Ayreon – Aquatic Race (Guitar)

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Album: The Source (2017) [Ship's Crew] (N.C.) Get ready for takeoff and forget the 'Frame (N.C.) Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains (N.C.) Our ship is departing to a far-off place (N.C") Our saga is starting, an aquatic race [Instrumental] B Bm B E D B G B Bm B G# G B G# G E D [Historian]
B
Our world is ruined
[Captain]
B
No turning back
[Historian]
B
Their fate is cruel
[Captain]
B
Their future black
[Historian]
B
Last Day is here
[Captain]
B
They lost all power
[Historian]
B
The end is near
[Captain]
B
It's zero hour
[Historian]
B
Our time is short
[Captain]
B
We need to leave
[Historian]
B
We're all aboard
[Captain]
B
We're all complete
[Historian]
B
All set to go
[Captain]
B
Switch engines on
[Historian]
B
Set your controls
[Captain]
B
We leave at dawn
[Opposition Leader]
E            D               C#
This time we won't depend on cold machinery

         D                     C#m
I always knew where that could lead

E            D              C#
This time we plan ahead and form our strategy

E     D          Gm
No computers, no machines
[Diplomat]
Gm   F          D#      A#                F  Gm
Hibernation now begins, our minds allowed to dream

E             A#                 D
Eternity will course through our veins

Gm      F               D#      A#                Gm
Transformation will set in, the Source is flowing free

      A#   F   A#         D
Augmenting our brains, forever... forever!
[Historian]
Bm        B
Our final chance
[Captain]
B
Our final leap
[Historian]
B
We'll be in trance
[Captain]
B
We'll be asleep
[Historian]
B
What will we dream?
[Captain]
B
Will it seem real?
[Historian]
B
What will we see?
[Captain]
B
How will we feel?
[President]
E        D                   C#
I say we change our ways and learn from the past

E         D                C#
We cannot make the same mistakes

E        D                 C#
I say we start today, this chance may be our last

E            D              Gm
Our people's futures are at stake
[Counsolers]
Gm    F           D#         A#                  Gm
Rejuvenation will begin, our thoughts allowed to stray

F             A#           D
Infinity will liberate our minds

Gm   F           D#  A#             Gm
Immortality sets in, wash our fears away

A#    F                A#       D  Bm
Leave all our doubts behind, forever
[Instrumental] Em D A Em A Em B Em C G D A C Em G A Am G B Em [Chemist]
Am                G
Let the fluid in, wash away

F#                    F
Immerse yourself into this realm of liquid dreams

Am          G                     F#
Everlasting life, drown away your past

                        F
Allow yourself to drift beyond the bounds of death,

                        Em
and reach out for infinity
[Biologist]
Em
Get ready for takeoff
[Astronomers]
                E
and forget the 'Frame
[Biologist]
E
Get ready to shake off
[Astronomers]
E
all the guilty chains
[Biologist]
            Em
Our ship is departing
[Astronomers]
A
to a far-off place
[Biologist]
    Em
Our saga is starting
[Astronomers]
B          Em
an aquatic race
[Ship's Crew]
Em                G                  D
Get ready for takeoff and forget the 'Frame

                       C              Em
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains

            G         A    Am
Our ship is departing to a far-off place

            G            B       Em
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race
[Chemist]
Am                      G
Embrace our future home beneath the tides

F#                  F
Soon we will be one with our new ocean world

         Am     G                   F#
Time without an end, life without a care

                       F
Allow yourself to sail beyond the fringe of time,

                        Em
and reach out for eternity
[Biologist]
Em
Get ready for takeoff
[Astronomers]
Em
and forget the 'Frame
[Biologist]
    E
Get ready to shake off
[Astronomers]
E
all the guilty chains
[Biologist]
E
Our ship is departing
[Astronomers]
     A
to a far-off place
[Biologist]
    Em
Our saga is startin
[Astronomers]
   B       Em
an aquatic race
[Ship's Crew]
Em                    G               D
Get ready for takeoff and forget the 'Frame

                       C
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains

Em  G            A                 Am
Our ship is departing to a far-off place

            G            B
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race
[Outro] B G# G B G# G E D