Chords for Dream Theater - As I Am (HQ Audio)

Tempo:
129.125 bpm
Chords used:

C

Eb

Gb

Db

Ab

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Dream Theater - As I Am (HQ Audio) chords
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[E]
[C]
[Gb]
[C] [Gb]
[C]
[Gb] [C]
[Gb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Db] [C]
[Db] [C] [Eb] [Abm]
[C] [Db] [C]
[Db] [C] [Gb]
[C] [Db] Tell me [C] what you said, tell me how to write, [Db] don't tell [C] me how to read this.
I'm trying to find, [Db] isn't [C] your life, it isn't alright [Db] to let [C] me be the only [Eb] [Gb] thing [C] that's mine.
[Db] Give me all [C] the time, be sorry all I have, [Db] don't try, you [C] and me [Ab] between the [C] lines.
[Db] I'm truly [C] divine, never lose sight [Db] of something [Cm] you believe [G]
in.
From the [Ab] [G] outside, watching from [F] [Ab] the [G] outside.
[Eb] [G] I've been [D] trying [G] to justify you, in the [F] end [Ab] I [G] will [Eb] justify [G] [Db]
you.
[C] She [Eb] failed to [D] understand, [Db] I [Ab] extend my [C] hand, [Eb] to the doubtful [D] document.
[Db] Take [Ab] me as I [C]
am, [Eb] not under your [G] command.
[Db] I know [G] where I [C]
stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
[G] [Db] Take [Ab] me as [C] I am, [Gb] [F] [Eb] as I [C]
am.
[Gb] [F] [Eb] [C]
[Gb] [C] [F] [Eb] [C]
[Gb] [F] [Eb] [C] [Db] Still, riding [C] uphill, swimming against [Db] the current, [C] I wish I [Abm] were [Cm] to fight.
[Bbm] Feels [C] like I'm stuck, lost in a sea of [Gb] mediocrity.
[C] So pale, [Bbm] you're thinking [C] too much, where is our soul?
You [Bbm]
cannot [C] touch [Eb] the way [Dbm] [C] I pray, [Db] or tell me what [C] to say.
You're in the way of [Db] all [C] that I [Gb] believe [G] in.
The outside, you get no alone.
[Ab] The [G] outside, don't.
I've been [Fm] wasting [G] my breath on you.
[Eb] Open [G]
[D] mind will [Ab] [G] descend upon [Db] [C] you.
To [Eb] those who [D] understand,
[Db] I [A] [Ab] extend [C] my hand, to [Eb] the doubtful [D] document.
[Ab]
Take me as [C] I am, [Eb] not under your [D] command.
[G] [Db]
I know where [C] I stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
[Db]
[Ab] Take me [C] as I [Gb] am.
[D] [Ab]
[C] [Gb]
[D] [Ab] [B]
[Ebm] [C] [Gb]
[D] [Ab]
[C] [Gb]
[D] [Ab]
[F] [Ab] [Fm]
[Eb]
[Fm] I'm in the way
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm] [Ebm] of all [E] [F] [Ab] that I believe in.
[Eb] [F]
[Ab] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [Cm]
[Gb] [F] [Cm]
[Gb] [Fm] [Eb]
[C] [Eb] [D]
[Db] [C]
[Eb] [Dm]
[Db] [Ab] [C] The outside, you get no alone.
The outside, [Eb] don't.
To those who [D] understand, [Db] I [Ab] extend my [C] hand, [Eb] to the doubtful [D] document.
[Db] Take [Ab] me as I [C] am, [Eb] not under your [D] command.
[Db] I know where [C] I stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
[G] [Db] Take [Ab] me as [C] I am.
[Gb] [F]
[C] I am.
[Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] Yeah, [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] I'm a-am.
[Gb] [F] [Eb] [C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [F] [Eb]
[C] [Gb] [C] [F] [Eb]
[C]
Key:  
C
3211
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
Db
12341114
Ab
134211114
C
3211
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
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To learn Dream Theater - (Live at Madison Square Garden 2010) As I Am chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: C, Db, C, Eb, C, Gb, F, Ab, C, Eb, D and Db. Start with a comfortable 64 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 129. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C Minor.

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[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Abm] _
[C] _ _ [Db] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [C] _ _ [Gb] _ _
[C] _ _ [Db] Tell me [C] what you said, tell me how to write, [Db] don't tell [C] me how to read this.
I'm trying to find, [Db] isn't [C] your life, it isn't alright [Db] to let [C] me be the only [Eb] [Gb] thing [C] that's mine.
[Db] Give me all [C] the time, be sorry all I have, [Db] don't try, you [C] and me [Ab] between the [C] lines.
[Db] I'm truly _ [C] divine, never lose sight [Db] of something [Cm] you believe [G]
in.
_ From the [Ab] [G] outside, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
watching from _ _ [F] _ [Ab] the [G] outside.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [G] I've been [D] trying [G] to _ _ justify _ you, in the [F] end [Ab] I [G] will _ [Eb] justify [G] _ [Db] _ _ _
you.
[C] _ She [Eb] failed to [D] _ understand, [Db] I [Ab] extend my [C] _ hand, [Eb] to the doubtful [D] document.
_ _ [Db] Take [Ab] me as I [C]
am, _ [Eb] not under your [G] command.
_ _ [Db] I know [G] where I [C]
stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
_ [G] _ [Db] Take [Ab] me as [C] I am, [Gb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] as I [C] _
am.
[Gb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _
_ [Gb] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] [Db] Still, riding [C] _ uphill, swimming against [Db] the current, [C] I wish I [Abm] were [Cm] to fight.
[Bbm] Feels [C] like I'm stuck, lost in a sea of _ _ [Gb] mediocrity.
[C] So pale, [Bbm] you're thinking [C] too much, where is our soul?
You [Bbm]
cannot [C] touch [Eb] the way [Dbm] [C] I pray, [Db] or tell me what [C] to say.
You're in the way of [Db] all [C] that I [Gb] believe _ [G] in. _ _
_ The outside, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you get no alone.
[Ab] The [G] outside, _ _ _ _ don't.
_ _ I've been _ [Fm] wasting [G] my breath on you.
_ [Eb] Open [G] _
[D] mind will [Ab] _ [G] descend _ _ upon [Db] _ _ _ [C] you.
To _ [Eb] those who _ [D] understand, _
[Db] I [A] [Ab] extend [C] my hand, to [Eb] the doubtful [D] document.
_ _ [Ab]
Take me as [C] I am, [Eb] not under your [D] command.
_ [G] _ _ [Db]
I know where [C] I stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
_ _ [Db]
[Ab] Take me [C] as I _ _ [Gb] am. _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [B] _
[Ebm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] I'm in the way _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] of all [E] _ [F] _ [Ab] that I believe in. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _ The outside, you get no alone.
The outside, [Eb] don't.
To those who _ [D] understand, _ [Db] I [Ab] extend my [C] hand, [Eb] to the doubtful [D] document.
_ _ [Db] Take [Ab] me as I [C] _ am, [Eb] not under your [D] _ command.
_ [Db] I know where [C] I stand, I [Eb] won't change the pitch [D] of me.
[G] _ _ [Db] Take [Ab] me as [C] I am.
[Gb] _ [F] _ _
[C] I am.
_ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb]
[C] Yeah, _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb]
[C] I'm a-am.
_ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [C] _ [F] _ [Eb] _
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This song was authored by John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, Mike Portnoy and John Myung.

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