REPLICA - Sonata Arctica
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
[VERSE]
C#m E
I'm home again, I won the war
B A
And now I am behind your door
C#m E
I tried so hard to obey the law
B A
And see the meaning of this all
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m F#m/E
Remember me before the war.
F#m/D# F#m/D C#m E C#m B
I'm the man who lived next door ... long ago
[VERSE]
C#m E
As you can see when you look at me
B A G#
I'm pieces of what I used to be
C#m E
It's easier when you don't see me
B A G#
Standing on my own two feet
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D
I'm taller when I sit here still
C#m E
You ask are all my dreams fulfilled
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D
They made me a heart of steel
C#m B
The kind them bullets cannot see
[CHORUS]
C#m E
Nothing's what it seems to be
B F#
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
C#m E B
Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself
F# A
I'm a replica of me
[SOLO]
C#m E B A G#
C#m E B A G#
[VERSE]
C#m E
The light is green, my slate is clean
B A G#
New life to fill the hole in me
C#m E
I had no name last December
B A G#
Christmas Eve I can't remember
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D
I was in a constant pain
C#m E
I saw your shadow in the rain
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D
I painted all your pidgeons red
C#m B
I wish I had stayed home instead
[CHORUS]
C#m E
Nothing's what it seems to be
B F#
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
C#m E B
Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself
F# A
I'm a replica of me
[BRIDGE]
A E B A C#m
Are you gonna leave me now, when it is all over
A E B G#
Are you gonna leave me, is my world now over
[SOLO]
C#m E B F#
C#m E B F# A
A E B A C#m
A E B A G#
C#m E B A G#
C#m E B A G#
[PRE-CHORUS]
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D
Raising from the place I've been
C#m E
And trying to keep my home base clean
F#m F#m/E F#m/D# F#m/D C#m
Now I'm here and won't go back believe
[VERSE]
C#m E
I fall asleep and dream a dream
B A
I'm floating in the silent stream.
C#m E
No one placing blame on me
B F#
But nothing's what it seems to be, yeah
[CHORUS]
C#m E
Nothing's what it seems to be
B F#
I'm a replica, I'm a replica
C#m E B
Empty shell inside of me I'm not myself
F#
I'm a replica of me
C#m E B F#
Nothing's what it seems to be, I'm a replica
C#m E B F#
Empty shell inside of me, a replica of me
C#m E B F#
Nothing's what it seems to be, I'm a replica
C#m E B F#
Empty shell inside of me, a replica of me
C#m E B F#
Nothing's what it seems to be, I'm a replica
C#m E B F#
Empty shell inside of me, a replica of me
[VERSE]
C#m E
I'm home again, I won the war
B A
And now I am behind your door
C#m E
I tried so hard to obey the law
B A
And see the meaning of this all
F#m F#m/E
Remember me before the war.
F#m/D# F#m/D
I'm the man who lived