Baptized By Fire

Am                         F   C                    G
What have the prophets done to gain the path we seek?
    Am              F            C              G
The grayness that I see above it always follows me
        Am             F         C            G
And the fruits of this life they take on many forms
       Am             F             C               G
As the fire in Hell's cauldron, the image it always burns


[Verse 2]
        Am
And the books
        F
See the pages
C                G
Read between the lines
          Am                 F
It's been shadowed with disillusionment
     C                    G
Just take back what you find
      Am               F                   C        G
Let's hide away to the distant hills never question why
     Am         F                      C           G
When we were conceived to this we were baptized by fire


[Guitar Solo 1]
Am F C G x4


[Chorus 1]
Am         F  C             G
No, it's a lie and it's not mine
       Am         F      C
It's a tragedy, a mystery
             F
That we must find
       Am      F  C
It's a call to war
                 G
It's a shameless whore
       Am         F      C
It's a fantasy, a mystery
             G      Am  F C G
It's all you wanted here


[Verse 3]
G D        G         D      G        D            C
I know that I can be sure of a quiet walk with you
G         D       G              D       G        D         C
Scenes of distance and sounds of calming, my hideaway is you
G          D      G           D      G          D          C
Dreams are slower, the day is longer, and I can face it too
G       D       G           D       G      D        C
Take me hold me, no one can hurt me, all because of you


[Chorus 2]
Am           F   C
Sold, it's a fake
                G
It's a give and take
       Am         F     C
It's a mystery, infinity
                 G
It's a world too late
       Am      F   C
It's a kind of fear
                   G
And it's all right here
      Am   G   F   Am     G F
Don't know the way I feel today


[Interlude]
Am G Am F G

C                                      G
Though it feels I'm way ahead this time
G Am      F       G    Am
    Seems far too good to be true
  C    G
I know...I know


[Verse 4]
G D        G           D     G         D             C
I know that there is a savior when the day is through
  G       D       G           D       G          D          C
A passive knowing, a faithful wanting, a world I know as you


[Verse 5]
    G         Am     F         G       C
And fate is a walk I fear to take it's true
         G
I know...
  G         Am        F       G     Am
I sometimes feel I'll never make it through
  C    G
I know...I know


[Verse 6]
G      D    G           D        G        D         C
Like a child born to survive all, basking time with you
G        D    G         D      G           D      C
Spending hours on ivory towers, could this all be true?


[Chorus 3]
Am           F   C
Hate, it's a fire
                  G
It's a bold faced lie
       Am         F     C
It's a fallacy, insanity
              G
The disease inside
       Am           F    C
It's a walk through tears
              G
For all those years
     Am           F      C
It's misery, your history
         G         Am
And it's all right here


[Guitar Solo 2]
Am F C G x4

G Am F G C G
G Am F G Am C G

G Am F G C G
G Am F G Am C G


[Chorus 4]
    Am          F   C
The end, it's a race
                G
In the life you faced
       Am        F      C
It's a parody, hypocrisy
                   G
It's your one last taste
    Am         F   C
And death, for real
                  G
Yeah, it makes no deals
       Am         F    C
It's a tragedy, reality
       G        Am  F C G
No one wants to hear


[Verse 7]
G D        G         D      G      D              C
I know that I can be sure of quiet nights with you
  G       D      G         D        G      D       C
A face of knowing and understanding, one I know as you
G      D       G        D       G           D         C
In the distance I see existence, I know you see it too
       G     D        G             D        G         D         C
You're all I dream of, you're all I think of, I know I just love you


[Chorus 5]
Am       F   C
No, it's gone
                G
Life's not that long
       Am        F       C
It's senility, a rhapsody
                G
It's all that's wrong
    Am       F    C
And here you stand
           G
All alone again
     Am        F     C
It's misery, insanity
            G
You can't defend
    Am         F   C
And now you're dead
                   G
It's a kick in the head
       Am         F      C
It's a tragedy, a mystery
           G        Am   C
Isn't that what you said?


[Outro]
Am F C G

Am F C G

       Am                 F
But if you can take the bounty
C                   G
I will grab the soul
           Am         F
Then we'll run away together
C                  G
No one will ever know