Chord Mercenary Man Acoustic by Firewind

firewind - mercenary man acoustic version , chords tune guitar a whole step down . note : listen to the song to hear the strumming pattern . the chords above the words are not timed out and are just there are a guide . there is another tab that shows you how to play the intro lead harmony part , fairly accurately . also , the guitar solo featured one of the guitar leads . near the end when 3 guitars kick in , it gets a little confusing , so you’ll need to figure out the other 2 parts . intro : Am C F Dm Am C G Am C F Dm F Dm Am barred G verse : F - A - G power chords on a string mama take a look at your boy face a man without a soul he is standing in the doorway barred : F Am G i’ll be gone , before the night is over i have to go , i have to run to the border F Dm lost my way i run in desperation F G Em might be an e? lost the words i lost communication Am C F Dm all i see is death beneath my window Am C G all i need is to heal my broken mind Am C F Dm i will catch my own wounded shadow F Dm Am G f! dm! just before we leave it all behind verse 2 : F - A - G power chords mama keep the faith it’s alright your boy’s a mercenary man a soldier made of steel barred : F Am G a shotgun rings; the wind is calling my name fields of gold beneath a blood red sky repeat same prechorus & chorus backing solo : Am am! a#! "all behind . . . " Bm G Bm A G Em G A Fm solo basic idea , just a guide : E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B - 15 - 14 - - - - - 15 - 14 - - - - - - - | G - - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - 14 - 12 - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 - - 14s15s14 - 12 - | B - 15 - 14 - - - - - 15 - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G - - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B - 15 - 14 - - - - - 15 - 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G - - - - - - - 14 - - - - - - - - 14 - s16 - 14 - 14 - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 3 guitars , you’ll need to figure out the other 2 E - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 - - - - - - - - - - - - 14s17s17 - | B - 10b12 - - 10b12 - - 12b14 - - 12b14 - - - - 12b14~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | final chorus up a whole step : Bm D G Em 7th fret all i see is death beneath my window Bm D A all i need is to heal my broken mind Bm D G Em 7th fret i will catch my own wounded shadow G Em Bm A just before we leave it all behind G Em Bm A G em! all . . . behind . . . ooooh . . . . . final chord : E - 0 B - 3 G - 2 D - 4 A - 2