The Foundations of Decay

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Alternative, maybe easier, version:
  • Transpose the chords 4 half steps down [ -4 ]
  • Put a capo on fret 4 to stay in the same key

UKULELE CHORDS

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Intro -x2-: Dbm  Dbm    Dbm    Dbm      Gbm    Absus4  Ab

Verse 1:
Dbm      A         B               Abm
See the man which stands upon the hill
A              Gbm              Absus4   Ab
  He dreams of all the battles won
     Dbm      A         B              Abm
But fate had left its' scars upon his face
A               Gbm             Absus4  Ab
  With all the damage they had done

Pre-Chorus:
        A          B
And so tired, with age
   Abm         Dbm
He turns, the page
B       A
Let the flesh
A                Ab
Submit itself to gravity

Chorus:
         A                   B
Let our bodies lay while our hearts will stay
        Abm                 Dbm          B
Let our blood invade, If I die in pain
   A                            B
Now, If your convictions were a passing phase
         Abm                          Dbm        B
May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays
A                             Ab                               Dbm
  And as the vermin crawls we lay in the foundations of decay

Verse 2:
Dbm         A
He was there
    B              Abm
The day the towers fell
A           Gbm                Absus4  Ab
  And so he wandered down the road
    Dbm       A
And we would all
      B             Abm
Build towers of our own
A         Gbm               Absus4   Ab
  Only to watch the roots corrode
         A        B
But it's much too late
       Abm     Dbm   B     A
You're in the race so we'll press
A                               Ab
And press till you can't take it anymore

Chorus:
        A                    B
Let our bodies lay while our hearts will stay
        Abm                 Dbm          B
Let our blood invade, If I die in pain
A                            B
  And if by his own hand his spirit flies, 
         Abm                    Dbm        B
Take his body as a relic to be canonized
   A                         Ab
Now, And so he gets to die a saint but she will always be the whore

Solo -x6-: D5 Db5

Interlude -x2-: Dbm xDbsusx Dbm

Dbm  xDbsusx    Dbm
a-  gainst  faith -Antihero-
Dbm   xDbsusx   Dbm
a-   gainst all life -As if it must be pure-
Dbm   xDbsusx   Dbm
a-   gainst change -Wander through the ruins-
Dbm  xDbsusx  Dbm
We  are   free
                  A
The guiltiness is yours

Chorus:
B        Abm         Dbm   B
  you must fix your heart
A        B              Abm             Dbm   B
  And you must build an altar where it was
         A                     B
When the storm decays and the sky it rains
       Abm
Let it flood, let it flood
       Dbm        B
Let it wash away
A                                    B
  At last, we'll stumble through the last crusade
         Abm                             Dbm           B
Will you welcome your extinction in the morning rays?
A                               Ab
  And as the swarming calls, we lay in the foundations

Outro:
        Dbm               A     Absus4  Ab
Yes, it comforts me much more
        Dbm               A
Yes, it comforts me much more
   Absus4            Ab
To lay in the foundations of decay
D5 Db5     D5 Db5   D5 Db5
       Get       up        coward
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research. UkuTabs does not own any songs, lyrics or arrangements posted and/or printed. This arrangement was downloaded for free on UkuTabs.com.
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My Chemical Romance is an American rock band from New Jersey, United States formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro, Frank Iero and bassist Mikey Way. Shortly after forming, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love in 2002. They signed with Reprise Records the next year and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge in 2004; the album was a commercial success

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