STRANGER IN YOUR SOUL

Written by Neal Morse, Pete Trewavas, Roine Stolt and Mike Portnoy

BUSKERS CHART
Some harmony is simplified or altered to utilise familiar chords.
Example Dm7b5 is replaced by 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.
Two-beat changes in 4/4 are notated with the ` symbol.
Changes within odd-meters are indicated with the . symbol and beat number.
Half-time sections are considered 2/4 rather than label each chord.
Tune down one half-step to play along with the recording.
PRELUDE:
2/4
Eb F Eb

Gm

Eb

Bb

Gm
Eb

PETE'S-PROG:
4/4
G5 (eight bars)

Bb
Bb

Eo

Eo

Gsus4

`Bb

Eb

`F

(seven times)

Eb

7/4
G5 G5

I. SLEEPING WIDE AWAKE

SLEEPING-THEME: . change on 4+ 6+
7/4
G .D.C G .D.C Em6 C
(two times)
Cadd9

Cadd9

G .Gsus4

(four times)

Rhythm Figure denoted G*

VERSE:
7/4
G*
G*
A7
Cadd9
Once not so long a-go I lived far be-low where you are I didn't even
8/4
G*
G*
A7
Cadd9
Know home was far a-way I was sleeping wide-a-wake breaking down waiting for the sound__
CHORUS:
4/4
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ But I can't hear it now__ is it all too late__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__'Cos I would sell my dreams__ if I could be awake__
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
_________
If I could be awake__
SLEEPING-THEME-LINK:
7/4
G .D.C G .D.C
VERSE:
7/4
G*
G*
A7
Cadd9
There walking into walls piercing through the pain here we are reaching through the
8/4
G*
G*
A7
Cadd9
Rain I almost caught a glimpse to feel that Sunday high I would fall this makes no sense at all
CHORUS:
4/4
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ But I can't hear it now__ not a single word__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ And though I strain my voice__ I can-not be heard__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ Out-side the smile__ the in-sider breaks__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ And I would give my dreams__ if I could be awake__

CHORUS-MODULATION: [instrumental]
4/4
D A C G
(four times)

REFRAIN:
4/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm6
Whatever you're looking for don't ever start looking behind__
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm6
Whatever you want to change you better start changing your mind__
3/4
Bb
Bb
C
N.C.
'Cos everything can be done stand up 'cos this is your
II. HANGING IN THE BALANCE
HANGING-RIFF:
5/4
Dm Dm(b6) Dm6
Time
Dm

Dm(b6)

Dm6

C
8/4
C

VERSE:
5/4
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
Go where you're going to you can rule your mind you will not de-cay is always waiting
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
You've got nowhere to go so you look be-hind what you sought to find is always fading
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
Wish to be blame-less can live ever-more doesn't satis-fy the deeper feeling
8/4
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
meaning
Lose if you want to find what you're looking for all your dreams can live as if to satisfy the
REFRAIN:
4/4
3/4
7/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
G* G*
Whatever you're looking for don't ever start looking be-hind
4/4
3/4
7/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
G* G*
Whatever you want to change you better start changing your mind__
4/4
3/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
'Cos everything can be done stand up 'cos this is your
HANGING-RIFF-VARIATION:
5/4
4/4
Dm Dm(b6) Dm6 Dm7
Time
5/4
7/4 2/4
Dm Dm(b6) Dm6 C
Ebmaj7
VERSE:
5/4
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
Drink in the big dream but you have to wait till you get it right/write down every letter
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
better
Paint with the broadest stroke through the deepest sea/see what you have in mind to make it
3/8 5/4
4/4
Bb
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
Dm7
Get in on the ground floor to ceiling is so high will become the low it will make sense
5/4
8/4
Dm
Dm(b6)
Dm6
C
balance
Want always wants some more never is e-nough is enough re-member life is hanging in the

REFRAIN:
4/4
3/4
7/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
G* G
Whatever you're looking for don't ever start looking be-hind
4/4
3/4
5/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
Gm7
Whatever you want to change you better start changing your mind__
4/4
3/4
Bb
Bb
Cadd4
C
'Cos everything can be done stand up 'cos this is your time__
SLEEPING-THEME:
7/4
G .D.C G .D.C Em6

G7sus4

(two times)

III. LOST AND FOUND Pt.2

INTRO: half-time feel
4/4
E E E Esus4
(two times)
VERSE:
4/4
E
Don't you
F#o
Don't you
E
Don't you
F#o
Don't you

A E
think if you could be lost
don't you
F
think if you were the world you'd turn
A E
think if you could be lost
don't you
F
think if you were the world you'd turn

PRETTY-LINK:
4/4
`C `F#o Fadd9
`C

`Bm

`C

`F#o

Asus4
Fadd9

A
think that you can be found
Cadd9 Cadd9
it a-round
A
think that you can be found
Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9 Cadd9
it a-round

Fadd9
A
`C

`Bm

JAM-SECTION: cut-time feel

4/4
Em Esus4 Em Em7
(sixteen times)
REFRAIN-MODULATION:
4/4
3/4
4/4
C
C
Dsus4
D
A
Asus4 A Asus4
Whatever you're looking for don't ever start looking be-hind
3/4
4/4
C
C
Dsus4
D
A
Asus4 A Asus4
Whatever you want to change you better start changing your mind
3/4
7/4
[cadenza]
C
C
Dsus4
D
Gbm11
'Cos everything can be done stand up stand up 'cos this is your time
IV. AWAKENING THE STRANGER
INTRO:
4/4
Gbm11 Ebsus2

(four times)

VERSE:
4/4
Gbm11
Ebsus2
Gbm11
Ebsus2
In the time it takes to be lost or found in the wake of something not for the crowd
Fm7
Gm7
Cm7
Bbsus2
A-wakening the stranger in your soul it isn't always quite that easy
Fm7
Cm7
`Eb `F `Eb `F
A-wakening the stranger in your soul

RE-INTRO:
4/4
Gbm11 Ebsus2

4
(two times)

VERSE:
4/4
Gbm11
Ebsus2
Gbm11
Ebsus2
All the rage the world goes on outside it's alright come in here it's safe to hide
Fm7
Gm7
Cm7
Bbsus2
A-wakening the stranger in your soul is more than just a thought or feeling there
Ebsus2
Bbsus2
Cm7
`Bbsus2 `Eb
Is no worldly danger be-yond control there's so much more than what we're seeing
Fm7
Cm7
A-wakening the stranger in your soul__
AWAKENING-THEME:
2/4
Eb F Eb F Eb
Eb

Eb

Bb

Gm

(two times)
Bb
Bb

Gm

Bb

Eo

Eo

PETE'S-PROG-MODULATION: double-time feel

4/4
Eb F Gb `Db `Ab
(three times)
Eb

Gb

`Ab

`C

V. SLIDE
PHRYGIAN-RIFF: . change on 4 5 6
6/8
F .Gb F .F.Gb.F (four times)
G .Ab
F7

F7

G7 .G

G7 .G.Ab.G

F7

F7

G7 .G

G7 .G

G7 .G

G .G.Ab.G

(two times)

G7

VERSE:
6/8
F
F
Gsus4 G
Give up all the reasons that you know
F
F
Gsus4 G
Slide down where the time moves nice and slow
Fm7
Fm7
Gsus4
G
Fm
Fm
Ease back and re-lax no figures and no fax a-wakening the stranger in your
G7 .G
Soul

G7 .G.Ab.G

G7 .G

G7 .G.Ab.G

VERSE:
6/8
F
F
Gsus4
G
It's alright to give up your con-trol
come in where it's safe there is no
F
F
Gsus4
G
Move along we've paid your expressway toll
it's the
I
look at all the others floating
Fm7
Fm7
Gsus4
G
Fm
Fm
Five a.m. a-larm no time to use your charm sur-render is the only way to
high
G7 .G
Go

G7 .G.Ab.G

G7 .G

G7 .G.Ab.G

REFRAIN:
8/8 syllable = 2/8
6/8
Fadd9
N.C.
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
A-wakening the stranger in your soul
6/8 syllable = 3/16
6/8
Fadd9
N.C.
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
No thought for your-self you just let go

INTERLUDE:
5/8
G F# F E
1 2+ 4 5

(four times)
4/8
6/8
Bb A Ab
G7 .G
1 2+ 4

VERSE: [bass solo]

6/8
F F Gsus4 G
F

Gsus4

5
G7 .G.Ab.G

Fm7

Fm7

G7 .G

G7 .G.Ab.G

Gsus4

Fm

Fm

INTERLUDE-VARIATION: . change on 4 5 6
5/8
6/8
5/8
6/8
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
G7 .G G7 .G.Ab.G
6/8
F7 F7

5/8
G7 .G

6/8
G7 .G.Ab.G

6/8
F7 F7

6/8
G7 .G

5/8
G7 .G.Ab

5/8
Gm

4/8
Bb

5/8
Gm

6/8
Gm .G.Ab.G

6/8
Gm

4/8
Bb

(pause)
Ebmaj7

VI. STRANGER IN YOUR SOUL

VERSE:
4/4
Ebsus2
Bbsus2
Cm7
Bbsus2
When you come to make love your only goal words cannot describe the feeling
Ebsus2
Bbsus2
Cm7
Fsus4
A-wakening the stranger in your soul from the shallow to the deepest mean-__ing
Fm7
Gm7
Cm7
`Dm7
`Bb
When you come to make love your only goal words cannot describe the feeling
Eb
`Fsus4 `F
Gm
F
Now we're here in full sight we can be whole let's dive and never hit the ceiling
SLEEPING-THEME-BRIDGE: double-time feel
4/4
C
`G
`F
C `G
`F
Am6 Am6
F F
There walking into walls__ piercing through the pain here we are__ reaching through the rain__
7/4
4/4
C
`G
`F
C
Am6
Am6
F
F
__ I almost caught a glimpse brighter than the sky a child grown__ a stranger coming
CHORUS:
4/4
C
G/B
Bb
F
Home and I can hear it now__ every single word__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ And when I strain my voice__ I will be assured__
C
G/B
Bb
F
__ Out-side the storm__ but in here the big break__
C
G/B
Bb
Bb
__ That I might chance to dream__ that I might be awake__
AWAKENING-THEME:
2/4
Eb F Eb F Eb
Eb

Eb

Bb

Gm

(two times)
Bb
Bb

Gm
Eo

Bb
Eo

CODA:
2/4
Eb
F
Eb
F
Bb
A-wakening the stranger__ in__ your soul__
SLEEPING-THEME-MODULATION:
7/4
F .C.Bb F .C.Bb Dm6 Bb

Dm

. change on 4+ and 6+
(repeat and fade)

Em

Fm

Gm

Ab

Bbm

(pause)
F

Alternate fingerings for G A Bb are used in the instrumental sections of

part V. SLIDE and sounded as 'power chords' favouring the lower strings.
Any harmony which appears unsatisfactory can be substituted using the
more accurate voicings from the separate reference chart.