Chords for Dream Theater - The Spirit Carries On (Lyrics)

[D] Where did we come from?
Why are we here? _
[G] Where do we go when [D] we die?
_ [D#] _ _ _
[Bm] What lies beyond?
[D] And what lay before?
[E] Is anything certain [A] in life?
_ _ [D] [A] They [D] say life is too short, the here and the now
[G] And you're only given [D] one shot
_ [A] Could [D] _
[Bm] _ there be [C#] more [Bm]
than I lived before?
[E] Or could this be all that [D] we've got?
_ [A] _ _ _
[G] If I died [A] tomorrow, _ I'd be [D] alright
_ Because I [Bm] _ believe that after [G] we're gone
_ The [Em] _ spirit _ _ [D] carries on _ _ _
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[D] I used to be frightened of dying
I _
[G] used to think that was [D] the end
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[Bm] But that was before, I'm not scared anymore
[A] _ [D]
[E] I know that my soul will [A] _ transcend
[D] I _ may never find all the _ answers
I [G] may never understand [D] _ why _ _ _
[Bm] May never prove what [D] I know to be true
But [E] I know that I still have [A] to try _ _ _ _
[G] If I died [A] tomorrow, _ I'd be [D] alright
Because I [Bm] _ believe that after [G] we're gone _ _
[A] The spirit _ _ [D] carries on _ _ _
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[Em] Move _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ away, [D] because I'm _ [E] not here _ _ _
[G] Please never let [F#]
[E] your _ [Em] love be [C#m] in [Bm] some fear _ _ _ _
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[A#] _ _ I'm _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ not afraid of dying
I'm not afraid of [G] being free _ _ _ _
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[Bm] I'm not afraid _ _ of _ being dead
I'm [A#] not afraid _ _ _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ of being free
I'm not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ afraid _ _
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[A] _ _ of being dead _
[D] Stay in the light, so I'll know _ _ _
[G] Free of the fear and [D] the
_ _ [A] _ _
[Bm] The questioning _ mind
Has helped me to find
[E] The meaning in my life [A] _ again
_ The [D] _ victory of _ _
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[G] _ _ the games
[D] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Bm] Now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear
[E] I found out what I want [A] is me _ _ _ _
[G] If I died [A] tomorrow, _ I'd be [D] _ alright _ _ _
[Bm] _ Because I believe [A] that after [G] we're gone _ _
[Em] The spirit _ _ _
[D] carries on _
The spirit carries _ _ _
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