[Intro] 

       

            
When I was a y

/           
oung boy, my f

          
ather took me 

             
into the city,

           
 to see a marc

         
hing band
             
He said, "Son,

           
 when you grow

#          
 up, would you

             
 be the savior

             
 of the broken

           
, the beaten a

            
nd the damned?
             
He said, "Will

          
 you defeat th

           
em, your demon

             
s and all the 

             
non-believers,

           
 the plans tha

             
t they have ma

     
de?
             
Because one da

          
y, I'll leave 

           
you, a phantom

             
 to lead you i

             
n the summer, 

           
to join the bl

          
ack parade

       

             
When I was a y

          
oung boy, my f

          
ather took me 

             
into the city,

           
 to see a marc

         
hing band
             
He said, "Son,

           
 when you grow

#          
 up, will you 

             
be the savior 

             
of the broken,

           
 the beaten an

             
d the damned?

           
(faster)

    

[Verse 1]

             
Sometimes I ge

          
t the feeling,

             
 she's watchin

             
g over me, and

              
 other times I

             
 feel like I s

      
hould go
             
And through it

          
 all, the rise

              
 and fall, the

             
 bodies in the

             
 streets, and 

              
when you're go

             
ne we want you

          
 all to know

[Chorus]

             
We'll carry on

          
, we'll carry 

           
on, and though

             
 you're dead a

              
nd gone, belie

             
ve me, your me

mory will carr

y
         
on, we'll carr

           
y on, and in m

             
y heart, I can

              
't contain it,

      
 the anthem wo

n't explain it

[Verse 2]

             
A world that s

          
ends you reeli

             
ng, from decim

             
ated dreams, y

              
our misery and

             
 hate will kil

      
l us all
             
So paint it bl

          
ack and take i

              
t back, let's 

             
shout it loud 

             
and clear, def

             
iant to the en

              
d, we hear the

  
 call

[Chorus]

             
To carry on, w

        
e'll carry on,

             
 and though yo

             
u're dead and 

              
gone, believe 

          
me, your memor

y will carry
          
on, we'll carr

#          
y on, and thou

             
gh you're brok

              
en and defeate

             
d, your weary 

          
widow marches 

       

[Bridge]

             
On and on we c

              
arry through t

            
he fears, (ahh

             
 ahh ahh) disa

              
ppointed faces

           
 of your peers

, (ahh ahh ahh

)
             
Take a look at

              
 me 'cause I c

          
ould not care 

  
at all

          
Do or die, you

              
'll never make

            
 me, because t

             
he world, will

              
 never take my

   
 heart
             
Go and try, yo

              
u'll never bre

             
ak me, we want

             
 it all, we wa

              
nna play this 

 
part
              
I won't explai

          
n, or say I'm 

            
sorry, I'm una

             
shamed, I'm go

              
nna show my sc


ar
             
Give a cheer, 

              
for all the br

             
oken, listen h

             
ere, because i

            
t's who we are
              
I'm just a man

          
, I'm not a he

           
ro, just a boy

           
, who had to s

          
ing this song
             
Just a man, I'

              
m not a hero, 

 
I   don't    c

are

[Chorus]

             
We'll carry on

          
, we'll carry 

          
on,  and thoug

             
h you're dead 

              
and gone, beli

              
eve me, your m


emory will car

ry
         
on, we'll carr

          
y on, and thou

             
gh you're brok

              
en and defeate

             
d, you're wear

              
y widow marche

   
s on
          
Do or die, you

              
'll never make

           
 me, because t

           
he world, will

              
 never take my

  
 heart
             
Go and try, yo

              
u'll never bre

             
ak me, we want

             
 it all, we wa

              
nna play this 

 
part
          
Do or die, you

              
'll never make

           
 me, because t

           
he world, will

              
 never take my

  
 heart
             
Go and try, yo

              
u'll never bre

             
ak me, we want

             
 it all, we wa

              
nna play this 

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part


Interesting chords:

     
e-3--2---3---2
B-3--3---3---3
G-0--2---0---2
D-0--0---2---0
A-2------2----
E-3--2---0----

       
--0--3---0--1-
--1--3---1--1-
--0--0---2--2-
--2--0---2--3-
--3--2---0--3 
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0-----0-------
3-----0---2---
0-----1---2---
3-----2---2---
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1-----4---0---

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(could also play the *Fmaj6/9 above which follows the lyrics in places)