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MY NEW WORLD 1Written by Roine Stolt with Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Pete Trewavas

BUSKERS CHARTSome harmony is simplified or altered to utilise familiar chords.Bass movement, inversions and polychords are mostly ignored.Time signatures imply the duration of the chords without the use of bar-lines.Tune down one half-step to match recordings of live performances.

PRELUDE: (two times) . = passing chord on Beat-7[3 beat pick-up]

9/8D .E D D .E F#m

6/8F .G F F .G A5 A5

BAND:9/8E .F# E E .F# G#m

G .A G G .A

Dm Fm Cm Bmaj7

Emaj7 F# Dmaj7

Cmaj7 D#o7 D#o7

INTRO:5/8 6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m D(b5)

VERSE-SHORT:5/8 6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m D(b5)Place she called home was high on a hill way up in a big house under the trees5/8 6/8A Dm F#m A7 A7

Days in the sun she's seen by the river reading a book and feeding her dreams

REFRAIN:6/8F#m F#m7 Dmaj7 Dmaj7Now she's a loner now she's a stoner no one can touch her

VERSE:5/8 6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m D(b5)He was the boy a pride of his mother stainless and shining all heaven sent5/8 6/8A Dm F#m A7

But then the country calls for a soldier and he went out to a foreign land5/8 4/4D Daug Bm D7 D7When he returned so much had changed at the end of innocence nothing's the same

CHORUS:4/4G Em Bm CMy new world was spinning me a-round and that was all that could beAm Em C G/BMy new world was spinning me and nothing's lost on memoryAm Bm F#My new world was spinning me a-round

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VERSE: 25/8 6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m D(b5)Hiked up to Woodstock got high in Frisco Summer Of Love that child she was wild5/8 6/8A Dm F#m A7She had the need for total expression painting and poetry filled up her mind5/8 4/4D Daug Bm D7 D7Boy he took pride in serving his country went off to war no more than a child

CHORUS:4/4G Em Bm CMy new world keeps spinning me a-round and this is all that I've foundAm Em C G/BMy new world keeps spinning me and time can be my enemyAm Em Em Em EmMy new world keeps spinning me

REFRAIN-MODULATION:6/8Em G Cmaj7 Cmaj7Now she's a loner now she's a stoner no one can touch her

MELANCHOLY-LINK:4/8Cmaj7 Bm Cadd9 Am Cmaj7 Bm C Am

SHUFFLE-SOLO-GUITAR: (two times)6/4E E E E G#m G#m Em Em

LA-DI-DA:3/4E E E G#m G G G Bm Dm Db Fm E

SHUFFLE-SOLO-SYNTH: (two times)6/4

E E E E G#m G#m Em Em

LA-DI-DA:3/4E E E G#m G G G Bm Dm Db Fm E

DING-DONG:6/4F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4

2 3 4F#5 F#sus4 E5 F#sus4 D F#sus4 (F#sus4 continues with accents on beats indicated)

F#sus4 F#sus4 (three times with alternate Bass notes)

F#6/9 (33 seconds ad lib)

INTRO:6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m F#sus4 F#sus4

MIDDLE:6/8F# Bmaj7 D#m F#sus4 F#sus4Out in a field we met in the summer on a poetic island no world to recallF# Bmaj7 D#m Eadd9 Eadd9Breaking like waves we flooded the moment laughing at the perfect-ness of it all

F# Bmaj7 D#m Eadd9 Eadd9My new world waits patiently when living is lost in a memoryF# Bmaj7 D#m Eadd9 Eadd9My new world is a-head of me but sometimes I'm back where I used to be

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MIDDLE-MODULATIONS: 36/8A Dmaj7 F#m Gadd9My new world waits patiently when living is lost in a memoryA Dmaj7 F#m Gadd9 Gadd9My new world is a-head of me but sometimes I'm back where I used to be

B G#m D#m Eadd9My new world waits patiently when living is lost in a memoryB G#m D#m F#sus4 F#sus4My new world is a-head of me but sometimes I'm back where I used to be

DING-DONG-LINK:6/8F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4D C# G

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JAZZY-SOLO: 48/4 9/4 8/4 9/4Emaj7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 Bmaj7Behind8/4 9/4 8/4Emaj7 Bmaj7 Emaj7 Bmaj7

DING-DONG: Organ4/4 3/4F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 E7

ARPEGGIOS:4/4E7 A7 D D

Organ 3/4E7 A7 D D D D

DING-DONG-VARIATION: Mellotron4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4 3/4F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 D D

LA-DI-DA-EXCERPT:3/4 4/4E E G

DING-DONG:4/4 3/4F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4 F#sus4

ARPEGGIOS:4/4 OrganE7 A7 D D D D

MAJESTIC-LINK:6/8Gb Db

VERSE-VARIATION:6/8

Ab Dbmaj7 Fm Gbadd9 Gbadd9Out of the blue still reaching for something feeling the window of time out of mind__B Emaj7 G#m A7 A7Catching a glimpse each one to the other always not knowing the spark left behind__

4/4D Daug Bm D7 D7Going and going with fictional borders passing and passing two feet from the door__

CHORUS-LONG:4/4G Em G/B Cadd9My new world keeps spinning me a-round and this is all that can beAm Em G/B Cadd9

My new world is a-head of me now this is all that I've foundG Em G/B Cadd9My new world keeps spinning me a-roundAm Em Cadd9 G/BMy new world keeps spinning me and time is not my enemyAm Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9 Fmaj9My new world's a-head of me to-day and all things pass away__

OUTRO:3/4Am G F#o F

Bb Db E G Bb(b5)

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PASSING CHORDS:

In solo sections add notes in parentheses mid-bar - Beat-3 in 6/4 and 2+ in 4/4.

BASS NOTES:

Optional alternate bass notes under F#sus4.