Dream Theater- Octavarium
arranged for piano
Transcribed by Niallakokovich Templinski (nilostthegame@hotmail.co.uk)

1. Someone Like Him

Flute solo:  | = bar line

Fm | Fm | Fm | Fm | Cm | Bbm | Fm | Eb/G | Ab | C/E | Fm  Fm/Eb |
Dm7b5 | Fdim | C/E | C/E

Then:

Fm | Dbm | Fm | Dbm |

Fm (133111@1)     Dbm (x13321@4)         Fm (133111@1)              Abm (133111@4)     Eb (x43121@3)  I never wanted to become someone like him, so secure
   Ab (xx1114@1)              Cm (x3101x@1)              D/F#content (200232@1)to live each day just like the last
      Bm7b5
I was sure I knew that
A/E (002220@1)    C#m (x13321@4)   D9
This was not for me
      A/E (002220@1)   C#m (x13321@4)       CAnd (x32010@1)I wanted so much more
         Em9 (022032@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)DmFar (xx0231@1)beyond what I could see
     Db(#11)
So I swore that I'd
Bb (x1333x@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)         F#m (244222@1)   F#mNever (244222@1)be someone like him


Fm (133111@1)      Dbm (x13321@4) So many years have passed
Fm (133111@1)       AbmSince (133111@4)I proclaimed
       Eb/BbMy (x43121@3)independance
   Fm/Ab
My mission
   Eb/Bb
My aim
       AbmAnd (133111@4)my vision
      Eb/GSo (444322@1)secure
   Abm (133111@4)             Eb/G (444322@1)           D/F#Content (200232@1)to live each day like it's my last
     Bm7 (x20202@1)        A/EIt's (002220@1)wonderful to know
      C#m/G  D9
That I could be
A/E (002220@1)               C#m/E  CSomething (x32010@1)more than what I dreamed
    Em (022000@1)                Bb/F (102220@1)Dm/F
Far beyond what I could see
        C# (x43121@1)            BbStill (x1333x@1)I swear that I'm
        C#Missing (x43121@1)out this time

   E/B (443121@4)          A/BAs (002520@1)far as I could tell
        E/B (443121@4)          BThere's (x2444x@1)nothing more I need
    E/B (443121@4)       A/BBut (002520@1)still I ask myself
      Em/B (012000@1)         BCould (x2444x@1)this be everything
     BThen (x2444x@1)all I swore
     Bb/F (102220@1)        D/AThat (x00232@1)I would never be was now
   F#m/C#
So suddenly
    Am/EThe (x02210@1)only thing
  EmI (022000@1)wanted
   DTo (xx0232@1)become
      F (133211@1)               ATo (x02220@1)be someone just like him


the timing might not be perfect but the chords are definately correct
to see my version of it go to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUyZoMexm0