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DUEL WITH THE DEVIL 1Written by Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Pete Trewavas and Mike Portnoy

BUSKERS CHARTSome harmony is simplified or altered to utilise familiar chords.Example Gm7b5 and Dm7b5 are replaced by Bbm and Fm omitting the bass note.Other bass movement, inversions and polychords are mostly ignored.Time signatures imply the duration of the chords without the use of bar-lines.Double-time changes are indicated with 'X beats per chord' and the ` symbol.Syncopated changes are indicated with _ symbol.Tune down one half-step to play along with the recording.

PRELUDE: ` = 2 beats2/4Gb Ab Gb Ab Bbm Db Eo7 `

Bbm Ab Db Gb Gb Db Bbsus4 Bbm

RIFF:4/4 7/8Bbm _Ab Ab _Gb Bbm _Ab Ab _Eb

4/4 7/8Bbm _Ab `Bbm `Ab _Gb

7/8Bbm _F7 `Bbm `Ab _Eb

RIFF-GROOVE: ` = 2 beats _ = 4 beats6/4`Bbm _Ab `Ab _Gb `Bbm _F7 `Ab _Eb (two times)

LINK-A:4/4F Bbm G Ab F Bbm G Eb7

ROINE'S-THEME:4/4

F Bbm F Bb Bbm (two times)

BAGPIPES:5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Am Am Am Am Am Am

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Am Am Am Am Am Am

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8 2/8Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm N.C.

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm Bbm

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Gb Gb Gb Gb Gb Gb

RIFF-REPRISE:4/4 7/8 4/4 7/8 4/4 7/8 4/4 10/8Bbm _Ab Ab _Gb Bbm _F7 Ab _Eb

4/4 7/8 4/4Bbm _Eb7 Ab _Eo7 Bbm _F7 Ab

LINK-B:4/4Eb B E Bbm Eo7 F Bbm G G+ G+

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I. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 2

VERSE:4/4Cm D7Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night youEb GmWish you could start dreaming in clouds of white butFm Cadd2Everything could change to-night when youG5 Gsus2

Duel with the devil living in your mind__

Cm D7Time reveals nothing it's a suicide love affairEb GmWhispers in the darkness and revo-lution in the airFm Cadd2Will you see or look be-hind when youG5 Gsus2Duel with the devil living in your mind__

REFRAIN: 2 beats per chord ` = 2 beats4/4Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _F Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _FMotherless children wandering nowhere feels like there's miles to go_____Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _F Abmaj7 _BbReaching for water longing to go there flooding in-to yourCsus4 ` C ` Abmaj7 ` Bb `Soul________ into your soul_________

LINK:4/4Gsus2 Gm7

VERSE:4/4Cm D7

Do you know the difference between who and what you are will youEb GmRide off in the distance like some highway star will youFm Cadd2Try until you make it good or will youG5 Gsus2Sell your body down in Hollywood

REFRAIN:(as before with answering phrases and "looks like...")

LINK-LONG: (two times)4/4Gsus2 Eb C F

II. WALK AWAY

INTRO:7/8D G/B D G/B D G/B Cadd9 G

VERSE:7/8D G/B There's a time to understand there's a time to see the sunCadd9 G There's a time for makin' up there's a time to come together

D G/B Fall into the learning curve feeding on experienceCadd9 G Never turn your back on me never paint it black by numbers

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LINK-1: . = passing chord on 5 37/8Bb .C D Bb .C

VERSE:7/8D G/B It's so easy to waste away it's a simple operationCadd9 G Far too many givin' in fall into the dark temptationD G/B

Everybody needs a King everybody needs a Captain 8/8Cadd9 G You hear the angels sing in your private Armageddon

CHORUS:4/4C G/B Fadd9 C And you walk a-way with nowhere to go for another day turn the lights downC G/B Fadd9 Cadd9Low but you'll never know while you walk a-way when you walk a-way with nowhere to go

LINK-2: . = passing chord on 57/8 4/4D .A G .A G .A D .Dsus4 D .A G .A G .A Dsus4

VERSE-HEAVY:4/4D G/B Everybody had a doubt so they tried to pull me underCadd9 G Everytime I felt the strain someone sent a sense of wonderD G/B Everybody walked the hard road in the dark they've felt the grindCadd9 G Everybody heard the thunder no one ever read the signs

CHORUS:4/4Cadd9 G/B Fadd9 C And you walk a-way with nowhere to go for another day turn the lights downCadd9 G/B Fadd9 CLow but you'll never know while you walk a-way and you walk a-way with nowhere to go

LINK-3: (two times)6/8D D7 D6 Bb

FRANTIC-BIT: (lick is 5+5+5+6/8 - refer to TAB)

D-G-F-lick 2x E-A-G-lick 2x D-G-F-lick 2x

6/8 6/8 4/4C G/B F C D-G-F-lick 2x C G/B F C C G/B F C

5/8 6/8 5/8 (pause) 4/4D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 N.C. Dsus2 Dsus2

III. SILENCE OF THE NIGHT

INTERLUDE:7/8 8/8F#m11 F#m11 (two times)

7/8 8/8F#m7 Gadd2 (piano 8 bars - guitar 24 bars)

4/4F#m _G (guitar 8 bars - sax 16 bars - G/F last time)

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VERSE: 44/4D E/D _C GHave you woke up screaming in the silence of the night__ youD E/D _C GWish you could start dreaming but it's always black and white__ oh-__hohD E/D _C GLooking for that big sky that'll finally make it right__ well everything could change F#m _G F#m _G F#m _G F#m _G/FTo-night yeah__ hooh__ yeah__

IV. YOU'RE NOT ALONE

WACKY-BIT: 3 beats per chord ` = 4 beats7/4 3/4A `B A `E A `B A `Esus4 A6

7/4 3/4A `B A `E A `B A `Esus4 A6 Asus2 A6LINK: 8th = 8th12/8A

MODULATION/CROSS-RHYTHM: 6 beats per chord ` = 8 beats14/8 6/8D `E D `A D `E D `Asus4 D6

14/8 6/8D `E D `A D `E D `Asus4 D6 Dsus2 D6

SHUFFLE:12/8D D Gsus2 Gsus2 Gsus2 Gsus2

D Bm7 Gmaj7 Em9

D Bm7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7

VERSE:12/8D Bm7 Gmaj7 Em9Nighttime falls it came too fast down the halls tiptoeing pastD Bm7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7Out come the shadows of life itself to clap along and wish you well

REFRAIN: ` = 12 beats12/8Abmaj7 ` Abm ` Motherless children wandering nowhereEbmaj7 ` F7 ` Look up you're almost home__

Fm ` Abm Bb7 Reaching for water longing to know you're not

VERSE:12/8D Bm7 Gmaj7 Em9Alone__ you're notD Bm7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7Alone now

REFRAIN:(as before)

VERSE:(as before) Fmaj7

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ROINE'S-THEME-REPRISE: 56/8F Bbm F Bb Bbm D Cadd9 Ebmaj7 Eb7 (two times)

F Bbm F Bb Bbm

BAGPIPES-REPRISE:5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Am Am Am Am Am Am

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8 2/8

Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm Cm N.C.

5/8 8/8 5/8 8/8Bbm Eb Fm Bbm Eb Fm

RIFF-REPRISE: ` = 2 beats4/4Bbm _Eb7 ` `Ab _Eo7

2/4 6/8 4/4Bbm _Eb7 ` `Ab _Eo7 Bbm Bbm C+ C+

V. ALMOST HOME

VERSE: high vocal4/4Cm D7Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night youEb GmWish you could start dreaming in clouds of white whenFm Cadd2Everything can change to-night when you

TAG:4/4Bb DmDuel with the devil living in your mind when you

Fm Cadd2Duel with the devil living in your mind when youBb DmDuel with the devil living in your mind when youFm Cadd2Duel with the devil__ yeah

REFRAIN-CHOIR: 2 beats per chord ` = 2 beats4/4Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _F Abmaj7 _Bb Csus4 _CMotherless children wandering nowhere look up you're almost home______Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _F Abmaj7 _Bb Csus4 _CReaching for water longing to go there flooding in-to your soul______

(repeat four times with counterpoint and ad lib)

Abmaj7 _Bb Bb _F Abmaj7 ` Gm7 `Ooh________ Into your soul_________ yeah yeah

ROINE'S-THEME-FINALE: (three times)6/8C Fm C F Fm

A Gadd2 Bbmaj7 Bb7

Eb Fm Eb Ab Abm

ENDING:6/8 4/4C Fm C F Fm C Ab Db Gb C

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D-G-F-lick D5 G5 F5 D55/8 6/8

1 2 + 3 + 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|B|---------------------|-- O / --|-- O / --|-------------|G|-7-------------------|-- / --|-- / --|-7-----------|D|-7-----5---3-5---3---|-- / O --|-- / O --|-7-----------|A|-5-----5---3-5---3---|-----------|-----------|-5-----------|E|-------3-----3---1---|-----------|-----------|-------------|

E-A-G-lick E5 A5 G5 E55/8 6/8

1 2 + 3 + 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|

B|---------------------|-- O / --|-- O / --|-------------|G|-9-------------------|-- / --|-- / --|-9-----------|D|-9-----7---5-7---5---|-- / O --|-- / O --|-9-----------|A|-7-----7---5-7---5---|-----------|-----------|-7-----------|E|-------5-----5---3---|-----------|-----------|-------------|