Chords for Ayreon - The Two Gates (Into The Electric Castle) 1998

And [G] so it's come to this.
Two [A#] gates, two [Gm] portals await.
Let your choice [G] be guided by collective wisdom.
_ [E]
Has the prospect of [N] freedom ever tasted so good?
One gate [G] completes the circle.
One step away [G#] from your own dimension, your [F#] cherished time.
[G] One gate severs [A] all connections.
One step away from the [G] dream world of everlasting ebony.
You call it oblivion.
It is a brave [Gm] soul who makes the first choice.
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He's _ _ [Am] gave the first one [A] plain and old.
[Am] He's gave the second [A] forged of gold.
The [Am] weight [A] of old spells out disgrace and shame.
The one of gold cries out my noble name.
I challenge death to meet me at this gate.
I challenge olden to pronounce my fate.
And if I thrive, I [F#m] will overcome this land.
But if I fail, I'll [A] die a worthy man.
[D] Open [F#] the gate.
[G] Renown.
[A] _ _ [D] _ [G] Enter the gate [A] to your destiny.
Will [D] it be fortune [F#m] or fate?
[G] Truth [A] shall be [D] known.
[G] Enter the gate [Am] to your destiny.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] Flowers whine beyond the [E] olden gate.
[Am] Thou ala shines beyond the golden gate.
I walk [E] alone, so dare not [B] follow me.
[Am] But choose your own and die in [E] agony.
[D] _ Open [F#] the gate.
[G] Renown.
[A] _ _ [D] _
[G] Enter the gate [A] to your destiny.
Will [D] it be fortune [F#m] or fate?
[G] Truth [A] shall be [D] known.
[G] Enter the gate [C] to your destiny.
[G#] [G] This [A] _ [G] _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] beauty is [D] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [A] crashing down. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [Am] _ _ _ Mothers my senses.
_ _ [Dm] Make me lose my sense of time.
_ [G] This melody, _ _ _ _
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_ _ [E] [C] when black heroes come to take me.
_ My [F] place among the warriors. _
[Dm] Who will [G] place an order in _ my name.
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_ _ [Am] _ Have you saved?
Our journey has ended.
[F] But tell us why?
Why this ordeal?
_ [G] What was your aim?
Or was it just some game?
Have [A] we been humbled?
_ Or did we prevail?
_ [Am] We've been enslaved.
Our wounds have not mended.
Who [F] _ are you?
What medicines I've got?
[Em] [G] What was your plan?
We don't understand.
Did [D] we pass?
_ _ [E] Or did we fail?
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_ _ [D] Open [F#] the gate.
[G] [A] Renown.
_ _ [D] [G] Enter the gate [A] to your destiny.
[D] Will it be fortune [F#m] or fate?
[G] Truth [A] shall be known.
[D] Enter [G] the gate to [C] your destiny.
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