Capo: 2

WHITE PEARL, BLACK OCEANS- Sonata Arctica (Reckoning Night) Acoustic version by sinForge xJp This was a MONSTER to transcribe.. But I'm 99% confident on everything. This is NOT based on any performance/recoreding.. As always.. Enjoy!! UPDATE, 4/15/2010: I edited the whole song to ONLY use the capo on the 2nd fret, instead of switching between 2 and 4. Standard Tuning, Capo 2 D* = 254232 (C position while barring 2)

I was born and ^Bmraised by the sea; shy yet ^F#mproud, ^Dlearned to ^Astay a^Gway from the crowd ^Ain ^Dmy home, my ^F#mlighthouse ^Bm101 steps, round and ^F#mdown.. ^DNew Years ^AEve, one ^Gnight on the town ^Acan ^Dchange one ^F#mlife into e^Bmternity..

Bm.. F#m.. | D A G A | D.. F#m.. Bm.. F#m.. | D A G A | D.. F#m.. Bm D* Bm D* All I could see- her eyes.. We got caught in the moment all of the night..

^EmTaken beyond all ^Glines.. In ^Emsilence, leaving them ^Gall be^Ahind.. Bm D* She had found the sails for the following night.. Bm D* The town, for her, was getting way too small.. She ^Empromised to be ^Gmine..^Em Forever, ^Asus4for that one ^Anight..

^GMoments, passion, small defeats.. Con^Bmcealed emotions found in me.. &^Gquot;You ^Emgave life ^Dto a brand^A new me.."

Bm D* Bm D* Crossing the wintry fields, the first hour of morning light

^EmWarmed by the flame in^Gside.. the ^Emlasting memory of the ^Gending ^Anight.. Bm D* Bm D* I never had a chance to stop what hit me.. What broke my bones and mauled me After ^Emhours of deep unwilling ^Gsleep in a cold ^Emshelter, fell back ^Gin the ^Adark, (hold/strum A) ..and the hours of the day passed

A ^Amnightmare awakes me, blinking ^Emlight ^CThere's no ^Gguide- blind ^Fships in the night! ^GOh, ^Cblood red ^Emmoon, eat away ^Gthe night..

Darkness covers my lonely ^Bmsoul, no one to feed the dying ^Emlight..

Em Am G D.. Em Am G D.. Em Am G D.. Em Am G D..

Good ^Emmorn', oh dreadful ^Gday.. I prayed the ^Emmoon had lit the ^Gsea instead of ^Amme For the sails of ^Cnight.. "Pl^Amease tell me ^Ceverything ^Dis alright.." My ^Emvoice in the room broke the ^Gsilence.. ^Emeverybody killed me with their ^Geyes.. What I ^Amwas to hear made the ^Cpeople cry- Im^Ampossible for me to keep the ^Ctears ^Dinside..

&^Amquot;All on the board the White Pearl ^Emhave died! ^CCoastal ^Greef has ^Ftolled their lives, ^Gand ^Cyou are the ^Emlight of the ^Amnight!"

One ^Gthing I remember^Em.. before I ^Gfell on the ground Al^Amthough I never saw the ^Cface^Am.. a name was ^Cinked in ^Dhis arm.. ^EmLove can be like poetry of ^Gdemons, or ^Emmaybe God loves complex iro^Gny? The ^Amfamily name stated ^CI had seen be^Amfore.. ^CWritten on her ^Dfront door!

&^Amquot;Silence in the courthouse^D!&q^Emuot;^C ^G ^D ^B7 A ^Ampresence in the room we ^Dboth could ^Emfeel- The ^Cfather ^Gof her ^Dunborn ^B7child and ^Amme!

(Am) Em ..All on the board the White Pearl have died!

^CCoastal ^Greef has ^Ftolled their lives, ^Gwhile ^CI was the ^Emguide light! ^AmBack in my tower, run, run, ^Emrun- ^CLight is ^Gout, I ^Fhope to see ^Gblack ^Coceans be^Emneath rise and ^Bmswallow me!

Bm.. F#m.. | D A G A | D.. F#m.. Bm.. F#m.. | D A G A | D.. F#m.. Bm C F# Bm Bm C F# Bm F# Bm

^BmOne step will take me back in^Cside, another sees my ^F#end! No one can love a man who ^Bmguarded the light (^Ggaurded the l^Cight) one fateful night.. Flaming ^F#eyes I must confront be^Bmfore I ^F#am ^Bmstated free..

Defining innocence is ^Chell after all that has ^F#passed.. Building new walls in^Bmside ^Gmy eternal ^Cnight.. Although they took my ^F#heart and dried me ^Bmup, some^F#times ^BmI still bleed..

^F#Show me ^Bmthe ^Emway, show me the ^F#way.. The light will ^Bmshow me ^Aa way ^Don the grisly ^F#reefs Too many ^Bmdead ^Gends I ^Emsee ^F# No soul can ^Bmsave me, the ^Arespect I ^Dlost.. The measure of a man..

Em Am G D.. Em Am G Am Em Am G D.. Em Am G Am Am Dm C G.. Am Dm C Dm Am Dm C G.. Am Dm C Dm

^Bm10,000 steps down, round and ^F#mround.. ^DOne ^Anight on the ^Gtown (and I'm ^Ahell ^Dbound..) ^F#m Black oceans beneath.. ..Come and ^Bmswallow me! ^F#m (All on board the White Pearl have died..) ^DCoastal ^Areef come ^Gclaim my life, ^ABlack ^Doceans be^F#mneath, come and ^Bmswallow me! ^F#m (My little tower, seal my fate..) ^DHelp me ^Apay back- ^GEnd their hate.. ^ABlack ^Doceans be^F#mneath, come and ^Bmswallow me! ^F#m (One direction; down, down, down..) ^DPitch black ^Anight for ^Gmy old town ^ABlack ^Doceans be^F#mneath shall now ^Bmswallow me..

Bm C F# Bm G C F# Bm F# Bm (repeats and fades into spoken passage) "I hereby commit my body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body, when the Sea shall give up Her dead, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord. Amen."

Sonata Arctica - White pearl black oceans