Biography:
Sonata Arctica is a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, Finland. Created as a hard rock band named Tricky Beans, they later changed to Tricky Means and finally to Sonata Arctica, when they shifted to power metal.[1] The current line-up consists of singer, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko, guitarist Elias Viljanen, bass guitarist Pasi Kauppinen, keyboardist and keytarist Henrik Klingenberg, and drummer Tommy Portimo. All the musicians of the band's history except Portimo also acted as backing vocalists.
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Other songs:
- Fullmoon
- Letter To Dana
- Mary Lou
- My Selene
- San Sebastian
- Shy
- Tallulah
- 8Th Commandment
- Aint Your Fairytale
- Alone In Heaven
- As If The World Wasnt Ending
- Black Sheep
- Blank File
- Blinded No More
- Blood
- Breathing
- Broken
- Caleb
- Candle Lawns
- Cinderblox
- Closer To An Animal
- Cloud Factory
- Destruction Preventer
- Dont Be Mean
- Dont Say A Word
- Flag In The Ground
- Fly Navigate Communicate
- For The Sake Of Revenge
- Good Enough Is Good Enough
- Gravenimage
- Half A Marathon Man
- I Have A Right
- In The Dark
- Juliet
- Kingdom For A Heart
- Last Drop Falls
- Love
- Mary
- Misery
- My Land
- Only The Broken Hearts Make You Beautiful
- Paid In Full
- Picturing The Past
- Replica
- Respect The Wilderness
- Rest Of The Sun Belongs To Me
- Running Lights
- San Sebastian Revisited
- Shamandalie
- Sing In Silence
- Somewhere Close To You
- The Boy Who Wanted To Be A Real Puppet
- The Cage
- The Day
- The End Of This Chapter
- The Last Amazing Grays
- The Truth Is Out There
- The Wolves Die Young
- They Follow
- Tonight I Dance Alone
- Under Your Tree
- Unopened
- Victorias Secret
- We Are What We Are
- Weballergy
- What Did You Do In The War Dad
- White Pearl Black Oceans
- Wildfire
- Wolf And Raven
- Worlds Forgotten The Words Forbidden
- X Marks The Spot
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WE ARE WHAT WE ARE - Sonata Arctica
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
[INTRO]
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Dm
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Am Bb
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb
C Dm Bb Gm C Dm
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
I walked down from the mountain
Dm C F
Failed to find youth from the fountain
F C
I summoned the Gods of old by a song
Dm
And then I killed them all
Dm Am7
When there was a storm I sang louder
Dm C F
After I failed I tried harder
F C Am
If I didn't like how the lake reflected me
Bb
The lake would dry
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb C Dm
I am a human, disgraceful is humanity
Bb C Dm Bb
I am a human, destroyer of many worlds, not one
C Dm Bb
I can end another animal deeming they are suffering
N.C
But this ample mercy's not for me
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
Man came down from the mountain
Gm Bb F
Blind for the love all around him
C Am Bb
...The last beautiful heartbeat
[CHORUS]
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[SOLO]
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Dm
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
You haven't thought of this, have you?
Dm C F
The place we call home without value
F C Am
If you didn't like how the songbird greeted thee
Bb
The bird would die
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb C Dm Bb C Dm
The ship we leave behind us has no an - chor
Bb C Dm Bb Gm C Dm
Thus your only child will sail too far from the sun
[CHORUS]
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[KEY CHANGE]
Em G D
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Am C G
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
D Bm C
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[OUTRO]
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But what are we...?
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
[INTRO]
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Dm
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Am Bb
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb
C Dm Bb Gm C Dm
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
I walked down from the mountain
Dm C F
Failed to find youth from the fountain
F C
I summoned the Gods of old by a song
Dm
And then I killed them all
Dm Am7
When there was a storm I sang louder
Dm C F
After I failed I tried harder
F C Am
If I didn't like how the lake reflected me
Bb
The lake would dry
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb C Dm
I am a human, disgraceful is humanity
Bb C Dm Bb
I am a human, destroyer of many worlds, not one
C Dm Bb
I can end another animal deeming they are suffering
N.C
But this ample mercy's not for me
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
Man came down from the mountain
Gm Bb F
Blind for the love all around him
C Am Bb
...The last beautiful heartbeat
[CHORUS]
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[SOLO]
Dm Am7 Dm C F F C Dm
[VERSE]
Dm Am7
You haven't thought of this, have you?
Dm C F
The place we call home without value
F C Am
If you didn't like how the songbird greeted thee
Bb
The bird would die
[PRE-CHORUS]
Bb C Dm Bb C Dm
The ship we leave behind us has no an - chor
Bb C Dm Bb Gm C Dm
Thus your only child will sail too far from the sun
[CHORUS]
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
Dm F C
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Gm Bb F
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
C Am Bb
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[KEY CHANGE]
Em G D
We could save our world (but we are what we are...)
Am C G
We should love our Earth (but we are what we are...)
D Bm C
It takes care of our loved ones (but we are what we are...)
[OUTRO]
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But we are what we are...
Em C D
But what are we...?
Sonic Colors
Sonic Youth
Sonicflood
Sonido Caracol
Sonido Cristal
Sons Of An Illus (...)
Sons Of Perditio (...)
Sons Of The East
Sontalk
Sopa De Cabra