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The Silent Man

Dream Theater
Chords & TabKeyGintermediate
★4.9(78)

Chords in this song27

VERSE

A question well served,
Is silence like a fever? 
A voice never heard?
Or a message with no receiver? 

PRE-CHORUS

Pray they won't ask behind the stained glass 
There's always one more mask

VERSE

Has man been a victim
Of his woman, of his father? 
If he elects not to bother
Will he suffocate their faith? 

PRE-CHORUS

Desperate to fall behind the Great Wall 
That separates us all

CHORUS

When there is reason, tonight I'm awake
When there's no answer, arrive the silent man  
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
If they have to suffer, there lies the silent man  

INTERLUDE

  
G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A
    
G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A
     

PRE-CHORUS

Sin without deceivers, a God with no believers 
I could sail by on the winds of silence
And maybe they won't notice
But this time I think it'd be better if I swim
When there is reason, tonight I'm awake
When there's no answer, arrive the silent man  
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
If they have to suffer, there lies the silent man  
There lies the silent man

CHORD POSITIONS

           
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 PRE-CHORUS CHORDS
E F#m A B Eadd9 Bb/D G/D D* C/D Gadd11 G/A D/F# Bbsus2
e|--0----0-----0----0----0---|--1-----7---5----3-----3------0-----2------1---||-
B|--0----0-----0----0----0---|--3-----8---7----5-----0------3-----3------1---||-
G|--1----2-----6----8----1---|--3-----7---7----5-----5------4-----2------3---||-
D|--2----4-----7----9----4---|--0-----0---0----0-----5------5-----0------3---||-
A|--2----4-----7----9----2---|------------------------------0-----0------1---||-
E|--0----0-----0----0----0---|------------------------------------2----------||-
CHORUS CHORDS INTERLUDE CHORDS

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