xTHE SILENT MAN- Dream Theater (Awake)
Standard Tuning EADGBe
CHORDS AT BOTTOM (Do NOT use the chord positions/spellings they give
you by hovering the cursor over a chord, they're not what I'm using!)
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4
A question well served, 'Is silence like a fever?'
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4
'A voice never heard? Or a message with no receiver?'
Em Em9 Am7 Em11/A Em Em9
Pray they won't ask behind the stained glass
D11/C D/C
There's always one more mask
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4
Has man been a victim of his woman, of his father?
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4
If he elects not to bother, will he suffocate their faith?
Em Em9 Am7 Em11/A Em Em9
Desperate to fall behind the Great Wall
D11/C D/C
That separates us all
E F#m A B
When there is reason.. Tonight I'm awake
E F#m A B E Eadd9 E
When there's no answer, arrive the silent man
E F#m A B
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
E F#m A B E Eadd9 E
If they have to suffer, there lies the silent man
D Bb/D
G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A
D/F# Bbsus2 Csus4 C
G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4
Em9 Am7 Em11/A Em Em9
Sin without deceivers, a God with no believers
D11/C D/C
I could sail by on the winds of silence
Em Cadd9
And maybe they won't notice
D
But this time I think it'd be better if I swim
E F#m A B
When there is reason.. Tonight I'm awake
E F#m A B E Eadd9 E
When there's no answer, arrive the silent man
E F#m A B
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
E F#m A B E Eadd9 E
If they have to suffer, there lies the silent man
A B E
There lies the silent man
G D Em/C# Cadd9 Csus4 || Em Em9 Am7 Em11/A D11/C D/C
e|--3----2----0------3------1----|| --0----0----0-----0------0-------x---||
B|--3----3----0------3------1----|| --0----0----1-----3------3-------7---||
G|--0----2----0------0------0----|| --0----0----0-----0------0-------7---||
D|--0----0----2------2------3----|| --2----4----2-----4------4-------7---||
A|--2---------4------3------3----|| --2----2----0-----0------3-------x---||
E|--3----------------------------|| --0----0-------------------------8---||
VERSE CHORDS PRECHORUS CHORDS
E F#m A B Eadd9
e|--0----0-----0----0----0---||
B|--0----0-----0----0----0---||
G|--1----2-----6----8----1---|| (F#m, A and B are positioned as barre
D|--2----4-----7----9----4---|| chords but with open low E and high B/e)
A|--2----4-----7----9----2---||
E|--0----0-----0----0----0---||
CHORUS CHORDS
Bb/D G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A D/F# Bbsus2
e|--1-----7---5----3-----3------0-----2------1---||
B|--3-----8---7----5-----0------3-----3------1---||
G|--3-----7---7----5-----5------4-----2------3---||
D|--0-----0---0----0-----5------5-----0------3---||
A|------------------------------0-----0------1---||
E|------------------------------------2----------||
INTERLUDE CHORDS
