GD When I was a young boy
EmDGC My father took me into the city
BmEmAm - D To see a marching band
GD He said, "Son, when you grow up
EmDGC Would you be the savior of the broken
BmEmAm - D The beaten and the damned??
GD He said, "Will you defeat them
EmDGC Your demons and all the non-believers
BmEmAm - D The plans that they have made?
GD Because one day, I'll leave you
EmDGC A phantom to lead you in the summer
BmEmAm - D To join the Black Parade
G D Em Bm C G Am D
GD When I was a young boy
EmDGC My father took me into the city
BmEmAm - D To see a marching band
GD He said, "Son, when you grow up
EmDGC Would you be the savior of the broken
BmEmAm - D - G The beaten and the damned??
G D Em Bm CD **
GD Sometimes I get the feeling
EmC She's watching over me
CGD And other times I feel like I should go
GD And through it all, the rise and fall
EmC The bodies in the streets
CGD And when you're gone we want you all to know
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GDEm We'll carry on, we'll carry on
GC And though you're dead and gone, believe me
DGDEm Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
GC And in my heart, I can't contain it
D The anthem won't explain it
GD A world that sends you reeling
EmC From decimated dreams
CGD Your misery and hate will kill us all
GD So paint it black and take it back
EmC Let's shout it loud and clear
CGD Defiant to the end, we hear the call
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GDEm to carry on, we'll carry on
GC And though you're dead and gone, believe me
DGDEm Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
GC And though you're broken and defeated
DDC Your weary widow marches
BEm 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
G 'Cause I could not care at all
D Do or die, you'll never make me
EmGC Because the world, will never take my heart.
G 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
GC I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
G Give a cheer, for all the broken.
C D A *(Key change to A)* Listen here, because it's who we are.
EF#m I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
AD Just a boy who had to sing this song
A Just a man, I'm not a hero
E I don't care!
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AEF#m We'll carry on, we'll carry on
AD And though you're dead and gone, believe me
EAEF#m Your memory will carry on, we'll carry on
AD And though you're broken and defeated
EA You're weary widow marches on(do or die,)
E you'll never make me
F#mAD Because the world, will never take my heart.
A Go and try, you'll never break me
DEA We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on)
E Do or die, you'll never make me
F#mAD Because the world, will never take my heart
A Go and try, you'll never break me
D E A(hold)