Dreamtheater – Take away my pain

Title: "Take away my pain"
Author: Dream Theater / Once in a livetime - track #3 - Disc II
Transcription by : Gonzalo Castillo
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Chords:    E      A      B     bm      D*    A/C#    C     F#
 e |-0-|  |-0-|  |-2-|  |-2-|  |-0-|  |-5-|  |-0-|  |-2-|
 b |-0-|  |-2-|  |-4-|  |-3-|  |-3-|  |-2-|  |-1-|  |-2-|
 g |-1-|  |-2-|  |-4-|  |-4-|  |-2-|  |-2-|  |-0-|  |-3-|
 d |-2-|  |-2-|  |-4-|  |-4-|  |-0-|  |-2-|  |-2-|  |-4-|
 a |-2-|  |-0-|  |-2-|  |-2-|  |-0-|  |-4-|  |-3-|  |-4-|
 E |-0-|  |-0-|  |-2-|  |-2-|  |-0-|  |-0-|  |-0-|  |-2-|
 D*:I don't know what chord is this so I put an * next to the D
 E
 I was sitting on the edge of his bed    (Between this two verses
 you play an A in the third
 string, second space,with
 E                                        your fourth finger)
 Staring at the headlines on the paper
 A
 He said, 'Look at poor Gene Kelly
 B                                    E
 I guess he won't be singing in the rain.'
 bm
 You can take away my heroes
 A                         E
 Can you take away my pain
 E - F# - A
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 Leave the cold outside
 A/C#
 Please don't let it rain
 A                      E
 Don't stumble on my pride
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 I'm not frightened anymore
 A/C#
 Just stay with me tonight
 A
 I'm tired of this fight
 E
 Soon I'll be knocking at your door
 E -while the sax solo1
 E
 She was standing by the edge of his bed
 E
 Staring at the message on their faces
 A
 He said, 'What else can you do, babe?
 B                              E
 I guess I won't be coming home again.'
 bm
 They just took away all my promises
 A                         E
 Make them take away my pain
 E - F# - A
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 Leave the cold outside
 A/C#
 Please don't let it rain
 A                      E
 Don't stumble on my pride
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 I'm not frightened anymore
 A/C#
 Just stay with me tonight
 A
 I'm tired of this fight
 E
 Soon I'll be knocking at your door
 C
 His final scene
 E
 The actor bows
 E
 And all those years
 C
 Are gone somehow
 C
 The crowd applauds
 E
 The curtain falls
(Keep repeating the C's and the E's in the
same rythm while the sax solo2)
 E
 I was standing by the edge of the water
 E
 I noticed my reflection in the waves
 A
 Then I saw you looking back at me
 B
 And I knew that for a moment
 E
 You were calling out my name
 bm
 You took away my hero
 A
 Will you take away my pain
 E - F# - A
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 Let the cold inside
 A/C#
 It's time to let it rain
 A                          E
 There's nothing left to hide
 E
 Take away my pain
 D*
 I'm not frightened anymore
 A/C#
 I'm learning to survive
 A
 Without you in my life
 E
 Til you come knocking at my door...