The Black Atlantic is a band from the Netherlands formed around singer and songwriter Geert van der Velde. Debut album Reverence for Fallen Trees was released in August, 2009. Follow-up EP Darkling, I Listen was released in January, 2012. The Enshrine EP, featuring 3 new solo acoustic performances, was released in November, 2013.
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
First of all: I made this tab after I checked out this website where you can get the chords out of a Youtube link: http://chordify.net/ Doesn't work perfectly but it's great for a start!
DmDmAmAm x2 (+ guitar 2, at the bottom)
DmDmAmAm This is bleak but in beautiful translation DmDmAmAm From infinity, to the pen, to the mouth DmDmAmAm I sing for the undertow DmDmCAmDmDmCAm Darkling, I listen to its crash upon my shore
BbBbCAm
BbBbC These scars are but memories to cheris; AmBb Promises carved into a chasm wall BbCAm I remain hidden inside their words, BbBbCAm Composed like bronze, I bend a knee BbBbCAm Before the sun that dives in the sea
Dm (x8) When I die, fling my ashes high, for the wind to disperse
FFFAmAmAmFFFAmAmAm
FFAmAm All my intentions remain ethereal, FFAmAm All of my dreams impossible, BbBbAmAm Save the ones I lived, save the ones I lived, save the ones I lived. x2
DmDmAmAm (+guitar 2)
DmDmAmAm This is bleak but in beautiful translation DmDmAmAm From infinity, to the pen, to the mouth DmDmAmAm I sing for the undertow FFAmAmFFAmAm Darkling, I listen to its crash upon my shore
BbBbAmAmAm Save the ones I lived, save the ones I lived, save the ones I lived. x2
GmGmAmAmGmGmAm When I die, when I die, fling my ashes to, to the wind