Standard tuning
No Capo
Key: G

Note on the chords playing Em in the E-barr chord shape sounds the best, mid-way between the bridge there is a
key change to A
For easy transposal chord progression is:
Intro/Bridge 2/Outro: I-V-vi-V-IV-IV4/3-ii-V
Verse 1/Verse 2: I-V-vi-IV-I-V
Chorus: I-I4/2-VI-V-IV-V
Bridge 1: III-vi-III-vi-IV-iv

Intro:
            
When I was a y

oung boy,
            
My father took

             
 me into the c

  
ity
           
To see a march

                  
ing band.
             
He said, "Son 

             
when you grow 

      
up,
            
Would you be t

             
he savior of t

                
he broken,
           
The beaten and

                   
 the damned?"
             
He said "Will 

          
you defeat the

    
m,
             
Your demons, a

             
nd all the non

     
-believers,
           
The plans that

            
 they have mad

            
e?"
             
"Because one d

         
ay I'll leave 

you,
            
A phantom to l

             
ead you in the

       
 summer,
           
To join The Bl

                    
ack Parade."

       

            
When I was a y

/
oung boy,
            
My father took

             
 me into the c

 
ity
           
To see a march

              
ing band.
             
He said, "Son 

             
when you grow 

/             
up,
            
Would you be t

             
he saviour of 

    
the broken,
           
The beaten and

                                 
 the damned?"

       

Verse 1:
             
Sometimes I ge

          
t the feeling 

             
she's watching

      
 over me.
             
And other time

             
s I feel like 

          
I should go.
             
And through it

          
 all, the rise

              
 and fall, the

             
 bodies in the

  
 streets.
             
And when you'r

             
e gone we want

             
 you all to kn

             
ow.

Chorus:
           
We'll carry on

,
          
We'll carry on

 
             
And though you

      
're dead and g

one believe me
             
Your memory wi

                    
ll carry on
          
We'll carry on


             
And in my hear

     
t I can't cont

ain it
          
The anthem won

't explain it.

Verse 2:
             
A world that s

          
ends you reeli

             
ng from decima

     
ted dreams
             
Your misery an

             
d hate will ki

       
ll us all.
             
So paint it bl

          
ack and take i

          
t back
             
Let's shout it

             
 loud and clea

           
r
              
Defiant to the

             
 end we hear t

    
he call

Chorus:
         
To carry on
          
We'll carry on


             
And though you

     
're dead and g

one believe me
             
Your memory wi

         
ll carry on
          
We'll carry on

 
             
And though you

             
're broken and

    
 defeated
             
Your weary wid

             
ow marches

Bridge 1:

             
On and on we c

              
arry through t

     
he fears

Ooh oh ohhhh

Disappointed f

aces of your p

eers

Ooh oh ohhhh
             
Take a look at

          
 me cause I co

uld not care a

t all

Bridge 2:

            
Do or die, you

      
'll never make

 me
            
Because the wo

     
rld will never

 take my heart
          
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
We want it all

  
, we wanna pla

y this part
             
I won't explai

   
n or say I'm s

orry
            
I'm unashamed,

   
 I'm gonna sho

w my scar
           
Give a cheer f

or all the bro

ken
            
Listen here, b

ecause it's wh

o we are
             
I'm just a man

  
, I'm not a he

ro
          
Just a boy, wh

o had to sing 

this song
             
I'm just a man

 
, I'm not a he

ro

I Don't Care!

Chorus:
           
We'll carry on
          
We'll carry on


             
And though you

             
're dead and g

one believe me
             
Your memory wi

          
ll carry on
        
We'll carry on


             
And though you

             
're broken and

   
 defeated
             
Your weary wid

         
ow marches on

Outro:

          
Do or die, you

#
'll never make

 me
           
Because the wo

     
rld will never

 take my heart
           
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
We want it all

 
, we wanna pla

y this part (W

e'll carry on)
          
Do or die, you

#
'll never make

 me (We'll car

ry on)
           
Because the wo

    
rld will never

 take my heart

 (We'll carry 

on)
           
Go and try, yo

u'll never bre

ak me
             
We want it all

              
, we wanna pla

        
y this part
(We'll carry on!)