The Gift Of Music chords by Dream Theater

Chords with lyrics

Intro
A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA G+G


A augmentedA
Far in the distant future
A augmentedA            G+G
Beyond the pages of our time
A augmentedA
Cold-blooded wicked tyrants
A augmentedA            E minorEm
Threaten the freedom of mankind

C majorC
Corruption, lust, and greed
A augmentedA          G+G
Define the new nobility
       FF
Changing the course of history


D MajorD
Across the vast North Empire
D MajorD             C majorC
Most people struggle to survive
D MajorD
Living a meek existence
D MajorD              A augmentedA
Where they're secludedly oppressed


G+G          DmDm
We are living day to day
G+G             DmDm
Forced to bear the lion's share
C majorC                  Bb majorBb
People just don't have the time for music anymore
  A minorAm
And no one seems to care


 G minorGm
My friends have seen the Chosen One
  Bb majorBb
Our quest for freedom has begun
E MajorE
He will be the answer to our prayers

A augmentedA
There walks a god among us
A augmentedA               G+G
Who's seen the writing on the wall
A augmentedA
He is the revolution
A augmentedA              E minorEm
He'll be the one to save us all

[fast fill/riff]
Eb-E-A-D-E-Eb-C-A


G minorGm         DmDm
My brother Gabriel
  C majorC          FF
Is all the hope we need
G minorGm       FF   Bb majorBb  C majorC   FF
Shining like a beacon in the night

G minorGm          DmDm
Shepherd of Ravenskill
 C majorC        DmDm
A augmentedA reason to believe
Eb MajorEb
Music is the gift he brings
C minorCm          FF
The songbird stops to listen when he sings

(guitar solo)
E minorEm        A augmentedA
E minorEm Em/F# Em/GEm/G  A augmentedA
C majorC         A minorAm
G+G         FF

(organ solo/instrumental craziness)
E minorEm (based in Em, but it gets too crazy to transcribe right now)
(this section ends on a G+G note, in G minorGm or Em, not sure)

(3:30 onwards, my favourite riff, wish it was longer)

[chords]
[bass/riff]
C majorC      G+G
C majorC -- D MajorD - E MajorE -- G+G - F#F# --

A minorAm
A augmentedA -- BB - C majorC -- E MajorE - F#-G-F#-D -- BB -

C majorC
C -- A augmentedA - G+G - F#F# -- G+G --


C majorC
C -- D MajorD - E MajorE -- G+G - F#F# --

FF
F -- G+G - A augmentedA -- BB - C majorC - E-F-F#-G-

D MajorD    C majorC      FF -- E minorEm --
D MajorD -- BB - C majorC -- A augmentedA - G+G - FF -- E MajorE --
[above section x2]

(the end)
D MajorD - C majorC

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