Dream Theater - Solitary Shell

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C#                   B                   G#
He seemed no different from the rest
C#             B             E
Just a healthy normal boy
C#             B             G#
His mama always did her best
C#             B            E
And he was daddy's pride and joy

C#             B             G#
He learned to walk and talk on time
C#             B             E
But never cared much to be held
C#             B             G#
and steadily he would decline
C#             B             E
Into his solitary shell

B                    A                    E
As a boy he was considered somewhat odd
B                          A        E
Kept to himself most of the time
B                    A              E
He would daydream in and out of his own world
F#m                    A
but in every other way he was fine

E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
E        B
In his solitary shell

E
A temporary catatonic
B
Madman on occasion
A
When will he break out
E        B
Of his solitary shell

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C#                   B                   G#
He struggled to get through his day
C#             B             E
He was helplessly behind
C#             B             G#
He poured himself onto the page
C#             B             E
Writing for hours at a time
B                    A              E
As a man he was a danger to himself

B                          A        E
Fearful and sad most of the time
B                    A        E
He was drifting in and out of sanity
F#m                    A
But in every other way he was fine

E
He's a Monday morning lunatic
B
Disturbed from time to time
A
Lost within himself
E        B
In his solitary shell

E
A momentary maniac
B
With casual delusions
A
When will he be let out
E        B
Of his solitary shell

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