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This song is best known nowadays for Josh Groban's cover but it was written by Dan Heymann. I am a total beginner so this is most likely not in the original key... but I couldn't find any other version online so here you go. You can use your own judgment and style for the timing of the D7 chord as the pickup to the next measure, or even go straight from A to D7 if you like, especially right before the last line (the repeat). I've tried to space out the chorus to show how the chords fall in the rests between lyrics. Verse:
I kDnew a mAan who lDived in fAear It was hDuge, it was Gangry, it was dDrawing nAear
BehiDnd his hAouse a sDecret plAace Was the sDhadow of the Gdemon he could nAever fDace.
Bridge:
He bEmuilt a wAall of sEmteel and flAame And mEmen with guGns to keAep it taDme
Then stDanding bAack he maDde it plAain That the niDghtmare would nGever ever rAise agDain
D7But the fGear and the fDire and the gAuns remDain. Chorus: G It doesn't Dmatter now,G it's over Danyhow
G He tells the Dworld that it's AsleepDing D7 G But as the Dnight came round,G I heard its Dlonely sound
G It wasn't Droaring, it was A weepDing D7 G It wasn't roDaring, it was A weepDing.
Verse: And then one day the neighbours came They were curious to know about the smoke and flame They stood around outside the wall But of course there was nothing to be heard at all Bridge: "My friends," he said, "We've reached our goal The threat is under firm control As long as peace and order reign I'll be damned if I can see a reason to explain Why the fear and the fire and the guns remain." Chorus (repeat above) The chords for the ad lib break before the final ending are: G D A D