Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On

Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On

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? What lay before?
E               E/G#        A4    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.
Bm                            Bm/A
But could there be more? Have I lived before?
E                E/G#            A4    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
                 Em         A             D
that after we’re gone, the spirit carries on


(interlude)

D    G    A    (2X)    (drums)


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                E/G#            A4    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           E/G#          A4    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
                 Em         A             D       D7
that after we’re gone, the spirit carries on


Em                       D#
Move on, be brave! Don’t weep at my grave!
  D                   E
because I’m no longer here.
    G                     A               Bm
But please never let your memory of me disappear.


Guitar Solo


D                          D/F#
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          E/G#        A4    A
the meaning in my life again.


D                  D/F#
Victoria’s real! I finally feel
   G                          D   D/C#
at peace with the girl in my dreams.
    Bm                      Bm/A
And now that I’m here, it’s perfectly clear
     E             E/G#        A4    A
I’ll find out what all of this means.


Chorus:
G          A                  D       D/C#        Bm
If I die tomorrow, I’d be all right because I believe
                 Em         A             D
that after we’re gone, the spirit carries on


ENDING

D           G            Em
D           G            A
D           G            Em
D           G            A      D

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