Strahd's Fall

[Verse 1 ] [Am G F Am] Once there was a nobleman who ruled his land alone [Am G Dm Am] He stood upon a tower in a castle made of stone [Am G E F] His brother was the only one whose love he'd ever known [Am D Dm Am] The man grew old and solitary to the very bone [Verse 2 ] [Am G F Am] Up until the fateful day his path would intersect [Am G Dm Am] With the red-haired daughter of the local architect [Am G E F] She had beauty, wit and fire, all to great effect [Am D Dm Am] The nobleman, filled with desire, was desperate to connect [Chorus] [Am F] He was falling falling falling, falling [G Am] In love, a newfound thrill [Am Dm] Just falling falling falling [G C Em] But he couldn’t get his fill [Am F E F] Because she didn’t feel the same, and prob’ly never will [Am F G F… Am] He was falling falling falling… [No instrumental] all while she was standing still [Verse 3] [Am G F Am] She saw his younger brother, not a gray hair on his head [Am G Dm Am] The looks they gave each other filled the older man with dread [Am G E F] He would not see his fire-haired girl with someone else instead [Am D Dm Am] But before he intervened, the pair had plans to wed [Chorus] [Am F G Am] They were falling falling falling falling, perfectly aligned [Am Dm G C Em] They were falling falling falling as their fates were intertwined [Am F E F] Truth be told, they thought the older brother wouldn’t mind [Am F G F] But when he saw the happy pair, he started to unwind [Pause] [Verse 4] [Am G F Am] Just before the wedding day, his feelings all were told [Am G Dm Am] The girl said that she loved him, as an uncle, kind and old [Am G E F] At wit’s end, he traveled to a temple colored gold [Am D Dm Am] In return for eternal youth, his immortal soul he sold [Pause] [Chorus] [Am F G Am] He was falling falling falling into madness and despair [Am Dm G C Em] He gave up his humanity within that evil lair [Am F E F] He simply had to have that girl, with the blood-red hair [Am F G F Am] He was falling falling falling and he didn't even care [Verse 5] [Am G F Am] The man, turned monster, found them both beneath their wedding bower [Am G Dm Am] The only two who loved him would both die within the hour [Am G E F] First he struck his brother dead not knowing his own power [Am D Dm Am] [Breathe] Second, seeing what he was, the girl leapt from the tower [Chorus] [Am F G Am] SHE WAS FALLING FALLING FALLING FALLING FROM THE WINDOWSILL! [Am Dm G C Em] SHE WAS FALLING FROM THE CREATURE AND THE BROTHER THAT HE’D KILLED! [Am F E F] BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FEEL THE SAME, AND NOW SHE NEVER WILL! [Am F G F] SHE WAS FALLING FALLING FALLING, ALL WHILE HE WAS STANDING STILL! [Outro] [G Am] And he is standing still...