A Nightmare To Remember chords by Dream Theater

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

| = 1 bar

🎸 Intro:
|BbmBbm Bbm5b x8
|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x4
|C minorCm


🎸 Verse 1:

C minorCm
I've got a nightmare to remember, I'll never be the same
C minorCm
What began as laughter so soon would turn to pain
C minorCm
The sky was clear and frigid, the air was thick and still
C minorCm
Now I'm not one to soon forget and I bet I never will

|Eb5Eb5 C5C5 Bb5Bb5 C5C5|Eb5Eb5 C5C5 Eb5Eb5 F5F5| x2

C minorCm
Picture for a moment the perfect irony
C minorCm
A augmentedA flawless new beginning eclipsed by tragedy
C minorCm
The uninvited stranger started dancing on his own
C minorCm
So we said goodbye to the glowing bride and made our way back home

🎸 Chorus:
F minorFm      C minorCm    G minorGm
Life was so simple then
BbmBbm       C majorC
We were so innocent
F minorFm      C majorC G minorGm
Father and mother
BbmBbm     C4 C majorC
holding each other

🎸 Verse 2:

C minorCm
Without warning
G minorGm
Out of nowhere
C minorCm
Like a bullet
G minorGm
From the night
C minorCm
Crushing glass
G minorGm
Rubber and steel
C minorCm
Scorching fire
G minorGm
Glowing lights
C minorCm
Screams of terror
G minorGm
Pain of fear
C minorCm
Sounds of sirens
G minorGm
Smoke in my eyes
C minorCm
Sudden stillness
G minorGm
wrapped in silence
C minorCm
No more screaming
G minorGm
No more cries

🎸 Chorus:

EbmEbm      B minorBm
Stunned and bewildered
DmDm     F minorFm
Cold and afraid
C minorCm      AbmAbm
Torn up and broken
B minorBm       D MajorD
Frightened and dazed
x2:

|EbmEbm |EbmEbm |C minorCm |C minorCm
|EbmEbm |EbmEbm |FF |FF |FF |F7F7
|C minorCm |F7F7 x2

🎸 Verse 3:

C minorCm             FF
Lying on the table in this unfamiliar place
C minorCm              FF
I'm greeted by a stranger, a man without a face
     C minorCm             FF
He said, "Son do you remember? Do you even know your name?"
     C minorCm
Then he shined a light into my eyes and said
 FF
"Take this for the pain"

|AbAb |Bb majorBb |C minorCm |Cm7Cm7 x2

🎸 Bridge:

AbAb          Bb majorBb          C minorCm
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
   AbAb         Bb majorBb           C4 C majorC
I am endlessly falling, lost in this wonderful misery
  AbAb          Bb majorBb
In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
   G minorGm          AbAb
and thought of the panic inside starts to fade
AbAb          Bb majorBb         DbDb
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony

|C minorCm |F7F7 x2

🎸 Verse 4:

C minorCm               FF
"Tell me, does this hurt you?" said the faceless man
     C minorCm                 FF
"Can you move all of your fingers? Can you try your best to stand?"
  C minorCm
I asked about the others
  FF
"Is everyone okay?"
  C minorCm             FF
He told me not to worry as he turned and looked away

🎸 Bridge:

AbAb          Bb majorBb          C minorCm
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony
   AbAb         Bb majorBb           C4 C majorC
I am endlessly falling, lost in this wonderful misery
  AbAb          Bb majorBb
In peaceful sedation, I lay half awake
   G minorGm          AbAb
and thought of the panic inside starts to fade
AbAb          Bb majorBb         DbDb
Hopelessly drifting, bathing in beautiful agony

Guitar and Keyboard 🎸 Solo:
|EbmEbm C minorCm| x16
|FF |Bb majorBb |FF |AbAb |Bb majorBb x4
|EbmEbm C minorCm| x16
|FF |Bb majorBb |FF |AbAb |Bb majorBb x4

|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x4

🎸 Bridge 2:

A minorAm         F minorFm
Day after day and night after night
AbAb
Replaying the events
     BB
Did they ever see the red light?
GbGb       DmDm
Over and over, scene by scene
F minorFm             AbmAbm
Like a recurring nightmare haunting my dreams
EbmEbm           B minorBm
How can you prepare for what would happen next?
  DmDm               F minorFm
No son should ever have to see his father such a mess
    C minorCm            AbmAbm
It's a miracle he lived, it's a blessing no one died
    B minorBm         DmDm
By the grace of God above, everyone survived

|F minorFm |Fm5b |F4 |FF x6

Final 🎸 Chorus:

F minorFm      C minorCm    G minorGm
Life was so simple then
BbmBbm       C majorC
We were so innocent
F minorFm           C minorCm G minorGm
It will stay with us forever
BbmBbm      C4  C majorC
A augmentedA nightmare to remember

|C minorCm
|EbmEbm |B minorBm |DmDm |F minorFm |C minorCm |AbmAbm |B minorBm |DmDm | x5
|EbmEbm