Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On chords by
Dream Theater

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Key: D major

Verse 1
D D 
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Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
G G 
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D D 
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Where do we go when we die?
Bm Bm 2
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What lies beyond, and what lay before?
E E 
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A A 
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Is anything certain in life?
D D 
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They say, life is too short
The here and the now
G G 
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D D 
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And you're only given one shot
Bm Bm 2
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But could there be more, have I lived before
E E 
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A A 
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Or could this be all that we've got?

Chorus 1

G

A

If I die tomorrow

D

Bm

I'd be alright, because I believe

G

Em

That after we're gone, the spirit carries

Interlude 1

D

A

G

Em

(on)

D

A

G

A

Verse 2
D D 
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I used to be frightened of dying
G G 
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D D 
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I used to think death was the end
Bm Bm 2
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But that was before I'm not scared anymore
E E 
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A A 
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I know that my soul will transcend
D D 
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I may never find all the answers
G G 
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D D 
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I may never understand why
Bm Bm 2
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I may never prove what I know to be true
E E 
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A A 
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But I know that I still have to try

Chorus 2

G

A

If I die tomorrow

D

Bm

I'd be alright, because I believe

G

That after we're gone,

A

D

the spirit carries on

Bridge 1
Em Em 
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Move on, be brave
Eb Eb 6
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Don't weep at my grave
D D 
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E E 
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Because I am no longer here
G G 
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But please never let
Em Em 
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Your memory of me

Solo 1
Bm Bm 2
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Bm Bm 2
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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(disappear)
D D 
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D D 
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E E 
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E E 
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G G 
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm Bm 2
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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D D 
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D D 
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E E 
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E E 
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G G 
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A A 
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D D 
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Bm Bm 2
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D D 
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G G 
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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Bm Bm 2
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E E 
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Bm Bm 2
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A A 
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Bm Bm 2
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E E 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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C C 
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A A 
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A A 
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Verse 3
D D 
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Safe in the light that surrounds me
G G 
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D D 
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Free of the fear and the pain
Bm Bm 2
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My questioning mind has helped me to find
E E 
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A A 
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The meaning in my life again
D D 
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Victoria's real, I finally feel
G G 
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D D 
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At peace with the girl in my dreams
Bm Bm 2
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And now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear
E E 
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A A 
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I found out what all of this means

Chorus 3

G

A

If I die tomorrow

D

Bm

I'd be alright, because I believe

G

Em

That after we're gone, the spirit carries

Outro 1

D

A

G

Em

(on)

D

A

G

A

D

A

G

Em

D

A

G

A

Outro 2

D

D

G

Em

D

A

G

Em

A

D

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