Dream Theater – Voices (Guitar)

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[Intro] Badd#11 A5 A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A G5/A F5/A F(b5) A5 A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A G5 F5 A5 A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A G5/A F5/A F(b5) A5 A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A G5 F5 A5 A5 (x2) E5 A5 G5 (x2) A5 A5 (x2) [Verse 1]

A7   A6      Dm9/A              Em/A
'Love, just        don't stare'

A7               A6
   He used to say    to me

Dm9/A           Em/A
Every Sunday morning

A7                A6
The spider in the window

    Dm9/A             Em/A
The angel in the pool

    A7                  A6
The old man takes the poison

        Dm9/A  Em/A      A
Now the widow makes the rules

[Instrumental] A A6/F# Dm9/A Dm7/G G (x2) [Verse 2]

     A7     A6/F#             Dm9/A   Em/G
'So speak,         I'm right here'

               A7
She used to say to me

A6/F#       Dm9/A        Em/G
   Not a word, not a word

A9              A6add9
Judas on the ceiling

Aadd9(b13) Asus2 The Devil in my bed

         A9              A6add9
I guess Easter's never coming

Aadd9(b13)                      Asus2   A6   Dm9/A    Em/A  Asus2
   So I'll just wait inside my head

[Chorus]

Fmaj7#11
Like a scream but sort of silent

                          Aadd9
Living off my nightmares

D/A       Dm/A      C#5 B5 A5
Voices repeating me

Fmaj7#11    D/A               G5                      A
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."

D/A        Dm/A       C#5 B5 A5
Voices discussing me

Fmaj7#11
"Others steal your thoughts

                    G5            G9
They're not confined within your mind."

[Post-Chorus] E5 A5 G5 (x2) [Verse 3]

Am
Thought disorder, dream control

Now they read my mind on the radio

F#m
    But where was the Garden of Eden?

Am
I feel elated, I feel depressed

Sex is death, Death is sex

Em
    Says it right here on my Crucifix

[Chorus]

Fmaj7#11
Like a scream but sort of silent

                          Aadd9
Living off my nightmares

D/A       Dm/A      C#5 B5 A5
Voices repeating me

Fmaj7#11    D/A               G5                      A
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."

D/A        Dm/A       C#5 B5 A5
Voices discussing me

Fmaj7#11
"Others steal your thoughts

                    G5            G9
They're not confined within your mind."

[Breakdown: Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo reading from the book "Cultural Revolution"]

A2
"I don't want to be here, cause of my

A2(#5) Suffering, cause of my illness

     A2
Only love is worth having, only

         G7sus4       G7
Love is what matters, loving every

G7sus4        G7
People on equal terms

Am7
"You've got to know who you're

Am7
Dealin' with because, like a stranger

Am7
A-heh, just might come in through

Am7
Here with a gun... and then, what

Am7
Would you do? (Heh.)

Am7
Everything is immaterial

Am7
'n' you know that reality is immaterial

Asus2                  A7    A6   Fmaj7#11/A
This is not reality

[Verse 4]

    A5add9
I'm kneeling on the floor

A9/G
Staring at the wall

          A6add9/F#
Like the spider in the window

Am9(b13) I wish that I could speak

          Asus2
Is there fantasy in refuge?

A7
God in politicians?

         A6add9/F#
Should I turn on my religion?

These demons in my head tell me to [Instrumental A5 F5/A C5/A D5/A B7/A E5/A F5/A G5/A [Verse 5]

A5                       A7
   I'm lying here in bed

                            F#5
Swear my skin is inside out

F5 F5(b5) Just another Sunday morning

 F5      A5
Seen my diary on the newsstand

             A7
Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand

        F#5
It's a shame no one is praying

F5 F5(b5) F5 Cause these voices in my head keep saying [Bridge 1]

A5              F5/A
"Love, just don't stare

C5                             D5/A
Reveal the Word when you're supposed to"

    B7/A
Withdrawn and introverted

   E5/A
Infectiously perverted

        F5/A
"Being laughed at and confused

         Gsus4     G5    Gsus2  G5        A5         F(b5)  Fmaj7#11
Keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay"

[Guitar Solo] A A9 F#m7 Dm7/F (x3) [Bridge 2]

A5
Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting

A7
Twentieth century Icon bleeding

A6
Willing to risk Salvation

Am7
To escape from isolation

A5
I'm witness to redemption

A7
Heard you speak but never listened

A6
Can you rid me of my secrets?

Am7
Deliver us from Darkness?

[Chorus]

Fmaj7#11
Voices repeating me

A5                                                      C#5 C5 B5
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."

Fmaj7#11
Voices discussing me

D/A
Don't expect your own Messiah

      G5             Gsus2       G5
This neverworld which you desire

   Bbsus2
Is only in your mind

[Outro] E7 E6 Eaug E2 E7 E6 Eaug D9