Standard tuning
No Capo
Key: G
Note on the chords playing Em in the E-barr chord shape sounds the best, mid-way between the bridge there is a
key change to A
For easy transposal chord progression is:
Intro/Bridge 2/Outro: I-V-vi-V-IV-IV4/3-ii-V
Verse 1/Verse 2: I-V-vi-IV-I-V
Chorus: I-I4/2-VI-V-IV-V
Bridge 1: III-vi-III-vi-IV-iv
Intro:
G D
When I was a young boy,
Em D C
My father took me into the city
C/B Am D
To see a marching band.
G D
He said, "Son when you grow up,
Em D C
Would you be the savior of the broken,
C/B Am D
The beaten and the damned?"
G D/F# Em
He said "Will you defeat them,
D C
Your demons, and all the non-believers,
C/B Am D
The plans that they have made?"
G D
"Because one day I'll leave you,
Em D C
A phantom to lead you in the summer,
C/B Am D
To join The Black Parade."
G D/F# Em D C C/B Am D
G D/F#
When I was a young boy,
Em D C
My father took me into the city
C/B Am D
To see a marching band.
G D/F#
He said, "Son when you grow up,
Em D C
Would you be the saviour of the broken,
C/B Am D G
The beaten and the damned?"
G G/F# Em D C C D D
Verse 1:
G G/F# F C
Sometimes I get the feeling she's watching over me.
C G D
And other times I feel like I should go.
G G/F# F C
And through it all, the rise and fall, the bodies in the streets.
C G D
And when you're gone we want you all to know.
Chorus:
D G
We'll carry on,
G/F# Em
We'll carry on
D C
And though you're dead and gone believe me
D G
Your memory will carry on
G/F# Em
We'll carry on
D C
And in my heart I can't contain it
D
The anthem won't explain it.
Verse 2:
G G/F# F C
A world that sends you reeling from decimated dreams
C G D
Your misery and hate will kill us all.
G G/F#
So paint it black and take it back
F C
Let's shout it loud and clear
G D
Defiant to the end we hear the call
Chorus:
D G
To carry on
G/F# Em
We'll carry on
D C
And though you're dead and gone believe me
D G
Your memory will carry on
G/F# Em
We'll carry on
D C
And though you're broken and defeated
G D
Your weary widow marches
Bridge 1:
B
On and on we carry through the fears
Em
Ooh oh ohhhh
B
Disappointed faces of your peers
Em
Ooh oh ohhhh
C Cm
Take a look at me cause I could not care at all
Bridge 2:
G D
Do or die, you'll never make me
Em D
Because the world will never take my heart
C G
Go and try, you'll never break me
C D
We want it all, we wanna play this part
G D
I won't explain or say I'm sorry
Em D
I'm unashamed, I'm gonna show my scar
C G
Give a cheer for all the broken
C D
Listen here, because it's who we are
A E
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
F#m E
Just a boy, who had to sing this song
D A
I'm just a man, I'm not a hero
E
I Don't Care!
Chorus:
A
We'll carry on
A/G# F#m
We'll carry on
E D
And though you're dead and gone believe me
E A
Your memory will carry on
A/G# F#m
We'll carry on
E D
And though you're broken and defeated
E A
Your weary widow marches on
Outro:
A E/G#
Do or die, you'll never make me
F#m E
Because the world will never take my heart
D
Go and try, you'll never break me
E
We want it all, we wanna play this part (We'll carry on)
A E/G#
Do or die, you'll never make me (We'll carry on)
F#m E
Because the world will never take my heart (We'll carry on)
D
Go and try, you'll never break me
E A
We want it all, we wanna play this part
(We'll carry on!)