Biography:
Protest the Hero are a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002. In 2005, the band released their first full-length album, Kezia, on the indie label Underground Operations.
On January 23, 2006, the band signed with Vagrant Records for Kezia's American release on April 4, 2006.
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Protest The Hero
Blindfolds Aside
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B then F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
B - x24442
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
C#m - x46654
C#/F - 143xxx
Bb/D - x587xx
A - x02220
F - 133211
Intro: G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- x6
Verse 1:
E Ebm
We woke up as men but
G#m
tonight we'll sleep as killers
F#
As we break the cryptic
E
morning with a bullet
Ebm G#m
and a prayer The steel never seemed
more cold and agile than now
F#
And life never seems less vital
E Ebm
and fragile With a heart
G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm--
Chorus:
Ebm
with a heart
that's beating louder
B
than my own I watch a
G#m Ebm
woman they call Kezia I watch a
woman that I know I watch my
hopes and my own
B
future blindfolded
G#m F# C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care
B
for, but a sin that paid my debts A
F# C#/F
sin that fed my children and
B
burned my smiles and
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4
ci--ga---rettes
Verse 2:
Ebm
And no one ever said that hope
F# C# Ebm
would be so beautiful And no
one ever said I'd have to
F# C#
pull the trigger on her
Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B,
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--
Ebm-- x4
Verse 3:
Ebm C# Ebm C# B
Five soldiers forever sedated
F# Ebm C# Ebm
with the "No one's responsible" psychological drama
C# B C# B C#
of our social justice dribble
Ebm C# Ebm
Her tiny steps tell
C# Ebm C#
lies about the choice I have to make Resurrect a
B C# Bb/D
static lifetime starve to death my own
Ebm C# Ebm
mistakes Pull the screaming trigger and watch your
C# B Ebm
carcass bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to
C# Ebm C# B Ebm
shake away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the
C# Ebm C# B
gun, drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun
Outro: Ebm-- x6
Blindfolds Aside
Submitted by: [email protected]
Key: B then F#
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
B - x24442
F# - 244322
Ebm - x68876
C# - x46664
Bbm - x13321
C#m - x46654
C#/F - 143xxx
Bb/D - x587xx
A - x02220
F - 133211
Intro: G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm-- x6
Verse 1:
E Ebm
We woke up as men but
G#m
tonight we'll sleep as killers
F#
As we break the cryptic
E
morning with a bullet
Ebm G#m
and a prayer The steel never seemed
more cold and agile than now
F#
And life never seems less vital
E Ebm
and fragile With a heart
G#m--C#m--G#m--Ebm--
Chorus:
Ebm
with a heart
that's beating louder
B
than my own I watch a
G#m Ebm
woman they call Kezia I watch a
woman that I know I watch my
hopes and my own
B
future blindfolded
G#m F# C#/F
To atone for a sin I didn't care
B
for, but a sin that paid my debts A
F# C#/F
sin that fed my children and
B
burned my smiles and
Ebm Bb/D Ebm---- x4
ci--ga---rettes
Verse 2:
Ebm
And no one ever said that hope
F# C# Ebm
would be so beautiful And no
one ever said I'd have to
F# C#
pull the trigger on her
Guitar Solo: Ebm-- x4 B,
F#--Ebm--B--G#m--A--C#--F#--E--F--
Ebm-- x4
Verse 3:
Ebm C# Ebm C# B
Five soldiers forever sedated
F# Ebm C# Ebm
with the "No one's responsible" psychological drama
C# B C# B C#
of our social justice dribble
Ebm C# Ebm
Her tiny steps tell
C# Ebm C#
lies about the choice I have to make Resurrect a
B C# Bb/D
static lifetime starve to death my own
Ebm C# Ebm
mistakes Pull the screaming trigger and watch your
C# B Ebm
carcass bleed me dry Or drop the gun and try to
C# Ebm C# B Ebm
shake away the blindfold from your eyes? Drop the
C# Ebm C# B
gun, drop the gun, drop the gun, drop the gun
Outro: Ebm-- x6
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