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