Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On

The Spirit Carries On
Artist: Dream Theater
Album: Metropolis 2, Scenes from a Memory
Transcribed by: Carlos Alvidrez <carlos.alvidrez@gmail.com>
Transcription date: 2005.03.09
Duration: 6:38 (398s)
Tunning: Standard (EBGDAE)
Chords Dictionary:
 D       xx0232
 A/D     xx0655
 G       320033
 Em      x22000
 Asus    x02230
 A       x02220
 D/F#    2x023x
 D/C#    x4x232
 Bm      x24432
 Bm/A    x04432
 E/G#    4x245x
 D7      xx0212
 D9/A    x04230
 Bm7/G#  4x243x


[Verse 1, 0:00]

    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#                  Asus       A
 Is anything certain in life?


 They say life is too short the here and the now,
 and you're only given one shot.
 But could there be more? Have I lived before?
 Or could this be all that we've got?


[Chorus, 0:45]

    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


[Interlude, 1:02]

 D   A/D   G   Em
 D   A/D   G   Asus  A


[Verse 2, 1:24]

 I used to be frightened of dying
 I used to think death was the end
 But that was before, I'm not scared anymore
 I know that my soul will transcend

 I may never find all the answers
 I may never understand why
 I may never prove what I know to be true
 but I know that I still have to try


[Chorus, 2:10]


[Bridge, 2:27]

 D   D7   Em                       Eb           Eb/G
          Move on, be brave!!! Don't weep at my grave!!!
       D9/A              Bm7/G#   E
 because I'm no longer here
          G           Em                      Bm
 But please never let your memory of me disappear


[Solo, Lead Guitar, 2:50]

 Bm   Bb   D   E   G   A
 Bm   Bb   D   E   G   A
 D   D/C#   Bm   Bm/A   G   Asus   A


[Verse 3, 4:23]

 Safe in the light that surrounds me.
 Free of the fear and the pain.
 The question in mind has helped me to find
 the meaning in my life again.

 Victoria's real! I finally feel
 at peace with the girl in my dreams.
 And now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear
 I'll find out what all of this means.


[Chorus, 5:08]

 If I died tomorrow I'd be all right because I believe
 that after we're gone... the spirit carries  on


[Outro, 5:26]

 D   A/D   G   Em
 D   A/D   G   Asus   A
 D   A/D   G   Em
 D   A/D   G   Asus   A   D5
 A   D   D9   G   Em   A7sus   D