Intro
Bm
In calculated silence
Em
Captivated by the violence of the play
G F#
Fifteen years ago today
G F# Bm
Oh, an evil evolution
A Em
Will bring a feeble institution to its knees
G F#
Oh doctor, can't you see?
Bm Em
That when the hands of fate
G F#
Fall on the midnight hour
Bm Em
Behind this mask of hate
G F#
I don the devil's power
Breakdown
Bm F# Bm F# G F#
These are the devil's eyes!
Verso 1:
Bm
A former portrait of perfection
F#
Painted without plight
Em
Now Haddonfield's my battlefield
G F#
Your kids won't make it home tonight
Bm
With a madness void of reason
F#
I kill with every strike
Em
I'll haunt you day after day
G F# G
Knife after knife
F# F#
Taking life after life
Bm Em
When the hands of fate
G F#
Fall on the midnight hour
Bm Em
Behind this mask of hate
G F#
I don the devil's power
B Em
If there's life in the shadows
G F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
F#
Stabbing in the dark
Bm
Verso 2:
G Bm
You'll learn a heartless human harvest
F#
Feeds this festival of flesh
Em
Stalking at the top
Scream of the crop
G F#
A silent cut above the rest
Bm
Where blood's thicker than water
F#
I've carved up quite a scene
Em
With your worst fears carved on this white veneer
G F#
I'll change the face of Halloween
Breakdown
G F#
You can't kill the boogeyman!
Bm Em
When the hands of fate
G F#
Fall on the midnight hour
Bm Em
Behind this mask of hate
G F#
I don the devil's power
Bm Em
If there's life in the shadows
G F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
Bm
Stabbing in the dark
Sound Bit
Bm
All units respond
Multiple fatalities reported on Orange Grove Ave
Bm
Suspect has been identified as one Michael Myers
He is armed and extremely dangerous
Bm
Shoot to kill, I repeat, shoot to kill, over
Ponte:
Em
I am a shadow where there once was light
F#
Strangling all signs of life
Em
It's either you or some kid down the street
G
The choice is yours
F#
Trick or fuckin' treat!
Solo
(Chorus Rythm and chords)
Bm Em G F# (x2)
Bm Em
When the hands of fate
G F#
Fall on the midnight hour
Bm Em
Behind this mask of hate
G F#
I don the devil's power
Bm Em
If there's life in the shadows
G F#
Let the knife leave its mark
G F#
When the certainty of safety feels like stabbing
Bm
Stabbing in the dark