Only a Matter of Time chords by 
Dream Theater 
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Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
C#m
A
B
C#m
B
F#
A
C#m
A
B
C#m
B
D
B
C#m
A
C#m
F#
F#m
A
C#m
A
C#m
A
D
A
C#m
B
A
B
C#m
B
F#
A
C#m
B
A
B
C#m
B
D
Bm
C#m
G#
A
F#m
F#
C#m
G#
A
F#
C#m
C#
G#
G#m
A suited man smiled said:
Verse 1
A
F#
C#m
G#
A
"It's just a mat ter of time
F#
C#m
You can have the world
G#m
at your feet
A
By tomor row
B
C#m
A
F#m
F#
Just sign on this line."
C#m
G#m
Hold tight, limelight!
A
D
Ap proaching the paramoun t
C#m
With the sun in our eyes
G#m
A
Fearing family ties, legalize,
F#
Compromise
Verse 2
F#m
E
In a dimly lit room with a stool as his
Stage
D
A dream-stricken prince prince
A
D
of a pau per's
Descent
Haunts the eavesdropping silence
B#
That presses his window
D
A
As he sweats a performance
G
To an audience that ticks on the wall
D
To the
Verse 3
C#
G#
A
practical ob server
F#
C#m
A
It's just a mat ter of time
F#
C#m
"You can devi ate from the com-
A
Monplace
F#
C#m
A
Only to fall back in line."
F#
C#m
A
I understand mine's a risky plan
D
And your system can't miss
C#m
G#
G#m
But is se curity after all a cause
A
F#
Or symptom of happiness?
F#m
E
Interlude 1
D
A
D
B#
Am
G
A
F#m
Brave, yet afraid,
Verse 4
his eyes on horizon
E
In a steady-set gaze
gaze
D
E
D
A mar iner soon from an open cocoon
Takes a moment to summon
B#
his courage
Am
To stifle his grave
apprehension and
G
D
G
D
G
Cm
Trembling, approaches the surf
G
Bb
G
Bb
E#m
Bb
Fm
Ddim
G
C
Cm
G
Ab
Bb
G
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C
Csus4
C
C#
G#
A
F#m
F#
C#m
C#
G#
A
F#m
F#
F#m
A father 's benedic
C#m
A
F#m
B
tion as his hopeful
Son departs
G#m
G#
A
To brave the sea of rage and conquer
Verse 5
At all costs
F#m
F#
Lingers in his memory
F#m
A
F#m
B
And visions still sur viving in a logic-
Proof shell
G#m
That should have been held sacred,
A
safe
And hidden well
F#m
F#
Are comprom ised in usury
C#m
B
With every rising sun that yields no
Sight of land
G#m
A
The hesit ation cultivates with in the
Tired man
F#
And rumors spread of mutiny
C#m
And though the time will come when
B
Dream and day unite
G#m
A
Tonight the only consolation causing
Him to fight
F#m
F#
In fearless faith in destiny
F#m
B
F#m
B
Interlude 2
E
A
D
B#
G
A
F#
F#m
E
A
E
A
Bm
D
Dm
C
Verse 6
Csus4
Even when plans fall to pieces
C
I can still find the courage
With promise I've found in my faith
Csus4
C
G
Bb
F
C
G
Bb
F
Verse 7
C
Likely or not, it's a dream that we keep
Bb
C
And at odds with our senses we'll climb
But if faith is the answer, we're
already
Reached it
And if spirit's a sign
C
G
Bb
F
Then it's only a matter of
C
G
time
Outro 1
Bb
E#
E
F#
E
A
E
A
B#
B#
C
E
F#
G
A
E
D
A
E
Abm
F#
G
A
E
F#
G
A
E
E
E
E
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ChordsC#m A B F# D...
C#m
A
B
F#
D
F#m
Bm
G#
C#
G#m
E
B#
G
Am
Cm
Bb
E#m
Fm
Ddim
C
Ab
Csus4
Dm
F
E#
Abm
Capo: 4
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