B5     F  A  E   D         E
B         A  E   D         E
B            E   D           E
B         E      D     F     E
B      A        D   E   B    E
D     B          E  G   B
E    G
A           C
Clouds pass over the moon
                 B               F#
Like an eye that shows impending doom
     A             C            B
Tension in this misty air
A           C
Souls pass into the room
B                      F#
Drawn in by a lost memory
A                             C
You will join them in the moonlight

[Chorus]
B5                 B E
You are my offering
E             D
Your soul transcends
       E         B
The centuries of pain
     E           D
Your misery in life
D       E          B
Is your ecstasy in death

[Break]

E   G   B      E    G

[Verse 1]
A                C
Time passes like the wind
      B                 F#
As we race to beat days dusky grin
A              C        B
Mornings just a moment away
     A                 C
Your body glistens in candlelight
 B                   F#
As we all look on in fiendish delight
A              C
The ritual is just beginning

[Verse 2]
B               E
Come fulfill the prophecy
       D            F
With our demons of debauchery
 B                       E
As virgins and spectres sing
D                  E          B
This madness will never cease

[Break]

E   G   B      E

[Bridge]
G             B
In the dead of night
B
You will follow
 E                 G      B
In the footsteps of many others
B
Who have come before
E            G       B
I will show you the altar
B
Your Aztec eyes, Egyptian hair
      E        B              D
Your beauty bestoved upon my lair
      B                          E
I´ve loved you before, in other lives
E                 G
But you´ve never meant as much to me
C                    D         B
Never meant as much to me as now

[Break]

D    E    A#    C    B
D    E    A#    C

[Verse 3]
B                 D
In this night of sacrifice
      E
where blood is spilt
     C           B
That will never spill again
       D
But in your linen robes
E       A#
We want you now
E       A#
We want you now
F          G                  B
You could never ask for more than that

[Break]

E   G   B      E   G

[Chorus]
B             F
You are my offering
E    D
Your soul transcends
F     E      B
The centuries of pain
 E              D
Your misery in life
        E
Is your ecstasy in
B                E
Come fulfill the prophecy
          D         E
With our demons of debauchery
B          E             D
This madness will never cease