Turisas

Miklagard Overture Chords

D# C# D#
D# G#      D# C# D#
D# G#      C# C#sus2 C#
G#         C# C#sus2 C#
G#         A# G#/A# A#
A#    
D# C# D#



Verse
D#          C#          D#  C# D#    C#
Long have I drifted without a course
  F#   	      G#sus2	 A#
A rudderless ship I have sailed
    D#              C#          D#  C# F#    
The Nile just keeps flowing without a source
C#	      G#	   A#
Maybe all the seekers just failed?


Bridge
   B    	D#
To Holmgard and beyond
B  Bsus2       D#
In search of a bond
C#	      C#7  F#
Far from home I've come
	B	 F	A#
But the road has just begun


Pre-Chorus Part 1
D#	  D#5 C#5 B
Breathing his tor y
D#	  D#5 C#5 B
Veiled in mys ter y
D#     B
The sublime

The greatest of our time
Tsargrad!

Pre-Chorus Part 2
F#	   C#/F	     D#
"Come with us to the south
	   G#/C		A#
Write your name on our roll"
A#    D# C# D#
I was told;


Chorus
	 G# F# G#
Konstantino po lis
C#  G# F# G#
Sui ge ne ris
    C#	       F# F#sus2 F#
The saints and em pe     rors
C#			F# F#sus2 F#
Of bygone centuries  
	     C#			   D# D#sus2 D#
The man-made birds in their trees
Out load their paean rings
     G# G#sus2 G#	A#
Immorta li     ty!


Verse
In astonishing colours the East meets the West
The hill-banks arise in their green
In wonder I sit on my empty chest
As we glide down the strait in between


Bridge
To Holmgard and beyond
In search of a bond
Distant church bells toll
For their god they chant and troll


Pre-Chorus 1
Breathing history
Veiled in mystery
The sublime
The greatest of our time
Tsargrad!

Pre-Chorus 2
The Norwegian of rank
In the court of The Prince
I was convinced


Chorus (different than the first one!)
	 G# F# G#
Konstantino po lis
    C#        G#  F# G#
Ten gates to eter ni ty
     C#	      F# F#sus2 F#
Seen all for cen tu     ries
       B		   F# F#sus2 F#
Your inconquerable walls
     	      B       B/A
Your temples and your halls
B/G	 B/F#	   B/E      F#	
See all, hear all, know it all


Interlude
B       A
E	G  A
B       A
E    A    G



B  E    B  F
B  E    B  F

B C# D# F


Choir Part
A#  (to much sus2 and sus4 to write down, just play around a bit)
C   (same here)



Electric Violin and Bass Solo "Jazz" Part missing.
basic key is D# major
and a lot of blue notes!


Verse
My sun rose in the North and now sets in the South
The Golden Horn lives up to its name
From tower to tower a chain guards its mouth
Unbreakable, they claim


Bridge
To Holmgard and beyond
In a search of a bond
Adventures lie ahead
Many knots lie unravelled on my thread


Pre-Chorus Part 1
Breathing history
Veiled in mystery
The sublime
The greatest of our time
Tsargrad!

Interlude
F#
A
C/A
D


Chorus (completely different than the first and second)
	 G  Gsus2 G
Konstantino po    lis
C/G	     G    Gsus2  G
Queen of the ci - i      ties
     C/G	G
Your welcoming smile
     C/G      G
Made all worthwhile
    F
The sweat and the pain

D#	   B
Bathing in gold
    D#             B
Endless rooftops unfold
    F#  C#/F        D#            G#/C  A#
The sun sets for a while just to rise again


D#     G#
Great halls
D#     G#
Great halls
D#  G#   F#      A#   D#
Greatest of all, Miklagard