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INTRO
VERSE
Born from silence, silence full of it
(Am) (Dm) (G) (Cadd11) (C)
A perfect concert my best friend
Am Dm Cadd11 G
So much to live for, so much to die for
Am Dm G Cadd11 C
If only my heart had a home
A# Gm7 Dm

Sing what you can`t say
Am Dm
Forget what you can`t play
G Cadd11 C
Hasten to drown into beautiful eyes
Am Dm Cadd11 G
Walk within my poetry, this dying music
Am Dm G Cadd11 c
My loveletter to nobody
A# Gm7 Dm

I play the verses like this :

Am Dm G Cadd11
e:-0-----0---------1-----0----------3-----1---------1-----1-0-----0-------|
B:-1-1-----1---1---3-3-----3---3----3-3-----3---3---1-1-------1-----------|
G:-2---2-----2---2-2---2-----2---2--0---0-----0---0-0---0-------0---------|
D:-2---------------0----------------0---------------2---------------------|
A:-0--------------------------------2---------------3---------------------|
E:----------------------------------3-------------------------------------|

Am Dm Cadd11 G
e:-0-----0---------1-----0---------1-----1-0-----0---3------3-------------|
B:-1-1-----1---1---3-3-----3---3---1-1-------1-------3-3------3---3-------|
G:-2---2-----2---2-2---2-----2---2-0---0-------0-----0---0------0---0-----|
D:-2---------------0---------------2-----------------0--------------------|
A:-0-------------------------------3-----------------2--------------------|
E:---------------------------------------------------3--------------------|

Am Dm G Cadd11
e:-0-----0---------1-----0---------3-----1---------1-----1-0-----0--------|
B:-1-1-----1---1---3-3-----3---3---3-3-----3---3---1-1-------1------------|
G:-2---2-----2---2-2---2-----2---2-0---0-----0---0-0---0-------0----------|
D:-2---------------0---------------0---------------2----------------------|
A:-0-------------------------------2---------------3----------------------|
E:---------------------------------3--------------------------------------|

A# Gm7 Dm
e:-------------1-----1---------1------------------------------------------|
B:-3-----3-----3-3-----3---3---3------------------------------------------|
G:-3-3-----3---3---3-----3---3-2------------------------------------------|
D:-3---3-----3-0---------------0------------------------------------------|
A:-1----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------3----------------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS (1:18)
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:-------------------5----------8----------------5----8---3----------------|
D:-3-3-3-3---5---3---5--3-2-5---8---8----5---3---5--7-8---3---3------------|
A:-1-1-1-1---5---3---3--1-0-5---6---8--7-5---3---3--5-6---1---3------------|
E:-----------3---1----------3-------6--5-3---1----------------1------------|

VERSE 2

CHORUS

GUITAR SOLO
A second guitar plays the same chords as the chorus.
e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------11-10----10-11p10-8~-----11-10----8~-----------------------|
G:-------------------10------------------------10----10-7~----------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-1-1-1-1-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-11-10----10-11p10-8~-(hold)-----8-10-11---------------------------------|
G:-------10--------------------------------10-8-7-5~----------------------|
D:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------------------5---8-----8----------------------------------------|
D:-5--------5---5---5---5---8--3--8----3----5-----------------------------|
A:-5--------5---5---5---3---6--3--6----3----5-----------------------------|
E:-3--------3---3---3----------1-------1----3-----------------------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------------------------------------2 TIMES--|
G:---------------------------------------8-----8-----8----5----------------|
D:---5-----5-----5----3-5-----5-----5----8-----8-----8----5----------------|
A:---5-----5-----5----3-5-----5-----5----6-6-6-6-6-6-6...-3----------------|
E:--3-3-3-3-3-3-3...-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3...-----------------------------------|

e:----------------------------|
B:----------------------------|
G:------5--4---------5--4---4-|
D:-2----5--4----2----5--4---4-|
A:-2----3--2----2----3--2---2-|
E:-0------------0-------------|

e:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:------------------------------5-----5-----5-----2-----4-TIMES------------|
D:-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----5-----5-----5-----2-----THEN END WITH-----2|
A:-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----3-3-3-3-3-3-3...--0-----------------------2|
E:-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0...-------------------------------------------0|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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duncan_player
Wanna Be
#1 by duncan_player at Aug 16, 1970 at 7:41 AM EST
It's a really sad song... :( The lyrics speak for themselves.
 
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Dark
Lead Player
#2 by Dark Avenger at May 3, 1975 at 3:32 AM EST
If you look at other songs they will bluntly state stuff...I think I really like Nightwish mainly because of the depth to their songs. I think thatthanatopsisazraelis was aminly correct..but I'd just add that when he says "I wish I didn't feel for you anymore" he loves something but he wishes he could let it go and move on to find his own "mother's lap" to rest in and cry in.
 
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David
Average
#3 by David Tims at Jul 13, 1981 at 9:26 PM EST
To me, it actually doesn't sound like an orphaned boy. From what Tuomos said about this song in the interview, it's exactly what "Vaeltaa" has said, its just an apology from Tuomos to his loved ones and what nightwish means to him etc... the verses that probably best describe what nightwish means to him is..."every thought, the music i write, everything a wish for the night" anyways...enough of that, overall i luv this song.
 
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Elizabeth
Wanna Be
#4 by Elizabeth Greer at Nov 19, 1982 at 9:42 PM EST
satan was the angel of light, he almost made it. i never used to like nightwish, but then i heard "I Wish I Had An Angel" and i enjoyed it, then i saw this song had the most comments so i checked it out and now i am addicted :^D
 
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tom
Average
#5 by tom jenkins at Mar 24, 1984 at 11:14 PM EST
This is the song that got me into Nightwish. Supreb.
 
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Mike
Lead Player
#6 by Mike at May 19, 1986 at 12:57 PM EST
This is a really really SAD song... It makes me cry and wonder why... It's just good
 
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(DDD Bass Gu
Rhythm Player
#7 by (DDD Bass Guitar/Backup Vocals) Jeff Fritts at Aug 27, 1988 at 7:40 PM EST
*applauds thanatopsisazraelis for the wonderful description* Can't be put better.
 
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Alexxx <3
Lead Player
#8 by Alexxx <3 at Aug 1, 1991 at 1:57 AM EST
by binni on 03-13-2005 @ 08:18:06 PM Tuomas has said about this song, that it's about if he were to die tomorrow, what would he want to say to everyone that he loves, and that love him.. what a pile of shit to say
 
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Harvey
Rhythm Player
#9 by Harvey Puentes at Feb 1, 1994 at 9:14 AM EST
"If you remotely knew anything about Tuomas or Nightwish, you would understand that the Finnish do not express themselves outwardly, they write it or just hold it in, and plus, If you people treat you like a failure your whole life your not gonna say how much you love them and miss them, your gonna say that you arent going to shame them anymore hence the song." i agree with you completely, i know how it feels, i feel like this boy but i cant my feelings into words, although i'd love to. its quite difficult to go on having everyone tell you not to bother cause you're just gonna fail in whatever you try.
 
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Mauricio
Average
#10 by Mauricio Avendaņo at Nov 29, 1996 at 2:22 PM EST
This song is Tuomas's "letter" to his beloved ones, and his enemies, wich he would send if he died. Simply as that.
 
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Braxton
Lead Player
#11 by Braxton Overby at Apr 29, 1997 at 10:02 PM EST
very nice
 
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jessie
Wanna Be
#12 by jessie sinanan at Sep 23, 1998 at 2:45 PM EST
best nightwish song ever... seriously
 
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Venti
Average
#13 by Venti at Feb 15, 2000 at 9:22 AM EST
death is what i can gather from the lyrics. but not fear of it, welcoming. or maybe not death, but some lyrics seem to point towards that. i recall Fight Club "Dark, Silent and Complete" and come back to this. the sound of the song is not dim or gloomy for me, but accepting.
 
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terry
Rhythm Player
#14 by terry terry watts at May 9, 2002 at 3:45 AM EST
it is a very sad song indeed and there is much truth in it-there are lots of orphans who havent got a mother's lap to sit on and they havent got anything at all
 
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Tony
Average
#15 by Tony Riemer at Apr 4, 2003 at 1:11 PM EST
this song mentions a garden and failing at becoming god, so i cant help but think maybe it ties into satan or eve or something. both of them wanted to become like god, eve wanted wisdom, satan wanted power, and they were punished for it. just a thought....for all i know none of their lyrics have anything to do with anything biblical...
 
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cody
Wanna Be
#16 by cody westermier at Oct 2, 2005 at 4:32 AM EST
tuomas is able to put very strong feelings into his music... nightwish is the best band.. all of their song are too beautiful to be true...
 
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dylan
Average
#17 by dylan pesino at Jan 12, 2007 at 3:30 PM EST
Wow, awesome description, man. Seriously, the description alone was moving. lol
 
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spencer
Wanna Be
#18 by spencer mccarthy at Mar 12, 2007 at 11:49 PM EST
The sirens are calling for me Saved my soul thinking "This song's a lie" Sand on the shore is so dry This is about longin for something dangerous - the sea, where the writer feels that he belongs - with the sirens, which song calls for him. but he refuses the song, and the sea, despite the fact that he belongs there - and that is because the siren's song are dangerous. it is like with love, it can hurt us, it is dangerous, but we longs for it still.