
In came a calm sophistication I can hardly understand
Fm
So lost in ego
E Fm
Didn't notice when the time had a slipped away
E
( yeah, everybody's got a sob story )
Fm E
Jesus Christ, was born to die
Fm E
Leave it to man to levitate his own to idolize
Fm E
We're simply sociopaths with no communication baby
Fm E C C Db C C Db
I see your angle but we differ from our points of view

( So tell me, what's your cross to bear )

[Chorus 2]
Fm Gb
Who is the crowd that peers through the cage
Ebm C
As we perform here upon the stage
Fm Gb
Tell me a lie in a beautiful way
Ebm C
I believe in answers just not today

[Solo 1]
Fm Gb Ebm C
Fm Gb Ebm C C Db C C Db

[Bridge x3]
Fm Eb Ebsus4 Ab Bbm Ab Eb Ebsus4

[Solo 2]
G#m E/G# F#/A# D#7/G
G#m E/G# F#/A# D#7/G

[Interlude]
G#m E/G#
Hope my wheels don't abandon me now
F#/A#
Seein' that I'm out here alone
D#7/G
I'm runnin' out of fight
G#m E/G#
And the wind speaks a comforting voice
A#/F#
Guiding me to her arms
D#7/G
Mother, I'm alright
G#m
It took the birth of sin to snake-rattle the mind
E/G#
Before a blow to the head
F#/A#
By the gavel of time to wake up
D#7/G
Won't you wake up
G#m
When did the walking apes decide that nuclear war
E/G#
Was the only solution for them keeping the score
F#/A#
Just wake up
D#7/G
Can't you wake up
( You do know this is just a simulation, don’t you )

Fm E Fm E Fm E Fm E C C Db C C Db

[Last Chorus]
Fm Gb
Who is the crowd that peers through the cage
Ebm C
As we perform here upon the stage
Fm Gb
Tell me a lie in a beautiful way
Ebm C
I believe in answers just not today

[Outro]
Fm Gb Ebm C
Fm Gb Ebm C
Fm Gb Ebm C
Fm Gb Ebm C
( Fade out )

Fm Gb Ebm C7
Fm Gb Ebm C7