Barstool Warrior chords by Dream Theater

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro riff on E MajorE

E MajorE F#F#
E MajorE D MajorD C majorC FF A augmentedA
E MajorE C majorC D MajorD
E MajorE G+G

Interlude:
C majorC G+G FF F minorFm
C majorC G+G G MajorG FF Eb MajorEb G+G FF Eb MajorEb D MajorD C majorC
C G+G FF F minorFm
C majorC G+G G MajorG FF Eb MajorEb G+G C majorC

Verse 1:
  E minorEm
In a dark and lonely corner
  C majorC
Of a time-worn dockside inn
   E minorEm
Sits the local barstool warrior
A augmentedA
Talking to his gin
E minorEm
Tracing past decisions
 C majorC
He motions for a shot
E minorEm            A minorAm
Is he doomed to be a man this world forgot?
   FF          G+G
Just a prisoner of the monster on his back


Chorus:
     C majorC  G+G
Call it bad luck, call it fate
   FF        F minorFm
Call it stuck here the rest of my days
     C majorC
Serves me right
     G minorGm
What went wrong?
   G+G   FF Eb MajorEb G+G FF
And where do I belong?


Verse 2:
   E minorEm
In the glow of flashing lights
    C majorC
On the shoulder of the road
B minorBm                 A minorAm
Clutching at the bruises on her skin
E minorEm
She tries to signal danger
  C majorC
With anguish in her eyes
D MajorD                  A minorAm        FF
Will he see the world of pain she's in?
      G+G
Or is it too late?

Chorus:

Interlude:
end with Eb MajorEb A#A# C minorCm

Bridge:
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF DmDm x3
G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF

Bridge:
    G minorGm        Eb MajorEb      FF
Promises made, crying in vain, all empty
DmDm           G minorGm
Never accepting the blame
 Eb MajorEb              FF
And not letting go of the shame

same chords progression

A augmentedA river of tears as months turn to years, all wasted
On someone not willing to change
Now only a shadow remains

DmDm      FF
No one can save you
       G minorGm     FF
And there's no one to save
DmDm        FF
It has been written
C minorCm      Bb majorBb    A minorAm
You will become all you think
  AdimAdim        G+G
All you feel, all you dream


Outro:
G+G               C majorC
Now I'm cutting the anchor away
     C minorCm      G+G
And I won't look back
   DmDm          Eb MajorEb           C majorC
I'm starting a new life today
Eb MajorEb   FF       G minorGm
Now I see where I belong