The Spirit Carries On - Dream Theater

     
  D                     D/F#

Where did we come from? Why are we here?

 G                      D               D/C#

Where do we go when we die?

  Bm              Bm/A 

What lies beyond? What lay before?

     E/G#                  Asus4            A

Is anything certain in life?

A:         

They say life is too short the here and the now,

and you're only given one shot.
    
But could there be more? Have I lived before?
       
Or could this be all that we've got?

B:

Chorus:

  G         A                 D       D/C#        Bm
If I die tomorrow, I'd be all right because I believe

            G           Em                 D
that after we're gone, the spirit carries on 

(interlude) 

D           D9                   Dsus4               Em .
D           D9                    Dsus4               Asus4      (drums)

A:

I used to be frightened of dying.
  
I used to think death was the end.

But that was before, I'm not scared anymore.

I know that my soul will transcend.


A:

      
I may never find all the answers,

I may never understand why.

I may never prove what I know to be true,

but I know that I still have to try.


B:

CHORUS:

If I died tomorrow I'd be all right because I believe

               G          Em                 D           D7

that after we're gone, the spirit carries on


C:

  Em                    Eb

Move on, be brave! Don't weep at my grave!

     D                E

because I'm no longer here.

        G           Em                      Bm
But please never let your memory of me disappear.


Guitar Solo


Same chords

A:

Safe in the light that surrounds me.

Free of the fear and the pain.

The question in mind has helped me to find

the meaning in my life again.


A:

Victoria's real! I finally feel

at peace with the girl in my dreams.

And now that I'm here, it's perfectly clear

I'll find out what all of this means.

B:

Chorus:


If I died tomorrow I'd be all right because I believe

              G           Em                        D      

that after we're gone, the spirit carries  on