Prodigal Son Chords & Lyrics - Kamelot

[INTRO 1]
Am | | G | Am Am/G |
F | Am | Dm7-5/F | E5 Dm/E | E |

[VERSE] - organ/vocals
[Am]Essence of [Dm]beauty
[Gsus4]Ta - [G]ken [G7]too [Am/E]soon [Em/G]
[F]Princess of [Am/E]hope
[Fdim7/D]Deep in our [Fdim7]hearts you live [Esus4]on [E7]
[Am]Essence of [Dm]goodness
[Gsus4]God -[G] [G4]dess [G7]of [Am]life[Am/G]
[F]Give us the [Am]power
[Fdim7/D]God give us [Fdim7]strength to live [Fdim7/Ab]on [Fdim7/Cb]

[VERSE] - band
[Em]Essence of [Am]beauty
[D]Ta[Dsus2]ken [D5]too [Em]soon
[E]Prin[Esus4]cess [E]of [Am]hope[Am/G]
[Dsus2] [Dsus2/C] [B5] [B]-9 [B]
Deep in our hearts you live on
[Em]Essence of [Am]goodness
[D]God[Dsus2]dess [D]of[Em] life
[E]Give [Esus4]us [E]the [Am]power[Am/G]
[F]God give us strength
[Esus4]Give us the strength to live[E] on

[INTERLUDE 1]
F#m | C# | A | E |
F | Am | Gm | Gm | Gm |

Part II: Burden of Guilt

[INTRO 2]
Gm | | | |
Gm | | | |

[VERSE]
[Em] How could this hap[Asus2] - pen?
[Gsus2] [B]-9
Oh, what have we done?
[Em] Will our [Asus2]tears ever [Gsus2]pay for our sin?[Gsus2/F#]
[Em] Mother forgive[Asus2] us
[Gsus2] [B]-9
We need all your love
[Em] [D] [Gm] [F] [Ebmaj7]-5
To fight and to carry the burden of shame

[CHORUS]
[Em] [Asus2] [Gsus2] [B]-9
Hereby we swear for as long as we live
[Em]We will not [Asus2]soil our[Gsus2] name[Gsus2/F#]
The [Em]truth made of [Asus2]iron
[Gsus2] [B]-9
Will see it with pain
until [Em]death[D] , our [Gm]secret[F] re[Ebmaj7]mains
until [Ebmaj9]death, our [F]love re[Bb/Eb]mains
And in [Ebmaj9]death, our [F]love re[Bbm]framed

[INTERLUDE 2]
( Bbm ) | Ebm | Ab | Bbm |
Ebm | Bbm | Ebm | F |

Part III: The Journey

[INTRO 3]
A [Gb]minute away[Ebm7]
But worlds [Bbm]unwind[Gb/Bb] [Bbdim] [Bbm] [Gb/Bb] [Bbm] [Cb]
[Gb]Brothers in blood[Ebm]
Now divided [Ab]in [Bbm] heart

[INTERLUDE 3]
( [Bbm] ) [Gb/Bb] [Bbdim] | [Bbm] [Ebm] [Db] [Bbm] [Cb] |

[VERSE 1]
[Dm] By grief and sorrow one is [Am]striving to repay
[Dm] Behind the palisade, he [Bb]lives his destined life
[Dm] The music and the tears are [Am]piercing through the walls
[Dm] Turns to nightmares and [Gm7]there's no [F/A]escape at all

[PRE-CHORUS]
[Bb] Oh joyful childhood,
[C] you died so young

[CHORUS]
[Fm] Every [Bbm]child follows blind
[Ab] On the jour[C7] - ney we call life
[Fm] Learning ev[C]ery [Db]day
[Fm] Given love[Bbm] or given hate
[Ab] Determines e[C]verybody's [Fm]fate[Eb] in life[Db]
Be careful what [Fm]you give[Eb]

[VERSE 2]
[Dm] A stranger to love and af[Am]fection on the run
[Dm] In search of shelter in the [Bb]solitude of sin
[Dm] A drifter in the dark, a [Am]soldier of the pain
[Dm] A constant slave under the [Gm]belt of [Am]misery

[PRE-CHORUS]
[Bb] Oh joyful childhood,
[C] you died so young

[FINAL CHORUS]
[Fm] Every [Bbm]child follows blind
[Ab] On the jour[C7] - ney we call life
[Fm] Learning ev[C]ery [Db]day
[Fm] Given love[Bbm] or given hate
[Ab] Determines e[C]verybody's [Fm]fate[Eb] in life[Db]
Be careful what [Bbm7]you give

[OUTRO]
( Bbm7 ) | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |

Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
Bbm7 | | | Bbdim |
[Adim7]