Dream Theater – The Gift Of Music (Guitar)

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[Intro] A A A D A A A G [Verse]
A
Far in the distant future

A                       G
Beyond the pages of our time

A
Cold-blooded wicked tyrants

A                       Em
Threaten the freedom of mankind

C
Corruption, lust, and greed

A                    G
Define the new nobility

              F
Changing the course of history

D
Across the vast North Empire

D                          C
Most people struggle to survive

D
Living a meek existence

D                           A
Where they're secludedly oppressed

G                    Dm
We are living day to day

G                         Dm
Forced to bear the lion's share

C                                   Bb
People just don't have the time for music anymore

   Am
And no one seems to care

  Gm
My friends have seen the Chosen One

    Bb
Our quest for freedom has begun

E
He will be the answer to our prayers

A
There walks a god among us

A                             G
Who's seen the writing on the wall

A
He is the revolution

A                            Em
He'll be the one to save us all
[fast fill/riff] Eb-E-A-D-E-Eb-C-A [Verse]
Gm                 Dm
My brother Gabriel

   C                    F
Is all the hope we need

Gm              F      Bb    C     F
Shining like a beacon in the night

Gm                    Dm
Shepherd of Ravenskill

  C                Dm
A reason to believe

Eb
Music is the gift he brings

Cm                    F
The songbird stops to listen when he sings
(guitar solo) Em A Em Em/F# Em/G A C Am G F