Dream Theater- Octavarium
arranged for piano
Transcribed by Niallakokovich Templinski (nilostthegame@hotmail.co.uk)
1. Someone Like Him
Flute solo: | = bar line
Fm | Fm | Fm | Fm | Cm | Bbm | Fm | Eb/G | Ab | C/E | Fm Fm/Eb |
Dm7b5 | Fdim | C/E | C/E
Then:
Fm | Dbm | Fm | Dbm |
Fm Dbm Fm Abm Eb
I never wanted to become someone like him, so secure
Ab Cm D/F#
content to live each day just like the last
Bm7b5
I was sure I knew that
A/E C#m D9
This was not for me
A/E C#m C
And I wanted so much more
Em9 Bb Dm
Far beyond what I could see
Db(#11)
So I swore that I'd
Bb Dm F#m F#m
Never be someone like him
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/octavarium_crd.html ]
Fm Dbm
So many years have passed
Fm Abm
Since I proclaimed
Eb/Bb
My independance
Fm/Ab
My mission
Eb/Bb
My aim
Abm
And my vision
Eb/G
So secure
Abm Eb/G D/F#
Content to live each day like it's my last
Bm7 A/E
It's wonderful to know
C#m/G D9
That I could be
A/E C#m/E C
Something more than what I dreamed
Em Bb/F Dm/F
Far beyond what I could see
C# Bb
Still I swear that I'm
C#
Missing out this time
E/B A/B
As far as I could tell
E/B B
There's nothing more I need
E/B A/B
But still I ask myself
Em/B B
Could this be everything
B
Then all I swore
Bb/F D/A
That I would never be was now
F#m/C#
So suddenly
Am/E
The only thing
Em
I wanted
D
To become
F A
To be someone just like him
the timing might not be perfect but the chords are definately correct
to see my version of it go to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFUyZoMexm0