Chords for Avatar - “With Horns in the Air” - a Very Special Message from Avatar

_ _ _ Because I know [A] I will stand on the front line, on the righteous side of history, staring
[B] into the darkness.
But I will not be alone, [D] _ brothers!
I will have [Em] my sisters by [A] my side!
_ [Gb] _ And [E] together we'll stand with horns in [D] the air!
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_ [E] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ [E] _ _ Somehow [G] this line of work manages to be both the easiest [E] and the hardest job I've ever had.
[C] We are given a hero's welcoming, [E] but for what?
All we do is [C] play our songs. _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] There's a great [E] disconnect as my brain just [G] refuses to process the fact that we touch people's lives.
[Am] It shouldn't be like that.
[Em] We write because something touched us.
So why wouldn't we be able to touch [C] people in return?
_ _ _ _ [D] [E] Art is articulation, [Em] an attempt to speak a language no one on earth knows.
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [A] Performing live is trying to recreate the [Em] conception of that language.
_ A gathering in the [C] womb.
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_ _ [Em] That is what makes the performing art so strange. _
Because what you do [C] is you turn your innermost being into a performance. _
You're [Em] caught between the depths of human expression and light entertainment. _
[G] _ _ [Cm] And one can't live without the other.
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[Em] People keep telling me I change when I go on stage.
[G] They say it's as if I become a different person.
[Em] I don't see it that way.
I don't feel like I transform.
It's still [Am] the same vessel.
We're just [Em] good at shifting gears.
When you're on stage you try to create a [B] personal relationship with every individual in the room.
[Em] You're wide open for [C] judgment as well as [Bm] praise.
That's why you need to be fearless.
[Gb] There are no [Am] retakes and [D] no second chances.
[Em] Every moment comes and goes without [C] mercy in a rapid pace.
[Bm]
And if you hesitate for [E] just a second, the magic [C] goes away.
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_ [G] The [F] problem is that no sane person can [Gm] live completely [C] without fear.
[D] If you care, if you love, if you have wants and needs, [Bm] you are bound to feel fear.
[Em] That is the hurdle you need to get past and once you [C] manage to do that, the addiction kicks in.
[A] I don't think it's about the [B] admiration of the crowd, although [Em] I have come to understand
that most of us are tainted by a [C] dire need to be accepted.
It's [E] the chance to live a portion of your life without [G] fear.
It's a [E] healing moment if you let it, but it can only be achieved if you go [Am] all in.
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[G] Yes, I miss home.
[Em] _ And yes, [A] [G] traveling takes its toll on you.
_ [E] But we've been on the pirate ship our whole adult lives.
By now it's second nature.
[Em] Home from home.
We all [G] lack degrees and [D] diplomas.
For better or worse, we pursued our higher education on the road.
_ _ [E] I believe we are different.
[Em] I think we're [D] closer to each other than most [C] bands these days.
_ [D] There's no bullshit getting in the way of the art.
[E] I think that's why we keep on [Eb] not just [G] surviving, but thriving as well.
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The [E] days become a blur and it's hard to remember what happened, [Em] when and where. _
But at the [C] same time, the [Cm] shows all feel different from each other.
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Routine is a [Gb] death sentence.
[Em] You have to keep that fire alive.
The essence of metal [C] music is intensity, [G] and you can't reach that without [Gb] feeling the urgency
[Em] of what you're trying to say. _
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[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Thank you for [C] being with us this far.
Thank you for [D] not only sharing the moment with us.
_ [Bm] You are creators as much as we [Em] are.
We [C] will never fully grasp the gravity of what our music ends [A] up meaning in your lives.
I don't [B] even think we're supposed to.
_ [Em] We took an oath to [C] always write for us, to only [D] try to impress ourselves.
_ [G] That is the [B] only way we know how to [Em] keep it pure.
But the shows?
_ [C] They're all yours.
_ [D] See you soon.
Yours [Bm] truly, Avatar.
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