THE SILENT MAN- Dream Theater (Awake)
Standard Tuning EADGBe

CHORDS AT BOTTOM (Do NOT use the chord positions/spellings they give 
you by hovering the cursor over a chord, they're not what I'm using!)


G               D           Em/C#          Cadd9   Csus4
A question well served, 'Is silence like a fever?
G              D            Em/C#             Cadd9    Csus4
'A voice never heard?  Or a message with no receiver?'

Em   Em9        C/A    Em11/A          Em   Em9
Pray they won't ask behind the stained glass
Dadd11/C       D/C
There's always one more mask


G              D             Em/C#         Cadd9   Csus4
Has man been a victim of his woman, of his father?
G                   D               Em/C#           Cadd9   Csus4
If he elects not to bother, will he suffocate their faith?

Em   Em9     C/A     Em11/A        Em   Em9
Desperate to fall behind the Great Wall
Dadd11/C  D/C
That separates us all


E             F#m11/E    Aadd9/E   Badd11/E
When there is reason.. Tonight I'm awake
E               F#m11/E Aadd9/E    Badd11/E  E   Eadd9  E
When there's no answer, arrive the Silent..  Man
E           F#m11/E    Aadd9/E    Badd11/E
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
   E            F#m11/E       Aadd9/E  Badd11/E  E  Eadd9 E
If they have to suffer, there lies the Silent..  Man



D..       Bb/D..       
G/D   D*  C/D   Gadd11  G/A   

D/F#..    Bbsus2  Csus4 C       
G/D   D*  C/D   Gadd11  G/A

G     D     Em/C#   Cadd9   Csus4



Em9           C/A        Em11/A        Em      Em9
Sin without deceivers, a God with no believers
        Daad11/C       D/C
I could sail by on the Winds of Silence
    Em               Cadd9
And maybe they won't notice
         D
But this time I think it'd be better if I swim


E             F#m11/E    Aadd9/E   Badd11/E
When there is reason.. Tonight I'm awake
E               F#m11/E Aadd9/E    Badd11/E  E   Eadd9  E
When there's no answer, arrive the Silent..  Man
E           F#m11/E    Aadd9/E    Badd11/E
If there is balance, tonight He's awake
   E            F#m11/E       Aadd9/E  Badd11/E  E  Eadd9 E
If they have to suffer, there lies the Silent..  Man
      Aadd9/E  Badd11/E  E  
There lies the Silent..  Man
           


    G    D  Em/C#  Cadd9  Csus4  ||   Em  Em9  C/A  Em11/A  Dadd11/C  D/C
e|--3----2----0------3------1----|| --0----0----0-----0--------0-------x---||
B|--3----3----0------3------1----|| --0----0----1-----3--------3-------7---||
G|--0----2----0------0------0----|| --0----0----0-----0--------0-------7---||
D|--0----0----2------2------3----|| --2----4----2-----4--------4-------7---||
A|--2---------4------3------3----|| --2----2----0-----0--------3-------x---||
E|--3----------------------------|| --0----0---------------------------8---||
           VERSE CHORDS                       PRECHORUS CHORDS


    E  F#m11/E  Aadd9/E  Badd11/E  Eadd9  
e|--0----0--------0---------0--------0---||
B|--0----0--------0---------0--------0---||
G|--1----2--------6---------8--------1---||
D|--2----4--------7---------9--------4---||
A|--2----4--------7---------9--------2---||
E|--0----0--------0---------0--------0---||
             CHORUS CHORDS

   Bb/D  G/D  D*  C/D  Gadd11  G/A  D/F#  Bbsus2
e|--1-----7---5----3-----3------0-----2------1---||
B|--3-----8---7----5-----0------3-----3------1---||
G|--3-----7---7----5-----5------4-----2------3---||
D|--0-----0---0----0-----5------5-----0------3---||
A|------------------------------0-----0------1---||
E|------------------------------------2----------||
               INTERLUDE CHORDS