CALEB- Sonata Arctica Acoustic version by sinForge xJp This IS NOT based on a recording/performance!! Standard Tuning, Capo 2, 4, 5 & 6 (where indicated) CAPO 4 e|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|- B|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|- G|-------------0---|--------------|---------0-------|- D|---------9-------|--------------|-------------4---|- A|-----7-----------|------2-------|-----2-----------|- E|-0---------------|--------------|-0---------------|- There is a man in this world, who has never smiled You may know his tragedy, the later years, by heart e|-----0-----0---------2-----2-----|-----3-----3---------5---5-3-2-0-|- B|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---1-----1-----1---3-------------|- G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- D|-2-----2-----2-------------------|---------------------------------|- A|-----------------2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5---------|- E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- x2 In the beginning, there was a mother, a father, and a child A troubled little silent boy, whose life they worked to destroy e|-----0-----0---------------------|---------------------------------|- B|---------------------3-----3-----|-----0-----0---------------------|- G|---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-|---------------------2-----2-----|- D|---------------------------------|---2-----2-----2---4-----4-----4-|- A|-0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5-----5---|- E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|- Known to us from this day on by his father, Caleb.. -----0-----0---------------------|---------------------------------||- ---------------------3-----3-----|-----0-----0---------------------||- ---2-----2-----2---0-----0-----0-|---------------------2---2-0-----||- ---------------------------------|---2-----2-----2---4---------4-2-||- -0-----0-----0---2-----2-----2---|-3-----3-----3---5-----5---------||- ---------------------------------|---------------------------------||- Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11* Em.. Bm.. C*.. Dadd11* Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11 Am.. Bsus4.. C... Dadd11 Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 His mother came up with such a clever way to save the day with a little white lie Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 He thinks he missed the point back then, but now he's grown to understand it, in a way Em Bm C* Dadd11* Father said "I'm sorry" only once, as I remember Em Bm C* Dadd11* The words were not meant to hurt, only destroy you, my stupid son Am Bsus4 C Dadd11 One person can make a difference, sometimes Am Bsus4 C Dadd11 Just turn his head when the kid is still and has a weak neck [NC] Smiled at his funeral, "happy you're dead." Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 All his solutions, it seemed, were only problems in disguise Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 Glueing on his drinkin' face, got ready to erase another day CAPO 2 Am F Am F C Mother was yet confident, although they had it tight, taught her son Dm E At the end of every tunnel's a little light Am F Am F It wasn't a lie, it was her hope, that everything would be fine one day C Dm E He can fulfill his every dream, I'm happy as long as he's not F G A E ..I hate it and fear can't face it F G A E The child is not right, he's my greatest shame F G A E Go out, create thunder, and stand right under F G A [CHANGE CAPO to 5 NOW] That old apple tree where dead snakes let him feed on those Am F G C C/B Am Lost hopes, all those kind words could hurt him even more, now F G C C/B Somehow, lost one more way back home CAPO 4 Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 Out on the lake, he rows towards a monster he should've been running away from, years ago Em Bsus4 C Dadd11 Asus2 The past had made him blind to the way he'd turned the pain into a way of life CAPO 2 Am F Am F Followed his father, tucked him in, Caleb knows the trade C Dm E Am He's the portrait of a man his mother drew to hate forever F Am F She was a beast, a deadly saint, wrong in many ways C Dm E [CHANGE CAPO to 4 NOW] Wanted to keep up the charade, until the end waltzing together (TIME CHANGE 6/8) e|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|- B|----------0-------|------------------|-0-----0--1--0----|-0-----0--1--0----|- G|-0-----0-----0----|----------0-----0-|----2-----------2-|----3-----------2-|- D|----4-----------4-|-2--1--2-----4----|------------------|------------------|- A|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|- E|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|- Em C Over the hills, under the sea, fighting the will, whole Universe G Am B Why does a man driving a hearse live in fear, Gift and a Curse F#m D Taking 'em out, taking 'em all, shooting the wall, over and out A Bm C# F#m When nothing moves, all's well, a decision he can find a way to live with D ...And dried up flowers are so beautiful A Bm C# And it applies to all things living, and dead Em Bm C D Em Bm C D A For that I serve my time... in my suite in Hell Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11 Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11 Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11 Em.. Bsus4.. C.. Dadd11 CAPO 6 Em Bm C D Now I ring the bell to tell the world Em Bm C D Em I'm ready when they bring out the soon to be dead against the wall Bm C G Am B Em Bm C G Am B Oooh.. This necessary evil has no heart Em C Flowers and people he will now enlace G Am B A price he must pay serving a cold ..whateverGod ..C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Dm.. Bb.. C.. F C Em.. C.. D.. G D Em.. C.. D.. G D Em