Dream Theater – Barstool Warrior (Guitar)

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from “Distance over Time” (2019) [Chords in order of appearance] C x32010 G/C x30003 Dm/C x3x231 Fm/C x33111 Gm/C x3x333 Ab/C x3111x F/C x3321x Gm 355333 Ab 466544 F 133211 Em 022000 Cmaj7/E 032000 C#m7b5/E 04545x A x0222x Am/E 002210 Am x0221x G/F 1x0003 Abmaj7 465544 Cmaj9 x3243x Bm x24432 D/F# 2x023x Abmaj7/Eb x66888 Fm/Eb x66868 Ebsus2/D x5334x Bb/D x5333x Cm x35543 Bb x1333x Gm7 3x333x Eb/G 3110xx Bbsus4 x1334x Ebmaj7 x65333 Dm x57765 Eb x6534x Dm7 x57565 Fsus4 133311 Ebsus2 x68866 F/A 5x356x Eb/Bb 66888x Am7b5 x07888 Ebm6 x6x576 D7 x57575 G 320033 D/G 3x777x Am7/G 3x2010 Cm/G 335543 Ebmaj7/Bb 668786 Ebmaj7/G 365333 F6/G 3x056x [Intro guitar solo] C G/C Dm/C Fm/C C Gm/C Ab/C F/C C G/C Dm/C Fm/C C Gm Ab F [Verse 1]
     Em                          Cmaj7/E
In a dark and lonely corner of a time-worn dockside inn

         C#m7b5/E               A
Sits the local barstool warrior talking to his gin

Em                        Am/E
Tracing past decisions he motions for a shot

      C#m7b5/E                         Am
Is he doomed to be a man this world forgot?

       F                              G/F
Just a prisoner of the monster on his back
[Chorus 1]
            C             G/C
Call it bad luck, call it fate

        Dm/C                      Fm/C
Call it stuck here the rest of my days

          C                Gm
Serves me right, what went wrong?

    Abmaj7       F
And where do I belong?
[Verse 2]
       Em                             Cmaj9
In the glow of flashing lights on the shoulder of the road

Bm                              A
Clutching at the bruises on her skin

    Em                          Cmaj9
She tries to signal danger with anguish in her eyes

D/F#                                Am
Will he see the world of pain she's in?

F            G/F
Or is it too late?
[Chorus 2]
           C            G/C
Was it bad luck, was it fate?

     Dm/C                     Fm/C
Or a past that she couldn't escape?

         C                  Gm/C
It's not right, something's wrong

     Ab/C         F/C
Just where do I belong?
[Guitar solo 2] C G/C Dm/C Fm/C C Gm Ab F Abmaj7/Eb Fm/Eb Ebsus2/D Bb/D Cm [Piano break] Cm Abmaj7 Bb Gm7 Eb/G Cm Ab Bbsus4 Gm Cm Abmaj7 Bb Gm7 Eb/G Cm Ab Bbsus4 Bb [Guitar solo 3] Gm Ebmaj7 F Dm Gm Eb F Dm Gm Ebmaj7 F Dm7 Bb/D Gm Eb Fsus4 F [Bridge 1]
         Gm             Ebsus2
Promises made crying in vain

    F      Dm                  Gm
All empty, never accepting the blame

    Ebsus2                Fsus4   F
And not letting go of the shame

           Gm                      Ebsus2
A river of tears as months turn to years

    F         Dm                     Gm
All wasted on someone not willing to change

    Ebsus2          Fsus4   F
Now only a shadow remains
[Bridge 2]
Bb/D       Eb                   Eb/G      F/A
No one can save you and there's no one to save

Gm          F/A
It has been written

Cm         Eb/Bb        Am7b5          Ebm6  D7      G
You will become all you think, all you feel, all you dream
[Finale]
        D/G                Am7/G      Cm/G       G
Now I'm cutting the anchor away and I won't look back

    Dm                    Ebsus2   C   Ebmaj7/Bb
I'm starting a new life today

Ebmaj7/G Ebmaj7 F/A       F6/G F G
Now      I      see where I    belong