Chords
[Intro]
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5 D5 B5
F#5 D5 B5 F#5
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5 D5 B5
F#5 D5 B5 F#5
[Verse 1]
D5He hung on the windswept world tree B5
Whose F#5roots no one knows
For D5nine whole days he hung there pierced B5
By F#5Gugnir, his spear
SwimD5ming in pain he peered into the depths B5
And F#5cried out in agony
D5Reaching out he grasped the runes Before B5
falF#5ling back from the abyss
He D5gave himself unto himself In B5
a F#5world of sheering pain
So D5that we all may live our lives By B5
the F#5wisdom that he gained
[Pre-Сhorus]
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5
[Chorus]
D5 You doubted him, and spreadB5 their lies
F#5 Across the world, with sword in hand
D5 You raped our souls, and stoleB5 our right
F#5 All for the words of mildmannered man
D5 You listened to mildmanB5nered god
F#5 And put your faith in deceitful words
D5 Your powertrip was paidB5 by blood
F#5 In kindness' name you spilled our blood
[Bridge]
F#5 G#5 A5 B5 F#5I refuse G#5to submit
A5To the god you B5say is kind
I F#5know what's right, and G#5it is time
It's A5time to fight, and B5free our minds F#5
G#5 A5 B5
[Interlude]
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5
[Verse 2]
D5Let me die without fear! B5
As F#5I have lived without it
So D5shut your mouth and spare my ears B5
I'm F#5fed up with all your bullshit
D5After a thousand years of opB5presF#5sion
Let the berserks rise again
Let the D5world hear these words once more: B5
F#5"Save us, oh lord, from the wrath of D5the Northmen" B5
F#5Let the world hear these words D5once more:
"Save us, oh lord, fromB5 the F#5wrath of the Northmen"
[Pre-Сhorus]
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5
[Chorus]
Our D5spirits were forged in snow and ice B5
To F#5bend like steel forged over fire
We D5were not made to bend like reed B5
OrF#5 to turn the other cheek
[Outro]
D5 B5 F#5 D5He grasped the runes
B5 F#5 They're ours to use
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5 D5 B5
F#5 D5 B5 F#5
D5 B5 F#5 D5
B5 F#5 D5 B5
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