Biography:
Nightwish is a symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Nevalainen, and then bassist Sami Vänskä after the release of their debut album, Angels Fall First (1997). In 2001, Vänskä was replaced by Marco Hietala, who also took over the male vocalist role previously filled by Holopainen or guest singers.
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Other songs:
- Amaranth
- Creek Marys Blood
- Élan
- For The Heart I Once Had
- Gethsmane
- I Want My Tears Back
- Islander
- Meadows Of Heaven
- Moondance
- Nemo
- Over The Hills And Far Away
- Slow, Love, Slow
- The Escapist
- The Islander
- Turn Loose The Mermaids
- Alpenglow
- Astral Romance
- Away
- Beauty And The Beast
- Cadence Of Her Last Breath
- Dark Chest Of Wonders
- Dead Boys Poem
- Dead To The World
- Edema Ruh
- Escapist
- Eva
- Ever Dream
- Feel For You
- Forever Yours
- Gethsemane
- Ghost Love Score
- Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan
- Lagoon
- Last Ride Of The Day
- Nightwish
- Ocean Soul
- Once Upon A Troubadour
- Our Decades In The Sun
- Planet Hell
- Shudder Before The Beautiful
- Sleeping Sun
- Sleepwalker
- Slow Love Slow
- Stargazers
- Storytime
- Swanheart
- Taikatalvi
- The Carpenter
- The Crow The Owl And The Dove
- The Heart Asks Pleasure First
- The Kinslayer
- The Poet And The Pendulum
- The Riddler
- The Wayfarer
- Walking In The Air
- While Your Lips Are Still Red
- Wish I Had An Angel
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The main chord's root acts as a pedal note throughout the intro and verses and is not notated
Original tuning standard D; may be more doable if:
- chords are transposed down 3 half-steps (first chord Bm)
- Capo 3
ORDER: I V1 V2 PC C INT1 V3 PC C INT2 FC1 FC2 O
[INTRO]
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Dm C |
(enter band and choir)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Dm C |
(full band)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
[VERSE 1]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C
We live in e - very mo - ment but this one
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Why don’t we re - cognize the fa - ces lo - ving us so?
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
What’s God if not the spark that star - ted life?
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Dm
Smile of a stran - ger, sweet mu - sic, starry skies
[VERSE 2]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C
Wonder, myst - 'ry, wherever my road goes
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C
Early wake - ups in a mo - ving home
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Scent of fresh-mown grass in the mor - ning sun
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C
Open theme park gates wai - ting for
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
Riding the day, every day into sunset
F C
Finding the way back home
[CHORUS]
Dm Am
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Gm Dm Bb C
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Dm F
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Gm Dm
This moment the dawn of humanity
F C
Last ride of the day
[INTERLUDE 1]
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
Last ride of the
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
day
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
[VERSE 3]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Wake up, Dead Boy - en - ter ad - ven - tureland
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Dm
Tricksters, magi - cians will show you all that’s real
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Careless jug - glers, snakechar - mers by your trail
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Bb
Magic of a mo - ment, a - bracadabra
[PRE-CHORUS]
(4/4)
( Bb )
Riding the day, every day into sunset
F C
Finding the way back home
[CHORUS]
Dm Am
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Gm Dm Bb C
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Dm F
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Gm Dm
This moment the dawn of humanity
Bb C
Last ride of the day
[INTERLUDE 2]
Bb | | F | F Gm |
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
(4/4)
Bb | | F | F Gm |
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
(4/4)
Dm | | | |
Dm | | Eb | Eb C B |
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
Em Bm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Am Em C D
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Em G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Am Em
This moment the dawn of humanity
G D
Last ride of the day
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
Em Bm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Am Em C D
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Em G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Am Em
This moment the dawn of humanity
G D
Last ride of the day
[OUTRO]
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am Dsus4 D |
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am C D |
Last ride of the
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am Dsus4 D |
day
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am C D |
Original tuning standard D; may be more doable if:
- chords are transposed down 3 half-steps (first chord Bm)
- Capo 3
ORDER: I V1 V2 PC C INT1 V3 PC C INT2 FC1 FC2 O
[INTRO]
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Dm C |
(enter band and choir)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Dm C |
(full band)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
[VERSE 1]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C
We live in e - very mo - ment but this one
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Why don’t we re - cognize the fa - ces lo - ving us so?
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
What’s God if not the spark that star - ted life?
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Dm
Smile of a stran - ger, sweet mu - sic, starry skies
[VERSE 2]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C
Wonder, myst - 'ry, wherever my road goes
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C
Early wake - ups in a mo - ving home
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Scent of fresh-mown grass in the mor - ning sun
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C
Open theme park gates wai - ting for
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb
Riding the day, every day into sunset
F C
Finding the way back home
[CHORUS]
Dm Am
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Gm Dm Bb C
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Dm F
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Gm Dm
This moment the dawn of humanity
F C
Last ride of the day
[INTERLUDE 1]
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
Last ride of the
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
day
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Bb C |
[VERSE 3]
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Wake up, Dead Boy - en - ter ad - ven - tureland
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Dm
Tricksters, magi - cians will show you all that’s real
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Csus4 C Dm
Careless jug - glers, snakechar - mers by your trail
Dm Dsus2 Dsus2 Dm Dm Dsus2 Gm Bb C Bb
Magic of a mo - ment, a - bracadabra
[PRE-CHORUS]
(4/4)
( Bb )
Riding the day, every day into sunset
F C
Finding the way back home
[CHORUS]
Dm Am
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Gm Dm Bb C
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Dm F
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Gm Dm
This moment the dawn of humanity
Bb C
Last ride of the day
[INTERLUDE 2]
Bb | | F | F Gm |
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
(4/4)
Bb | | F | F Gm |
(3/4)
Dm Dsus2 | Dsus2 Dm | Dm Dsus2 | Gm Csus4 C |
(4/4)
Dm | | | |
Dm | | Eb | Eb C B |
[FINAL CHORUS 1]
Em Bm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Am Em C D
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Em G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Am Em
This moment the dawn of humanity
G D
Last ride of the day
[FINAL CHORUS 2]
Em Bm
Once upon a night we’ll wake to the carnival of life
Am Em C D
The beauty of this ride ahead - such an incredible high
Em G
It’s hard to light a candle, easy to curse the dark instead
Am Em
This moment the dawn of humanity
G D
Last ride of the day
[OUTRO]
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am Dsus4 D |
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am C D |
Last ride of the
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am Dsus4 D |
day
Em Esus2 | Esus2 Em | Em Esus2 | Am C D |
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Nilton Junior
Nim Vind
Nina