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Dream Theater - Lifting Shadows Off A Dream
from Awake

Repeat 6x        natural harmonics

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                              1.2.3                         4.

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Verse 1 (Riff A)

           He seems alone and silent                      thoughts reamain

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without an answer   (end riff A)
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|--5-----------5---------------|
|--------4-----------4---------|
|-----2-----2-----2-----2------|
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Riff A
Afraid and uninvited, he slowly drifts away
Pre-Chorus (Riff B)

               Moved by desire and fear,            breaking 

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|--3-----------3-----------|--5-----------5-----------|-8-----------7------
|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|-------7------------
|-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4-----4--|----5-----5-----5---
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------
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         delicate wings.

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--------|--5-----------5------------|
--7-----|--------7-----------7------|  (end Riff B)
-----5--|-----7-----5-----7-----5---|
--------|---------------------------|
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Chorus (Riff C)

         Lifting shadows off a

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|-10-----8-----7-----8--10--|----8-----7--------------|
|-----7-----7-----7---------|-7-----7-----7--9-----7--|(end Riff C)
|---------------------------|-------------------7-----|continue for chorus
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|---------------------------|-------------------------|

Dream once broken  She can turn a drop of water

inot an ocean

                                   1.2.3

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||o------------6--7-----6-----|----------6--7-----6------o||
||o---------9--------9-----7--|-------7--------7-----7---o||
||-------9--------------------|----5----------------------||
||----7-----------------------|-3-------------------------||

4.========================

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|-----------6--------6-----|-------9--------9-----7--|------------11-------
|--------7--------7-----6--|----9--------------------|--------12--------12-
|-----7--------------------|-7-----------------------|----10---------------
|--5-----------------------|-------------------------|-8-------------------

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--11------|----------6--7-----6-----|----------6--------6-----|-------5----
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                           Rhy Fig.1A     

                           As the rain is pouring down, tears of sorrow

                                                      wash his mind.

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|-------------0--------0--|-------------|---------|--3--------|---(3)-----|
|----------0--------0-----|--2----------|---(2)---|--2--------|---(2)-----|
|-------4--------4--------|--4----------|---(4)---|--0--------|---(0)-----|
|----2--------------------|--4----------|---(4)---|--x--------|---(-)-----|
|-0-----------------------|--2----------|---(2)---|--3--------|---(3)-----|


Drifting with the current, this stream of life flows on.       (end Fig.1A)

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w/Rhy. Figs 1&1A

He seems alone and silent, waiting on his hands

and knees.  Ths chill fo winter's darkness sits

quietly.  

Moved by desire   (pre-chorus) Riff B

and fear, he takes a few steps away

Lifting shadows off a dream once broken (Chorus) Riff C

She can turn a drop of water into an ocean

And she listens.  Whoa, whoa.  (Bridge) Riff D (6x)

Oh, and she listens openly

Riff D                         
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|-----------------7-----6-----|
|-----5--5--7--7-----7-----7--|
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Instrumental Interlude          1/2

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|-2-----2---------------|-----2--4b--rb4p2--------|-/8--5--7---------5--7~-|
|----2-----------2------|--2----------------5--2--|------------------------|


                                      1/4

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|----------8--7~--8--10~--|--------10--11-13------|------------------------
|-8--5--7-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------
|-------------------------|-10/12-------------12--|------------------------
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He pours his soul into the water, reflecting thy mystery

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w/Rhy Fig.2

               She carries him away, and the winds die slowly

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|------2------2-----|----2------2-----|----2-------2-----|----------------|
|-0--------------0--|-0------------0--|-0--------------0-|---0-------0----|
|-0-----------------|-1---------------|-x----------------|----------------|
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w/Riff E 7x

And she listens openly.

Oh, and she listens openly

                            Riff E                                     

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                                   Lifting shadows

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|--12---------14--------16--------17---------|----0----0--0----0----0-----|
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off a dream

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|---14----12----11-----9----7-----|  repeat 3more times over below lyrics
|----0-----0-----0-----0----0-----|
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once broken.  She can turn a drop of water into an ocean

Lifting shadows off a dream

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|--14--14----14-----14----0----0--|-12---12-----12-----12----12-----------|
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      Lifting shadows            off a dream

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|--16----16----16----16----14----|-14--14--14--14-------|-14--14--14--14--12|
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Outro (harmonics) play 4x



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