Dream Theater – The Spirit Carries On (Guitar)

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(Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory) for keyboard I used a midi file from Jordan Rudess forums or something like that to help work out the chords. I have included the voice changes I use so check out [Verse]

D                       D/F#
Where did we come from, why are we here?

G                      D     D/C#
Where do we go when we die?

Bm                Bm/A
What lies beyond, and what lay before?

   E/G#                A
Is anything certain in life?

           D                        D/F#
They say, "Life is too short", "The here and the now"

     G                     D      D/C#
And "You're only given one shot"

    B5                        Bm/A
But could there be more, have I lived before,

   E/G#                         Asus4    A
Or could this be all that we've got?

[Chorus]

G          A                  D       D/C#      Bm
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe

                 G         Em             D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on

[Instrumental] D A/D G Em D A/D G Asus4 A [Verse]

  D                        D/F#
I used to be frightened of dying

  G                           D     D/C#
I used to think death was the end

    Bm                       Bm/A
But that was before, I'm not scared anymore

  E/G#                       A
I know that my soul will transcend

  D                      D/F#
I may never find all the answers

  G                    D     D/C#
I may never understand why

  Bm                     Bm/A
I may never prove what I know to be true

      E                         A
But I know that I still have to try

[Chorus]

G            A                D       D/C#      Bm
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe

                 G         A     (Organ)  D     C/D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on

Em                 D#                        D                    E
Move on, be brave, don't weep at my grave, because I am no longer here

    G                     Em                Bm
But please never let your memory of me disappear

[Guitar Solo] Bm Bb D E E/G# G A x2 D D/C# Bm Bm/A G A [Piano run/single notes] (Piano) B C# D C# D E D E F# E F# A Then repeat an octave higher G Em C Asus4 A [Organ and Piano]

D                      D (Lower inversion)
Safe in the light that surrounds me

G                        D    D/C#
Free of the fear and the pain

    Bm                    Bm/A
The question in mind, has helped me to find

    E/G#                A
The meaning in my life again

   D               D/C#
Victoria's real, I finally feel

   G                         D
At peace with the girl in my dreams

    Bm                      Bm/A
And now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear

  E/G#                       Asus4  A
I found out what all of this means

[Chorus]

G          A                  D       D/C#      Bm    Bm/A
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe

                 G         Em             D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on

D A/D G Em / D A/D G Asus4 A /________ Play the same as in the D A/D G Em \ instrumental section D A/D G Asus4 A \ Then D A/D G Em D A/D G G Dsus4/A D