Aquatic Race chords by Ayreon

Album: The Source (2017)

Ship’s Crew:
(N.C.)
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
(N.C.)
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
(N.C.)
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
(N.C")
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race

Instrumental:
B Bm B E D
B G B Bm B G#
G B G# G E D

Historian:
B
Our world is ruined

Captain:
B
No turning back

Historian:
B
Their fate is cruel

Captain:
B
Their future black

Historian:
B
Last Day is here

Captain:
B
They lost all power

Historian:
B
The end is near

Captain:
B
It’s zero hour

Historian:
B
Our time is short

Captain:
B
We need to leave

Historian:
B
We’re all aboard

Captain:
B
We’re all complete

Historian:
B
All set to go

Captain:
B
Switch engines on

Historian:
B
Set your controls

Captain:
B
We leave at dawn

Opposition Leader:
E      D        C#
This time we won’t depend on cold machinery
     D           C#m
I always knew where that could lead
E      D       C#
This time we plan ahead and form our strategy
E   D     Gm
No computers, no machines

Diplomat:
Gm  F     D#   A#        F Gm
Hibernation now begins, our minds allowed to dream
E       A#         D
Eternity will course through our veins
Gm   F        D#   A#        Gm
Transformation will set in, the Source is flowing free
   A#  F  A#     D
Augmenting our brains, forever... forever!

Historian:
Bm    B
Our final chance

Captain:
B
Our final leap

Historian:
B
We’ll be in trance

Captain:
B
We’ll be asleep

Historian:
B
What will we dream?

Captain:
B
Will it seem real?

Historian:
B
What will we see?

Captain:
B
How will we feel?

President:
E    D          C#
I say we change our ways and learn from the past
E     D        C#
We cannot make the same mistakes
E    D         C#
I say we start today, this chance may be our last
E      D       Gm
Our people’s futures are at stake

Counsolers:
Gm  F      D#     A#         Gm
Rejuvenation will begin, our thoughts allowed to stray
F       A#      D
Infinity will liberate our minds
Gm  F      D# A#       Gm
Immortality sets in, wash our fears away
A#  F        A#    D Bm
Leave all our doubts behind, forever

Instrumental:
Em D A Em A
Em B Em C G
D A C Em G A
Am G B Em

Chemist:
Am        G
Let the fluid in, wash away
F#          F
Immerse yourself into this realm of liquid dreams
Am     G           F#
Everlasting life, drown away your past
            F
Allow yourself to drift beyond the bounds of death,
            Em
and reach out for infinity

Biologist:
Em
Get ready for takeoff

Astronomers:
        E
and forget the ‘Frame

Biologist:
E
Get ready to shake off

Astronomers:
E
all the guilty chains

Biologist:
      Em
Our ship is departing

Astronomers:
A
to a far-off place

Biologist:
  Em
Our saga is starting

Astronomers:
B     Em
an aquatic race

Ship’s Crew:
Em        G         D
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
            C       Em
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
      G     A  Am
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
      G      B    Em
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race

Chemist:
Am           G
Embrace our future home beneath the tides
F#         F
Soon we will be one with our new ocean world
     Am   G          F#
Time without an end, life without a care
            F
Allow yourself to sail beyond the fringe of time,
            Em
and reach out for eternity

Biologist:
Em
Get ready for takeoff

Astronomers:
Em
and forget the ‘Frame

Biologist:
  E
Get ready to shake off

Astronomers:
E
all the guilty chains

Biologist:
E
Our ship is departing

Astronomers:
   A
to a far-off place

Biologist:
  Em
Our saga is startin

Astronomers:
  B    Em
an aquatic race

Ship’s Crew:
Em          G        D
Get ready for takeoff and forget the ‘Frame
            C
Get ready to shake off all the guilty chains
Em G      A         Am
Our ship is departing to a far-off place
      G      B
Our saga is starting, an aquatic race

Outro:
B G# G B