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  THE IDOL    - by W.A.S.P
  --------     from the album - 'The Crimson Idol'
         transcribed by ericb@ecr.mu.oz.au [ENRICO BETTIO]

to play along with the album, put a capo on the first fret


intro:
      Dm                             Bb             C
E-||-----1---0-1---3----1---5--3---|-1----0---------3----1----0---||
B-||----3-----------3----3---3--3--|-----------3------1----1------||
G-||o------------------------------|---3----3----------0----0----o||
D-||o-0----0-----0----0----0-------|----3----3-------------------o||
A-||-------------------------------|-1----1----1----3----3----3---||
E-||-------------------------------|------------------------------||


then:
     Dm                       Dm7sus2
E-||--1----------------------|-0----------------------|
B-||--3----------------------|-1----------------------|
G-||o-2----------------------|-2----------------------|
D-||o-0----------------------|-0----------------------|
A-||-------------------------|------------------------|
E-||-------------------------|------------------------|

   Bb/D                     C/D
E-|-1----------------------|-3------------3---1---0--||
B-|-3----------------------|-1-------------1---1-----||
G-|-3----------------------|-0--------------0---0---o||
D-|-0----------------------|-0----------------------o||
A-|------------------------|-------------------------||
E-|------------------------|-------------------------||

the next few lines are played over the above chords:

Will I be alone this morning?
Will I need my (friends?)?
Something just to ease away my pain.

No-one ever sees the loneliness
Behind my face
I am just a prisoner to my fame

then pick through the following chords a few times:

||: Dm     | C      | Gm      | Dm     :||


   Dm
If I could only stand,
		  C
and stare in the mirror would I see
Gm            C           Dm
  One fallen hero with a face like me
Dm                                C
  And if I scream, could anybody hear me
Gm                C                       Dm
  If I smash the silence you'll see what fame has done to me


Bb               C                 Dm
  Kiss away the pain and leave me lonely
Bb             C            Dm
  I'll never know if loves a lie.. being..
Bb          C           Dm
  crazy in paradise is easy
Bb                 C          Bb       Gm
  do you see the prisoners in my eye


	     Dm               C    \
where's the love.. to shelter me   |  X 2
	 Bb       C                |
give me love...  come set me free  /


then the solo..
over the chords:

||: Dm          | C             |
 | Gm           | F F/E Dm     :||
                  \-------/
                   not too sure
                  about this part

the rest just repeats parts from above

I hope there arent too many mistakes
bye now
eric