Moth into flame    (video)

 

    Em ~ ~ ~        +  Em - A (3x)

 

      Em

1. Blacked out, pop queen, amphetamine,

                                                           - A

    the screams crashed into silence.

     Em                                                                                                   - A

    Tapped out, doused in the gasoline, the high times going timeless.

 

     Em                                                                                                 - A

2. Decadence, death of the innocence, the pathway starts to spiral.

    Em                                                                     - A

    Infamy, all for publicity, destruction going viral.

   Em                                                         A                 Em

    Light it up, ah, light it up, another hit erases all the pain.

    Em

    Bulletproof, ah, tell the truth,

                                         A                         Em             Am   - G - Am - G

    you’re falling, but you think you’re flying high, high again.

 

Am                        - G

    Sold your soul,        built a higher wall,

Am                 - G

    yesterday,         now you’re thrown away.

           E

Same rise and fall, who cares at all ?

       E                       - - - - - - - - - -   Em

Seduced by fame, a moth into the flame.

 

     Em                                                                                    - A

3. Twisted, backstabbing wicked, the delusion, absolution.

     Em                                                                               - A

    Perjurer, fame is the murderer, seduce you into ruin.

   Em                                                         A                 Em

    Light it up, ah, light it up, another hit erases all the pain.

    Em

    Bulletproof, ah, tell the truth,

                                         A                         Em             Am   - G - Am - G

    you’re falling, but you think you’re flying high, high again.

 

                               Em

+  CHORUS     +  Burn !             +  Em ~ ~

 

       Em

+  Guarantee your name, you go and kill yourself,

           Em

    The vultures feast around you still.

  Em

    Overdose on shame and insecurity,

       Em

    if one won’t do that fistful will.

 

+  Em ~ ~         +  C - D - Em (2x)       +  Em ~ ~

 

      Em

3. Death scene, black hearse, the limousine,

                                                   - A

    a grave filled with seduction.

     Em                                                                                                 - A

    Vaccine, fame does the murdering, she builds up for destruction.

                Em                                                       A                 Em

    So you light it up, ah, light it up, another hit erases all the pain.

    Em

    Bulletproof, ah, tell the truth,

                                         A                         Em             Am   - G - Am - G

    you’re falling, but you think you’re flying high, high again.

 

Am                        - G

    Sold your soul,        built a higher wall,

Am                 - G

    yesterday,         now you’re thrown away.

           E

Same rise and fall, who cares at all ?

       E                       - - - - - - - - - -   Em

Seduced by fame, a moth into the flame.

 

+  Em ~ ~ ~

 

    (Metallica)