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The Glass Prison Chords

Music by: Dream Theater
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[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][Am]
[F][Am][F][F#dim][Am]
[F][D][Am][F][F#dim][Am][F][F#dim][Am]
[F][Am][G][F][F#dim][Am][G][F][Am][G][F][F#dim][Am][G]
[F][F#dim][D][C5]
[F#m][F#5][Am][C][Am][G][C][Cm][Am]
[Dm][Am]
[Dm][Am]
[F][Am][Cm][F][Cm]
[Bb][Bm][B5][B][B5][Bm]
[B][Am]

[Verse 1]
Cunning, [Am]Baffling, Powerful
Been beaten to a pulp
Vigorous, irresistible
Sick and tired and laid low
Dominating, Invisible
Black-out, loss loss of control
Overwhelming, Unquenchable
I'm powerless, have to let go
[Cm]I can't

[Verse 2]
escape it
It leaves me frail and worn
Can no longer take it
Senses tattered and [B5]torn
[B]Hopeless

[Verse 3]
[B5]sur render
[B]Obsession's got me bea[B5]t
[B]Losing the [B5]will to live
Admitting com[B]plete [B5]de fe[Am]at

[Interlude 1]
[Am][Dm][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Fatal Descent
Spinning around
I've gone too far
To turn back [Cm]round

[Verse 5]
[Cm]Desperate attempt
Stop the progression
At [Am]any[B5][B][B5][B][B5]
[B]len[B5]gth[B][B5]
Lift this [B]obsession
[B5][Am]

[Verse 6]
[Em]Craw[Am]ling
to my [C]glass [C5]prison
[Dm]A pl[Em]ace wher[Am]e no one knows[Dm]
[Em]My s[Am]ecret lonely world[C]
[Dm]be g[Em]in s[Am]
[C]

[Verse 7]
[Em]
[Am]So much safe[C]r here
[Dm]A plac[Em]e wher[Am]e I can go[Dm]
[Em]To f[Am]orget ab[G]out my[C] d[Em]aily s[Am]ins

[Verse 8]
[C]Lif[F]e here in [Eb]my glas[G#]s pris[Bb]on
[Cm]A place I [F]once called [Bb]home[Cm]
Fall [F]in nocturn[G#]al bl[F]iss
[Bb]again
[Cm][F][G#][Bb]

[Verse 9]
[Cm]Chas[F]ing a long lost [G#]frie[Bb]nd
I no [Cm]longer [F]can con[Bb]trol[Bbsus2]
Just [Cm]waiti[F]ng for this hope[G#]lessness t[Bb]o en[Cm] d[F]

[Interlude 2]
[F][Dm][Am][F][F#dim][Am][G][F]
[F#dim][Am][F][F#dim][Am][F][Am][F#dim][Am][F][F#dim][Am][F#m][F#dim]
[Am]

[Verse 10]
[Am]Run fast from the wreckage
of the past
A shattered glass prison wall behind me
Fight past walking through the ashes
A distant oasis before me

[Verse 11]
[Am]Cry[Bb][Am][G][F][Am][Em][Am]
desperate
crawling on my knees
Begging God to please
stop [C]the insanity
[Am]Help me I'm trying to believe
Stop wallowing in my own self pity

[Verse 12]
"We've been waiting for [Am]you my friend
The writing's been on the [Dm]wall[Am]
All it takes is a little faith
You know you're the same
as us all"
[Dm][Cm]

[Verse 13]
[B]Help me [B5]I ca[F]n't [B]br[B5]eak out [B]this
[B5]pris[B] on al[B5]l alo[Am]ne[Dm]
[B]Save me I'm drowning and I'm hopeless
on [B5]my ow[D]n[Dm][Cm][Dm][C][Bb][B]
Heal me I can't restore my [F]sanity [B]alone
[Am][Dm]

[Interlude 3]
[Cm][Eb][Cm][Am]
[C][Am]

[Verse 14]
[Am]Enter the door
Desperate
Fighting no more
Help me restore
To my sanity
At this temple of [Cm]hope

[Verse 15]
[Am]I need to learn
Teach me how
Sorrow to burn
Help me return
To humanity
I'll be fearless and thorough
The enter this [C]temple of [Am]hope

[Interlude 4]
[Cm][F][Am][Dm][Am][Em]

[Verse 16]
Be[Am]lieve
Transcend the pain
Living the live
Humility
Opened my eyes
This new odyssey
Of rigorous [C5]honesty
[Am]Serenity

[Verse 17]
[Am]
I never knew
Soundness of mind
Helped me to find
Courage the change
All the things that I [Eb]can[Am][C][Am]

[Verse 18]
"We'll help you [Am]perform this miracle
But you must set your past [Dm]free
[Am]You dug the hole,
but you can't bury your soul
Open your mind and you will see"

[Verse 19]
Help [Am]me I [Cm]can'[B]t b[B5]reak out[B]
this pris[B5]on al[B]l al[B5]one[B][Dm]
[B]Save me I'm drowning and I'm
hopeless on my [Dm]own[D][B]
Heal me I can't restore my san[F]ity [B]alone

[Interlude 5]
[Dm][G][Dm][Am][F][Dm][Cm][Dm]
[Cm][Am][Dm][Cm][Dm][Am]
[Dm][C][Dm]
[Am]
[Dm][Am][Em]
[Am][Dm][Am][D][Am][Em][G][Am]
[Dm]
[Am][Dm]
[Am]
[Dm][Am][B][Am][B][Am][B5][Am][B5][Am]
[B5][Am][C][B5][C][Am][B5][Am][C][Am][B5][B][Am][B][B5][Am][B][B5][B][Am]
[B5][Am][B5][Am][C][Am][C][Am]
[B5][Am][B][Am][B5][Am]
[B][B5][Am][B5][Am][B5][B][Am]
[B][B5][Am][B][B5][B][Am][C][Am]

[Verse 20]
[Am]Way off in the dis[F]tance I [F#m]saw th[Am]e door
I [F]tried to [F#5]open[Cm]
[Am]I tried forcing with[G] all o[F]f
my [F#m]will and[Am] still
The door [G]wouldn't [F]open
[F#m][B][Am]

[Verse 21]
Unable [G]to trust [F]in my faith
[F#m]I turned[Am] and walked[G] away[F][F#m]
[Am]I looked around,
[G]felt a [F]chill in the [F#m]air
Took [Am]my will and[G] turned it ove[F]r[C][B]
[Am]The glass

[Verse 22]
prison [F]which once held
[F#dim]me is now[Am] gone
A long [F]lost fort[F#m]ress[Am]
Armed only [G]with [F]liberty
[F#m]And the [Am]key of my willin[G]g [F]ness[F#m][Am]

[Verse 23]
[Am]Fell [F]down on my [Am]knees
[F#dim]and prayed[Am]
"Thy [F]will be [F#m]done"
[Am]I turned around,
[F]saw a light shining [F#dim]through
[Am]The door was wide [G]open[F][F#m][Am][B][Am]
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