Intro
(single notes)
GF#BEDGCBEADVerseGD
When I was a young boy
EmBmC
My father took me into the city
BmAm - D
To see a marching band
GD
He said, "Son, when you grow up
EmBmC
Would you be the savior of the broken
BmAm - D
The beaten and the damned??
GD
He said, "Will you defeat them
EmBmC
Your demons and all the non-believers
BmAm - D
The plans that they have made?
GD
Because one day, I'll leave you
EmBmCA phantom to lead you in the summer
BmAm - D
To join the Black Parade
InstrumentalGDEmBmCBmAmDVerseGD
When I was a young boy
EmBmC
My father took me into the city
BmAm - D
To see a marching band
GD
He said, "Son, when you grow up
EmBmC
Would you be the savior of the broken
BmAm - D - G
The beaten and the damned??
InstrumentalGDEmGCCDDVerseGD
Sometimes I get the feeling
FC
She's watching over me
CGD
And other times I feel like I should go
GD
And through it all, the rise and fall
FC
The bodies in the streets
CGD
And when you're gone we want you all to know
ChorusGDEm
We'll carry on, we'll carry on
DC
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
DGDEm
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
DC
And in my heart, I can't contain it
D
The anthem won't explain it
VerseGDA world that sends you reeling
FC
From decimated dreams
CGD
Your misery and hate will kill us all
GD
So paint it black and take it back
FC
Let's shout it loud and clear
CGD
Defiant to the end, we hear the call
ChorusGDEm
to carry on, we'll carry on
DC
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
DGDEm
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
DC
And though you're broken and defeated
D
Your weary widow marches
BridgeBEm
On and on we carry through the fears. (Ahh Ahh Ahh)
BEm
Disappointed faces of your peers. (Ahh Ahh Ahh)
C
Take a look at me
CmB5G#5B5G
'Cause I could not care at all
D
Do or die, you'll never make me
EmBmC
Because the world, will never take my heart.
Bm
Go and try, you'll never break me
CDG
We want it all, we wanna play this part.
DEm
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
BmC
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
Bm
Give a cheer, for all the broken.
CDA *(Key change to A)*
Listen here, because it's who we are.
EF#m
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
C#mD
Just a boy who had to sing this song
C#m
Just a man, I'm not a hero
E
I don't care!
ChorusAEF#m
We'll carry on, we'll carry on
ED
And though you're dead and gone, believe me
EAEF#m
Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
ED
And though you're broken and defeated
EA
You're weary widow marches on(do or die,)
E
you'll never make me
F#mC#mD
Because the world, will never take my heart.
Go and try, you'll never break me
EA
We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on)
E
Do or die, you'll never make me
F#mC#mD
Because the world, will never take my heart
Go and try, you'll never break me
EA
We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on)
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