The G and F chords in the song are actually played as E chord shapes on the
second and fourth frets respectively, with the other strings left open, thus:
EADGBe
F: 033200
G: 055400
Other chords used:
EADGBe
Am (5th fret) : 577655
C : 335553
C#maj7 : 446564
If you're playing this acoustic, you can also use open chords:
Am (1st fret) : 002210
C : 332010
Guitar 1 plays this throughout the intro and choruses:
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--5b-(let ring)--6b-3b--(let ring)--|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 plays the following chords during the intro and the choruses:
Am(Vth fret) C F5 G5 (twice) and then end on F5
With that out of the way, let's get to the song itself:
The Great Divide
Lyrics: Geoff Tate
Music: Michael Wilton (who once again constructs a truly memorable song out
of simple elements!)
Intro:
Guitar 1 plays alone for 2 bars.
Then Guitar 2 (along with bass and drums) enters for another 2 bars,
finally ending on an F5 chord (let it ring!)
Verse 1:
(Strum C#maj7 once each time and let ring, until the "south", when you should
switch to a distorted tone and play F5 continuously.)
C#maj7
I'd reconciled my anger, got outside of danger,
C#maj7
I was waiting for some signal, a sign from angels.
C#maj7
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When the tide turns against you
C#maj7
it's a strange sensation, a revelation of imagination.
C#maj7
I could change my course and face the flow,
C#maj7 F5
reap the seeds that I had sewn or follow that old river south
F5 G5
Here's what I found out...
Chorus:
Guitar 1 plays exactly the same riff as the intro.
Guitar 2 plays distorted chords as follows:
Am C F5 G5 Am C F5 G5
I was standing on the Great Divide looking out across America.
Am C F5 G5
Trying to find my truth, define it for myself.
Am C F5
I died the day when I saw this place.
F5 G5 F5 G5
I saw what I could lose.
Verse 2 is exactly the same as verse 1:
C#maj7
A very simple mechanism separates the fool from wisdom.
C#maj7
The lines between us are not real.
C#maj7
Conditioning is what makes us feel ignorant.
F5
And apathy will feed our hate.
So we can never give in.
Chorus and end:
Am C F5 G5 Am C F5 G5
There I was standing at the Great Divide, looking for the truth in America.
Am C F5 G5
For all that time I searched, when I closed my eyes,
Am C
I found the thing I was looking for.
F5 G5 F5 G5 F5
I had it all the time.
and then repeat:
So are we standing at the Great Divide?
Is there hope for America?
Take the flag we wave, the freedoms that we sing.
Without respect for one another,
it doesn't mean a thing....
