Voices chords by Dream Theater

Chords with lyrics

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

Intro:
Badd#11
A5A5 A(b5) Eb5/A
F5/A G5/A F5/A F(b5)
A5A5  A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A
G5G5 F5F5
A5A5 A(b5) Eb5/A
F5/A G5/A F5/A F(b5)
A5A5  A(b5) Eb5/A F5/A
G5G5 F5F5
A5A5 A5A5 (x2)
E5E5 A5A5 G5G5 (x2)
A5A5 A5A5 (x2)

Verse 1:
A7A7  A major 6A6   Dm9/A       Em/A
'Love, just    don't stare'
A7A7        A major 6A6
  He used to say  to me
Dm9/A      Em/A
Every Sunday morning
A7A7        A major 6A6
The spider in the window
  Dm9/A       Em/A
The angel in the pool
  A7A7         A major 6A6
The old man takes the poison
    Dm9/A Em/A   A augmentedA
Now the widow makes the rules

Instrumental:
A augmentedA  A6/F# Dm9/A Dm7/G G+G  (x2)

Verse 2:
   A7A7   A6/F#       Dm9/A  Em/GEm/G
'So speak,     I'm right here'
        A7A7
She used to say to me
A6/F#    Dm9/A    Em/GEm/G
  Not a word, not a word
A9A9       A6add9
Judas on the ceiling
   Aadd9(b13)   Asus2Asus2
The Devil in my bed
     A9A9       A6add9
I guess Easter's never coming
Aadd9(b13)           Asus2Asus2  A major 6A6  Dm9/A  Em/A Asus2Asus2
  So I'll just wait inside my head

Chorus:
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
Like a scream but sort of silent
             Aadd9Aadd9
Living off my nightmares
D/AD/A    Dm/A   C#5C#5 B5B5 A5A5
Voices repeating me
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  D/AD/A        G5G5           A augmentedA
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."
D/AD/A    Dm/A    C#5C#5 B5B5 A5A5
Voices discussing me
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
"Others steal your thoughts
          G5G5      G9G9
They're not confined within your mind."


Post-Chorus:
E5E5  A5A5 G5G5 (x2)


Verse 3:
A minorAm
Thought disorder, dream control

Now they read my mind on the radio
F# minorF#m
  But where was the Garden of Eden?
A minorAm
I feel elated, I feel depressed

Sex is death, Death is sex
E minorEm
  Says it right here on my Crucifix


Chorus:
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
Like a scream but sort of silent
             Aadd9Aadd9
Living off my nightmares
D/AD/A    Dm/A   C#5C#5 B5B5 A5A5
Voices repeating me
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11  D/AD/A        G5G5           A augmentedA
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."
D/AD/A    Dm/A    C#5C#5 B5B5 A5A5
Voices discussing me
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
"Others steal your thoughts
          G5G5      G9G9
They're not confined within your mind."


Breakdown: Dialogue by rap artist Prix-mo reading from the book "Cultural Revolution":
A2
"I don't want to be here, cause of my
 A2(#5)
Suffering, cause of my illness
   A2
Only love is worth having, only
     G7sus4G7sus4    G7G7
Love is what matters, loving every
G7sus4G7sus4    G7G7
People on equal terms
Am7Am7
"You've got to know who you're
Am7Am7
Dealin' with because, like a stranger
Am7Am7
A-heh, just might come in through
Am7Am7
Here with a gun... and then, what
Am7Am7
Would you do? (Heh.)
Am7Am7
Everything is immaterial
Am7Am7
'n' you know that reality is immaterial
Asus2Asus2         A7A7  A major 6A6  Fmaj7#11/A
This is not reality


Verse 4:
  A5add9
I'm kneeling on the floor
A9/G
Staring at the wall
     A6add9/F#
Like the spider in the window
 Am9(b13)
I wish that I could speak
     Asus2Asus2
Is there fantasy in refuge?
A7A7
God in politicians?
     A6add9/F#
Should I turn on my religion?

These demons in my head tell me to


[Instrumental
A5A5 F5/A C5/A D5/A
B7/A E5/A F5/A G5/A


Verse 5:
A5A5            A7A7
  I'm lying here in bed
              F#5F#5
Swear my skin is inside out
          F5F5 F5(b5)
Just another Sunday morning
 F5F5   A5A5
Seen my diary on the newsstand
       A7A7
Seems we've lost the truth to quicksand
    F#5F#5
It's a shame no one is praying
      F5F5     F5(b5)   F5F5
Cause these voices in my head keep saying


Bridge 1:
A5A5       F5/A
"Love, just don't stare
C5C5               D5/A
Reveal the Word when you're supposed to"
  B7/A
Withdrawn and introverted
  E5/A
Infectiously perverted
    F5/A
"Being laughed at and confused
     Gsus4Gsus4   G5G5  Gsus2Gsus2 G5G5    A5A5     F(b5) FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
Keeps us pleasantly amused enough to stay"


Guitar Solo:
A augmentedA  A9A9  F#m7F#m7  Dm7/F  (x3)

Bridge 2:
A5A5
Maybe I'm just Cassandra fleeting
A7A7
Twentieth century Icon bleeding
A major 6A6
Willing to risk Salvation
Am7Am7
To escape from isolation
A5A5
I'm witness to redemption
A7A7
Heard you speak but never listened
A major 6A6
Can you rid me of my secrets?
Am7Am7
Deliver us from Darkness?


Chorus:
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
Voices repeating me
A5A5                           C#5C#5 C5C5 B5B5
"Feeling threatened? We reflect your hopes and fears."
FMaj7#11Fmaj7#11
Voices discussing me
D/AD/A
Don't expect your own Messiah
   G5G5       Gsus2Gsus2    G5G5
This neverworld which you desire
  Bbsus2Bbsus2
Is only in your mind


Outro:
E7E7 E6E6 E+Eaug E2
E7E7 E6E6 E+Eaug D9D9