Beneath The Surface Tab by Dream Theater

Beneath The Surface tab by Dream Theater

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Intro:
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D|---2-------2----------2-----2-------|---2------2----------2-----2------|
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Verse 1:
           Is there ever      really a right time?               You had
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   led me to believe        someday     you'd be there for me.
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B|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|-----4-------4----------------4-----|-----4------4----------------4----|
D|---2-------2----------------2-------|---2------2----------------2------|
A|-4------------------------2---------|-0-----------------------2--------|
E|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

          When the stars     above aligned,                      when you
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  weren't so consumed,      I kept     looking for the clues.
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B|------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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D|---2-------2----------------2-------|---2------2----------------2------|
A|-4------------------------2---------|-0--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------4--------|

Pré-refrà£o 1:
         So I waited   in     the      shadows of my heart
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B|-------0-------------0--------------|-------4-------------4------------|
G|-----2----2----------2--------------|-----4----4----------4------------|
D|---2-----------------2--------------|---4-----------------4------------|
A|------------------------------------|-2-----------2----0---------------|
E|-2-----------2----2-----------------|----------------------------------|

   and still the time was never right.                        Until
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B|-------0-------------0--------------|----------------4-----------------|
G|-----2----2----------2--------------|-----4----4-----------------------|
D|---2-----------------2--------------|---4------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-2-----------2--------------------|
E|-2-----------2----2-----------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus:
  one      day      I      stopped     caring                  and
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B|--------0---0------------0---0------|-------0---0-----------0---0------|
G|-----11-------11-------8-------8----|-----9-------9-------8-------8----|
D|---9-------------9---9-----------9--|---7-----------7---7-----------7--|
A|------------------------------------|-0---------------0----------------|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|----------------------------------|

began     to     forget     why I     longed to be so close.     And I
E|----------0----------------0--------|---------0-----------------0--------|
B|--------0---0------------0---0------|-----------0-----------------0------|
G|-----11-------11-------8-------8----|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|
D|---9-------------9---9-----------9--|-----9---------9-------9---------9--|
A|------------------------------------|---9-------------9---9-------------9|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|-7-----------------7----------------|

  di-----sap----peared       into the     darkness                and the
E|----------0------------------0--------|---------0------------------------|
B|--------0---0--------------0---0------|----------------------------------|
G|-----11-------11--------11-------11---|-----8-------8-------8-------8----|
D|---9-------------9----9-------------9-|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|--------------------------------------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-0-----------------11-----------------|-------------------------7--------|

darkness turned to pain                and never went away         until
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B|---------2---------------2------------|-------5---5-----------4-5-4------|
G|-------2---2-----------2---2----------|-----6-------6-------6-------6----|
D|-----4-------4-------4-------4--------|---6-----------6---6-----------6--|
A|---4-----------4---4-----------4------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

  all    that    remained           was   buried          deep beneath the
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B|-------2---2-------------2------------|-------------0--------------0-----|
G|-----2-------2---------2---2----------|-----2---------2-----4--------4---|
D|---4-----------4-----2-------2--------|---2---2---2-------4---4---4------|
A|-------------------4-----------2------|-0---------------2----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

Intro

  Surface
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D|---2-------2----------2-----2-------|---2------2----------2-----2------|
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E|-0------------------4---------------|-0-----------------2--------------|

E|-------0----------------------------|-------0--------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0---|-------------------------------0--|
G|-----4-------4----------4-----4-----|-----4------4----------4-----4----|
D|---2-------2----------2-----2-------|---2------2----------2-----2------|
A|--------------------------0---------|-------------------4-----0--------|
E|-0------------------4---------------|-0--------------------------------|

Verse 2
      A shell of what things could have been.            Tired
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A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0---------------|-4-------------4----------------|

  bones beneath a veil of guarded secrets, all too frail
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D|---2-------2------2-------2-----|---2-------2------2-------2-----|
A|-4--------------4-------2-------|-0--------------0-------2-------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

       Sad to think I never knew                        you were
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D|---2-------2------2-----------2-|---2------2------2-----------2--|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-0--------------0---------------|-4-------------4----------------|

  searching for the words, for the moment to emerge...
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D|---2-------2------2-------2-----|---2-------2------2-------2-----|
A|-4--------------4-------2-------|-0--------------0---------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------4-------|

Pré-refrà£o 2
         Yet, the moment never          came.
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G|-----2----2----------2--------------|-----4----4----------4------------|
D|---2-----------------2--------------|---4-----------------4------------|
A|------------------------------------|-2-----------2----0---------------|
E|-2-----------2----2-----------------|----------------------------------|

        You couldn't risk my fragile    frame.                  Until
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B|-------0-------------0--------------|----------------4-----------------|
G|-----2----2----------2--------------|-----4----4-----------------------|
D|---2-----------------2--------------|---4------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-2-----------2--------------------|
E|-2-----------2----2-----------------|----------------------------------|

Chorus
  one      day      you    stopped     caring                  and
E|----------0----------------0--------|---------0---------------0--------|
B|--------0---0------------0---0------|-------0---0-----------0---0------|
G|-----11-------11-------8-------8----|-----9-------9-------8-------8----|
D|---9-------------9---9-----------9--|---7-----------7---7-----------7--|
A|------------------------------------|-0---------------0----------------|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|----------------------------------|

began       to   forget     why you     tried to be so close.     And I
E|----------0----------------0--------|---------0-----------------0--------|
B|--------0---0------------0---0------|-----------0-----------------0------|
G|-----11-------11-------8-------8----|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|
D|---9-------------9---9-----------9--|-----9---------9-------9---------9--|
A|------------------------------------|---9-------------9---9-------------9|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|-7-----------------7----------------|

  di----sap-----peared       into the     darkness                and the
E|----------0------------------0--------|---------0------------------------|
B|--------0---0--------------0---0------|----------------------------------|
G|-----11-------11--------11-------11---|-----8-------8-------8-------8----|
D|---9-------------9----9-------------9-|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|--------------------------------------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-0-----------------11-----------------|-------------------------7--------|

darkness turned to pain                and never went away         until
E|--------------------------------------|---------4------------------------|
B|---------2---------------2------------|-------5---5-----------4-5-4------|
G|-------2---2-----------2---2----------|-----6-------6-------6-------6----|
D|-----4-------4-------4-------4--------|---6-----------6---6-----------6--|
A|---4-----------4---4-----------4------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

  all    that    remained           was   buried          deep beneath the surface
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B|-------2---2-------------2------------|-------------0--------------0-----|
G|-----2-------2---------2---2----------|-----2---------2-----4--------4---|
D|---4-----------4-----2-------2--------|---2---2---2-------4---4---4------|
A|-------------------4-----------2------|-0---------------2----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

Solo de teclado: G#m    A    E    B11    *Fazer o A com a forma de E (com a pestana na 5Âª casa)

G#m                           A
    I would scream just to be heard,
                     E
as if yelling at the stars.
                       B11
I was bleeding just to feel.
G#m                       A
    You would never say a word,
                        E
kept me reaching in the dark.
                       B11
Always something to conceal... Until

Pré-refrà£o 3

Chorus
  one      day      I      stopped     caring                  and
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B|--------0----------------0----------|-------0--------------------------|
G|-----11----------------8------------|-----9----------------------------|
D|---9-----------------9--------------|---7------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-0--------------------------------|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|----------------------------------|

began     to     forget     why I     longed to be so close.     And I
E|----------0----------------0--------|---------0-----------------0--------|
B|--------0---0------------0---0------|-----------0-----------------0------|
G|-----11-------11-------8-------8----|-------8-----8-----------8-----8----|
D|---9-------------9---9-----------9--|-----9---------9-------9---------9--|
A|------------------------------------|---9-------------9---9-------------9|
E|-0-----------------0----------------|-7-----------------7----------------|

  di-------sap--------peared into the     darkness                and the
E|----------0------------------0--------|---------0------------------------|
B|--------0---0--------------0---0------|----------------------------------|
G|-----11-------11--------11-------11---|-----8-------8-------8-------8----|
D|---9-------------9----9-------------9-|---6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6--|
A|--------------------------------------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-0-----------------11-----------------|-------------------------7--------|

darkness turned to pain                and never went away         until
E|--------------------------------------|---------4------------------------|
B|---------2---------------2------------|-------5---5-----------4-5-4------|
G|-------2---2-----------2---2----------|-----6-------6-------6-------6----|
D|-----4-------4-------4-------4--------|---6-----------6---6-----------6--|
A|---4-----------4---4-----------4------|-4---------------4----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

  all    that    remained           was   buried          deep beneath the
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B|-------2---2-------------2------------|-------------0--------------0-----|
G|-----2-------2---------2---2----------|-----2---------2-----4--------4---|
D|---4-----------4-----2-------2--------|---2---2---2-------4---4---4------|
A|-------------------4-----------2------|-0---------------2----------------|
E|-2---------------2--------------------|----------------------------------|

Final
   surface.                                              Beneath the
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D|---2-------2----------2-----2-------|---2------2----------2-----2------|
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  surface
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D|------2-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------------|

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