Verse 1:
E G#m
Hey Gloria
a E
Are you standing close to the edge
E G#m
Lookout to the setting sun
a B
The brink of your vision
E G#m
Eternal youth is
a E
A landscpe from the lie
E G#m
The cracks of my skin can prove
a B
As the years will testify
Refrain 1:
C#m G#m
Say your prayers and light a fire
a E B/Eb
Were going to start a war
C#m G#m
Your slogans a gun for hire
a B(hold)
It's what we waited for
Verse 2:
E G#m
Hey Gloria
a E
This is what were on the edge
E G#m
The fight of our lives been drawn to
a E(hold)
This undying love
Interlude Beat Changes from Ballad Piano to Fast Punk Rock
Chorus 1:
E G#m
Gloria Viva La Gloria
C#m
You blast your name
a
In graffiti on the walls
am
Falling thought broken glass that's
E B C#m
Slashing thought your spirit
a B
I can hear it like a jilted crowd
Chorus 2:
E G#m
Gloria Where are you Gloria
C#m
You found a home
a
In all your scars and ammunition
am E
You made your bed in salad days
B C#m
Amongst the ruins
a B
Ashes to ashes of our youth
Verse 3:
E G#m C#m
She smashed her knuckles into winter
a E B
As autumns wind fades into black
E G#m C#m
She is the saint on all the sinners
a E B
The one that's fallen thought the cracks
Refrain 2:
a B
So don't put away your burning light
Chorus 3:
E G#m
Gloria Where are you Gloria
C#m
Don't lose your faith
a
To your lost naivete
am
Weather the storm and don't look
E B C#m
Back on last november
a B
When your banner where burning down
Chorus 4:
E G#m
Gloria Viva La Gloria
C#m
Send me you amenesty down
a
To the broken hearted
am
Bring us the season
E B C#m
That we always will remember
a B
Don't let the bonfires go out
Outro:
a E
So Gloria
a E a
Send out your message of the light
E B
That Shadow in the night
a E a E
Gloria Where's your undying love
a E B
Tell me the story of your life
E E E E E(hold)
your life