Dream Theater – A Broken Man (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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[Intro] D5 [Bridge] D5 [Part 1] Dm Eb Dm Db Dm Eb Dm Db [Part 2] D Ab G Db D Ab G E7 [Part 3] C A F B [Bridge] D5 [Verse 1]
D5
Feel the heat intensify

D5
Steel piercing the skin

D5
Sky on fire electrified

D5
War inside begins

D5
Wrought with guilt abandoning

D5
Comrades lying still

D5
Soulless eyes stare back at me

D5
Broken, sick I feel
[Chorus]
G
 What of the dreams?

G
A haunting curse

G7                           Gdim7
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse

       Eb
Dead inside

                              D7
Though I've tried, I know I am

  Gbdim  Gm
A broken man
[Part 4]
D5
Suffering, suffering inside and shaking

D5
I'm sweating at night

D5
Just trying to find an answer

D5
To feel comfortable with, what, um

D5
Like, what did I witness?
[Verse 2]
D5
Swaying, praying

Ab
Trying to escape

G
Laughing, crying

Fm
More than one can take

D
Haunting, taunting

Ab
Will not let me be

G
Hypnotizing

        E7
And not letting go of me
[Verse 3]
Dm
Stranglehold, dreams unfold

Ab(b5)/D
Helpless, can't break free

G/D
Memories, blood red sky

Dmmaj7
Rain  down on me

Dm
Battle cry, war inside

Ab(b5)/D
Senseless tragedy

G/D
Shock and awe, numb and raw

E7
Suffocating me
[Bridge]
C
Nightmare, will this never end?

A
Flashback, I'm unravelling

F
Misery can't break free

B                      D5
Wasted lives cast aside
[Chorus]
G
 What of the dreams?

G
A haunting curse

G7                           Gdim7
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse

       Eb
Dead inside

                              D7
Though I've tried, I know I am

  Gbdim  Gm D5
A broken man
[Organ Solo] D5 [Synth Lead Solo 2] D5 [Part 5] F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 [Guitar Solo] F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 [Part 6] D5 [Bridge] D5 [Chorus]
G
 What of the dreams?

                             G7
What can I learn? What can I learn?

                       Gdim7
Nor can erase, forever burn

            G
Forever burn

G
What of the dreams?

                               Ddim7
Inflamed and torn Inflamed and torn

                                Dbdim7
And now I wish I had never been born

Dbdim7
Never been, never been,
[Bridge]
       Cdim7                             D7
All is lost, I've done all I can, I swear

                      Gm
This cross is mine to bare

       Fdim7     G       Cm
Broken man, only one remedy

   Cm/Bb        Cm7b5
He waits patiently

             Eb        Dbdim7 D5
Peaceful and free for eternity