DUEL WITH THE DEVIL

Written by Neal Morse, Roine Stolt, Pete Trewavas and Mike Portnoy
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Some 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 beats
2/4
Gb Ab Gb Ab Bbm Db

Eo7

Bbm

Db

Bbsus4

Bbm

_Ab

Ab

Db

Gb

Gb

RIFF:
4/4
Bbm _Ab

Ab

4/4
Bbm

_Ab

`Bbm

`Ab

7/8
_Gb

Bbm

_F7

`Bbm

`Ab

7/8
_Eb

_Gb

RIFF-GROOVE: ` = 2 beats
6/4
`Bbm _Ab `Ab _Gb `Bbm
LINK-A:
4/4
F Bbm G

Ab

Bbm

ROINE'S-THEME:
4/4
F Bbm F Bb Bbm

8/8
Am

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Cm

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Cm

5/8
Am Am

8/8
Am

5/8
Am Am

8/8
Am

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Cm

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Cm

8/8
Bbm

5/8
Gb Gb

8/8
Gb

5/8
Bbm

_F7

4/4
Bbm

7/8
_F7

4/4
Bbm

4/4
Bbm

_F7

LINK-B:
4/4
Eb B E

Bbm

Eo7

_Eb

8/8
Bbm

Bbm

RIFF-REPRISE:
4/4
7/8 4/4 7/8
Bbm _Ab
Ab _Gb
7/8
_Eo7

`Ab

2/8
N.C.

8/8
Gb

Ab

7/8
_Eb

Eb7

5/8
Gb Gb

_Eb7

Ab

(two times)

5/8
Am Am

Bbm

Bbm

_ = 4 beats

BAGPIPES:
5/8
8/8
Am Am Am

5/8
Bbm

Bbm

4/4 10/8
Ab _Eb
Ab

G+

G+

(two times)

I. MOTHERLESS CHILDREN

VERSE:
4/4
Cm
D7
Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night you
Eb
Gm
Wish you could start dreaming in clouds of white but
Fm
Cadd2
Everything could change to-night when you
G5
Gsus2
Duel with the devil living in your mind__
Cm
D7
Time reveals nothing it's a suicide love affair
Eb
Gm
Whispers in the darkness and revo-lution in the air
Fm
Cadd2
Will you see or look be-hind when you
G5
Gsus2
Duel with the devil living in your mind__
REFRAIN: 2 beats per chord ` = 2 beats
4/4
Abmaj7
_Bb
Bb
_F
Abmaj7
_Bb
Bb _F
Motherless children wandering nowhere feels like there's miles to go_____
Abmaj7
_Bb
Bb
_F
Abmaj7
_Bb
Reaching for water longing to go there flooding in-to your
Csus4 ` C `
Abmaj7 ` Bb `
Soul________ into your soul_________
LINK:
4/4
Gsus2

Gm7

VERSE:
4/4
Cm
D7
Do you know the difference between who and what you are will you
Eb
Gm
Ride off in the distance like some highway star will you
Fm
Cadd2
Try until you make it good or will you
G5
Gsus2
Sell your body down in Hollywood
REFRAIN:
(as before with answering phrases and "looks like...")
LINK-LONG: (two times)
4/4
Gsus2 Eb C F
II. WALK AWAY
INTRO:
7/8
D G/B

G/B

G/B

Cadd9

VERSE:
7/8
D
G/B
There's a time to understand there's a time to see the sun
Cadd9
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 experience
Cadd9
G
Never turn your back on me never paint it black by numbers

LINK-1: . = passing chord on 5

7/8
Bb .C D Bb .C

VERSE:
7/8
D
G/B
It's so easy to waste away it's a simple operation
Cadd9
G
Far too many givin' in fall into the dark temptation
D
G/B
Everybody needs a King everybody needs a Captain
8/8
Cadd9
G
You hear the angels sing in your private Armageddon
CHORUS:
4/4
C
G/B
Fadd9
C
And you walk a-way with nowhere to go for another day turn the lights down
C
G/B
Fadd9
Cadd9
Low but you'll never know while you walk a-way when you walk a-way with nowhere to go
LINK-2: . = passing chord on 5
7/8
D .A G .A G .A D .Dsus4
D .A

G .A

G .A

4/4
Dsus4

VERSE-HEAVY:
4/4
D
G/B
Everybody had a doubt so they tried to pull me under
Cadd9
G
Everytime I felt the strain someone sent a sense of wonder
D
G/B
Everybody walked the hard road in the dark they've felt the grind
Cadd9
G
Everybody heard the thunder no one ever read the signs
CHORUS:
4/4
Cadd9
G/B
Fadd9
C
And you walk a-way with nowhere to go for another day turn the lights down
Cadd9
G/B
Fadd9
C
Low but you'll never know while you walk a-way and you walk a-way with nowhere to go
LINK-3: (two times)
6/8
D D7 D6 Bb
FRANTIC-BIT: (lick is 5+5+5+6/8
D-G-F-lick 2x
6/8
C G/B

5/8
D5 D5

D5

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

6/8
D5

5/8
D5 D5

D5

- refer to TAB)
D-G-F-lick 2x
6/8
C G/B

(pause)
N.C.

4/4
Dsus2

G/B

Dsus2

III. SILENCE OF THE NIGHT

INTERLUDE:
7/8
8/8
F#m11 F#m11
7/8
F#m7
4/4
F#m

8/8
Gadd2
_G

(two times)
(piano 8 bars - guitar 24 bars)

(guitar 8 bars - sax 16 bars - G/F last time)

4/4
C

VERSE:
4/4
D
E/D
_C G
Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night__
you
D
E/D
_C
G
Wish you could start dreaming but it's always black and white__ oh-__hoh
D
E/D
_C
G
Looking 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/F
To-night
yeah__
hooh__
yeah__
IV. YOU'RE NOT ALONE
WACKY-BIT:
7/4
A `B A `E

3 beats per chord ` = 4 beats

3/4
A `B A `Esus4 A6

7/4
A `B

A `B

LINK:
12/8
A

A `E

A `Esus4

3/4
A6 Asus2

A6

8th = 8th

MODULATION/CROSS-RHYTHM: 6 beats per chord

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

D `A

D `E

SHUFFLE:
12/8
D D Gsus2

D `Asus4

Gsus2

Bm7

Gmaj7

Em9

Bm7

Gmaj7

Fmaj7

Gsus2

6/8
D6 Dsus2

` = 8 beats

D6

Gsus2

VERSE:
12/8
D
Bm7
Gmaj7
Em9
Nighttime falls it came too fast down the halls tiptoeing past
D
Bm7
Gmaj7
Fmaj7
Out come the shadows of life itself to clap along and wish you well
REFRAIN: ` = 12 beats
12/8
Abmaj7
`
Abm
Motherless children wandering
Ebmaj7
`
F7
`
Look up you're almost home__
Fm
`
Abm
Reaching for water longing to
VERSE:
12/8
D
Bm7 Gmaj7 Em9
Alone__
you're not
D
Bm7 Gmaj7 Fmaj7
Alone now
REFRAIN:
(as before)
VERSE:
(as before)

Fmaj7

`
nowhere
Bb7
know you're not

ROINE'S-THEME-REPRISE:
6/8
F Bbm F Bb Bbm
D
F

Bbm

Bb

5
Cadd9

8/8
Am

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Cm

5/8
Bbm

5/8
Cm Cm

8/8
Fm

Eb

Eb7

(two times)

Bbm

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

Ebmaj7

5/8
Bbm

2/8
N.C.

8/8
Fm

Eb

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

_Eb7

2/4
_Eo7

`Ab

6/8
Bbm

Bbm

4/4
C+ C+

V. ALMOST HOME
VERSE: high vocal
4/4
Cm
D7
Have you woke up screaming in the silence of the night you
Eb
Gm
Wish you could start dreaming in clouds of white when
Fm
Cadd2
Everything can change to-night when you
TAG:
4/4
Bb
Duel
Fm
Duel
Bb
Duel
Fm
Duel

Dm

with the devil

living in your mind when you

Cadd2
with the devil living in your mind when you
Dm
with the devil living in your mind when you
Cadd2
with the devil__ yeah

REFRAIN-CHOIR: 2 beats per chord ` = 2 beats

4/4
Abmaj7
_Bb
Bb
_F
Abmaj7
_Bb
Csus4 _C
Motherless children wandering nowhere look up you're almost home______
Abmaj7
_Bb
Bb
_F
Abmaj7
_Bb
Csus4 _C
Reaching for water longing to go there flooding in-to your soul______
(repeat four times with counterpoint and ad lib)
Abmaj7 _Bb
Ooh________

Bb

_F
Abmaj7 ` Gm7
Into your soul_________

ROINE'S-THEME-FINALE:
6/8
C Fm C F Fm
A

Gadd2

Bbmaj7

Eb

Fm

Ab

ENDING:
6/8
C Fm C

Eb

Fm

(three times)

Bb7
Abm
4/4
C Ab

Db

Gb

`
yeah yeah

D-G-F-lick
D5
G5
F5
D5
5/8
6/8
1
2 + 3 + 4
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
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
E5
5/8
6/8
1
2 + 3 + 4
5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5 6
E|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|
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---|-----------|-----------|-------------|