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Art Of Life

X JAPAN
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 (0:00 - 1:16)
 C7M  (Strum up and down starting at the A string)
 (1:17-2:58)
Desert  Rose
 Why do you live  alone?
 If you are sad
 I'll make you leave  this life
 Are you white, blue or bloody  red?
 All I can  see is drowning in cold grey sand
 The winds of time
 You knock me to  the ground
 I'm dying of thirst
 I wanna run  away
 I don't know how to set me free  to  live
 My mind cries  out feeling pain
 I've been  roaming to find  myself
 How long  have I been feeling endless  hurt?
 Falling down,  rain flows into  my heart
 In the pain  I'm waiting  for you
Can't  go back
 No place to go  back to
 Life is lost,  Flowers fall
If  it's all dreams
 Now wake me up
 If it's all real
 Just kill me
 (2:59-3:44)
 (4 Beats each)
 (2 Beats each)
 <--(4 Beats) (x2)
 (3:45-3:55)Mini-Solo
 (3:56-4:09)
 (4:10-4:51)
 I'm making the wall  inside my heart
 I don't wanna let  my emotions get  out
 It scares me  to look at the world
 Don't want  to  find myself  lost in your  eyes
 I tried to drown  my past in grey
 I never wanna  feel more pain
 Ran away from  you without saying  any words
 What I don't wanna  lose is love
 (Verse 2) (5:16-5:56)
 Through my eyes
 Time goes  by like tears
 My emotion's  losing  the color of life
 Kill my heart
 Release  all my pain
 I'm shouting  out louder
 Insanity takes hold over  me
 Turning away from the wall
 Nothing I can see
The  scream deep inside
 reflecting another  person in my heart
 He calls me  from within
 "All existence you  see before you
 must be wiped out :
 Dream,  Reality, Memories,
 and Yourself"
 (Solo) (5:58-6:42)
 (Verse 3) (6:52-7:31)
 I begin to lose  control of myself
 My lust is so blind,  destroys my mind
 Nobody can stop  my turning to madness
 No matter  how you try  to hold me  in your heart
 Why do you wanna  raise these walls?
 I don't know the meaning of  hatred
 My brain gets blown  away hearing words  of lies
 I only want  to hold your love

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Readable chord sheet for Art Of Life by X JAPAN

(0:00 - 1:16)

C7M  [B7]  (Strum up and down starting at the A string)

(1:17-2:58)
[Em]Desert Rose
Why do you [B]live alone?
[D] If you are sad
I'll make you [C]leave this li[B7]fe
[Em]  Are you white, blue or [D]bloody red?
[C] All I [Am]can see is drowning in [D]cold [B7]grey [Em]sand

The winds of time
You knock me [B]to the ground
[D] I'm dying of thirst
I wanna [A]run away
[C] I don't know how to set me [G]free to[C] li[Bm]ve
[D] My mind [B7]cries out feeling [Em]pain [D]
I've [G]been roaming to [B7]find myself
How [C]long have I been feeling [D]endless hurt?
Falling [G]down, rain flows in[B7]to my heart
In the [C]pain I'm [A]waiting for [D]you
[B7]Can't go [Em]back
No place to [D]go back to
Life is [A]lost, Flowers [C]fall
[B7]If it's all [Em]dreams
Now wake me [B7]up
If it's all [D]real
[B7] Just kill [Em]me

(2:59-3:44)
(4 Beats each)
[Em]  [D]  [C]  [B]

(2 Beats each)
[C]   [D]  [Em] <--(4 Beats) (x2)

[Em] [D]  [Em]  [Em]

(3:45-3:55)Mini-Solo
[D] [Em] [D] [C] [D]

(3:56-4:09)
[G5] [G5] [A5]      [D] [Dsus4] [D]  [G5] [G5] [A5]      [D] [Dsus4] [D] [C] [D] [G5] [G5] [A5] [Em]

(4:10-4:51)
I'm making the [Em]wall inside my [G]heart
I don't wanna [D]let my emotions [Em]get out
It scares [Em]me to look at the [C]world
Don't [D]want to[B] find mysel[Em]f lost in you[Em]r ey[D]es
[C] I tried to [D]drown my past in [G]grey [B]
[C] I never wa[A]nna feel more [D]pain [B]
[C] Ran away fr[D]om you without s[G]aying any [B]words
[C] What I don't [D]wanna lose is [Em]love

(Verse 2) (5:16-5:56)
Through my [C]eyes
Time [G]goes by like [Am]tears
My [Em]emotion's los[F]ing the color of [G]life
Kill my [C]heart
Re[G]lease all my [Am]pain
I'm [Em]shouting out [F]louder
Insanity takes [G]hold [E]over me

[Am]  Turning away from the wall
[F]  Nothing I can see
[G]The scream deep inside
reflecting a[C]nother person in my [Em]heart
He calls m[Am]e from within
"All existence [F]you see before you

must be wiped out :
[G]  Dream,[E] Reality, [Am]Memories,
and Yourself"

(Solo) (5:58-6:42)
[D] [F] [D] [G]

[E] [Am] [C] [F7]

[Am] [B] [C] [D]

[B] [Em] [C] [A]

[Am] [B] [C] [D]

[B] [Em] [C] [D] [B]

(Verse 3) (6:52-7:31)
I begin to [G]lose control of my[C]self
My lust is so [D]blind, destroys my [G]mind[B]
Nobody can [Em]stop my turning to [C]madness
No [D]matter how you [B]try to hold m[Em]e in your he[Em]art [D]
[C] Why do you [D]wanna raise these [B]walls[B]?
[C] I don't know the [A]meaning [D]of hatr[B]ed
[C] My brain gets [D]blown away hearing [G]words of [B]lies
[C] I only [D]want to hold your [Em]love

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