A Broken Man chords by Dream Theater

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Key: Dm

Intro:

D5

Bridge:
D5

Part 1:
Dm Eb Dm Db
Dm Eb Dm Db

Part 2:
D Ab G Db
D Ab G E7

Part 3:
C A F B

Bridge:
D5


Verse 1:
D5
Feel the heat intensify
D5
Steel piercing the skin
D5
Sky on fire electrified
D5
War inside begins
D5
Wrought with guilt abandoning
D5
Comrades lying still
D5
Soulless eyes stare back at me
D5
Broken, sick I feel


Chorus:
G
 What of the dreams?
G
A haunting curse
G7                           Gdim7
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
       Eb
Dead inside
                              D7
Though I've tried, I know I am
  Gbdim  Gm
A broken man


Part 4:
D5
Suffering, suffering inside and shaking
D5
I'm sweating at night
D5
Just trying to find an answer
D5
To feel comfortable with, what, um
D5
Like, what did I witness?


Verse 2:
D5
Swaying, praying
Ab
Trying to escape
G
Laughing, crying
Fm
More than one can take
D
Haunting, taunting
Ab
Will not let me be
G
Hypnotizing
        E7
And not letting go of me


Verse 3:
Dm
Stranglehold, dreams unfold
Ab(b5)/D
Helpless, can't break free
G/D
Memories, blood red sky
Dmmaj7
Rain  down on me
Dm
Battle cry, war inside
Ab(b5)/D
Senseless tragedy
G/D
Shock and awe, numb and raw
E7
Suffocating me


Bridge:
C
Nightmare, will this never end?
A
Flashback, I'm unravelling
F
Misery can't break free
B                      D5
Wasted lives cast aside


Chorus:
G
 What of the dreams?
G
A haunting curse
G7                           Gdim7
Toxic and bleak, I'm getting worse
       Eb
Dead inside
                              D7
Though I've tried, I know I am
  Gbdim  Gm D5
A broken man


Organ Solo:
D5


Synth Lead Solo 2:
D5


Part 5:
F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5
F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5


Guitar Solo:
F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5
F5 Eb5 F5 Eb5


Part 6:
D5


Bridge:
D5


Chorus:
G
 What of the dreams?
                             G7
What can I learn? What can I learn?
                       Gdim7
Nor can erase, forever burn
            G
Forever burn
G
What of the dreams?
                               Ddim7
Inflamed and torn Inflamed and torn
                                Dbdim7
And now I wish I had never been born
Dbdim7
Never been, never been,


Bridge:
       Cdim7                             D7
All is lost, I've done all I can, I swear
                      Gm
This cross is mine to bare
       Fdim7     G       Cm
Broken man, only one remedy
   Cm/Bb        Cm7b5
He waits patiently
             Eb        Dbdim7 D5
Peaceful and free for eternity