Dream Theater – Solitary Shell (Guitar)

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C# B G#
       He seemed no different from the rest

C# B E
       Just a healthy normal boy

C# B G#
       His mama always did her best

C# B E
       And he was his daddy's pride and joy

C# B G#
      He learned to walk and talk on time

C# B E
      But never cared much to be held

C# B G#
      And steadily he would decline

C# B E
      Into his solitary shell.

B                    A               E
As a boy, he was considered somewhat odd.

B                              A     E
Kept to himself most of the time.

B                        A               E
He would daydream in and out of his own world,

       A                       B
But in every other way, he was fine.

       E
He's a Monday morning lunatic

   B
Disturbed from time to time.

  A
Lost within himself

       E        B
In his solitary shell.

E
Temporary catatonic

 B
Madman on occasion

     A
When will he break out

       E        B         E
Of his solitary shell?

C# B G#
      He struggled to get through his day

C# B E
      He was helplessly behind

C# B G#
      He poured himself onto the page

C# B E
      Writing for hours at a time.

B                          A         E
As a man, he was a danger to himself.

B                          A         E
Fearful and sad most of the time.

B                          A         E
He was drifting in and out of sanity.

       A                       B
But in every other way, he was fine.

       E
He's a Monday morning lunatic

   B
Disturbed from time to time

  A
Lost within himself

       E        B
In his solitary shell

E
A momentary maniac

     B
with casual delusions.

A
When will he be let out

       E        B
Of his solitary shell?