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The Spirit Carries Chords

The Spirit Carries On- Dream Theater
(Metropolis Pt.2: Scenes From a Memory)
 
[Verse]
D                       D/F#
Where did we come from, why are we here?
G                      D     D/C#
Where do we go when we die?
Bm                Bm/A
What lies beyond, and what lay before?
   E/G#                A
Is anything certain in life?
           D                        D/F#
They say, "Life is too short", "The here and the now"
     G                     D      D/C#
And "You're only given one shot"
    B5                        Bm/A
But could there be more, have I lived before,
   E/G#                         Asus4    A
Or could this be all that we've got?
 
[Chorus]
G          A                  D       D/C#      Bm
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe
                 G         Em             D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on
 
[Instrumental]
D    A/D    G     Em
D    A/D    G     Asus4    A
 
[Verse]
  D                        D/F#
I used to be frightened of dying
  G                           D     D/C#
I used to think death was the end
    Bm                       Bm/A
But that was before, I'm not scared anymore
  E/G#                       A
I know that my soul will transcend
  D                      D/F#
I may never find all the answers
  G                    D     D/C#
I may never understand why
  Bm                     Bm/A
I may never prove what I know to be true
      E                         A
But I know that I still have to try
 
[Chorus]
G            A                D       D/C#      Bm
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe
                 G         A     (Organ)  D     C/D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on
Em                 D#                        D                    E
Move on, be brave, don't weep at my grave, because I am no longer here
    G                     Em                Bm
But please never let your memory of me disappear
 
[Guitar Solo]
Bm     Bb     D      E   E/G#  G     A    x2
D      D/C#   Bm     Bm/A      G     A
 
[Piano run/single notes]
(Piano) B C# D   C# D E   D E F#   E F# A  Then repeat an octave higher
G     Em    C    Asus4  A
 
[Organ and Piano]
D                      D (Lower inversion)
Safe in the light that surrounds me
G                        D    D/C#
Free of the fear and the pain
    Bm                    Bm/A
The question in mind, has helped me to find
    E/G#                A
The meaning in my life again
   D               D/C#
Victoria's real, I finally feel
   G                         D
At peace with the girl in my dreams
    Bm                      Bm/A
And now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear
  E/G#                       Asus4  A
I found out what all of this means
 
[Chorus]
G          A                  D       D/C#      Bm    Bm/A
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe
                 G         Em             D
That after we're gone, the spirit carries on
 
D     A/D    G    Em          /
D     A/D    G    Asus4  A   /________ Play the same as in the
D     A/D    G    Em         \         instrumental section
D     A/D    G    Asus4  A    \
 
Then
D     A/D    G    Em
D     A/D    G    G    Dsus4/A    D
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