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The Best of Times Chords

Music by: Dream Theater
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[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][D][F#m][Am][Em][Bm][D][F#m]
[Am][E][Am][Esus4][E][Bm][D][E][F#m][E][Esus4]
[A][Asus4][A][Dm][A][Asus4][A][Em][F][Csus4][C][Esus4][E]
[Am][D][Dm][G][Csus4][C][Am][F]
[Dm][Gsus4][G][Esus4][E][Am][Dm][G][Csus4][E][Am][C]
[D][Bm][Am][Dm][Bm][B][E]
[B][Bm][D][A][E][F#m]
[E][A][E][B]
[Bm][B][G][A][B][E][B][D]
[A]

[Verse 1]
Re[E]member days of yesterday
[B]And how it flew so fast
[G]The two score and a year we had,
[A]I thought would always last
[E]The summer

[Verse 2]
days and west
coast dreams,
[B]I wished would never end
[D]A young boy and his father,
[A]Idol and best friend
[B][A]

[Verse 3]
[F#m]
I'll always [E]re [A]member
Those were the be[B]st of
[E]times[F#m][E][B][E][F#m]
A lifetime [E]to [A]gether
I'll never [E]forget

[Interlude 1]
[E][B][D]
[A][E][F#m][E]
[A]

[Verse 4]
[E]Morning shows on the radio
[B]The case of the missing dog
[G]Lying on the fields at the only twelve
[A]Watching Harold and Maude

[Verse 5]
[E]Record shops, the stick-ball fields
fields
My [B]home away from home
[D]When we weren't together
The [A]hours on the [E]phone[B][A][F#m]
I'll [E]always re

[Verse 6]
[A]member
Those were the be[B]st
[E]of times[F#m][E][F#m]
I'll cherish them [E]forever[A]
The best [C#]of times
But [B]then [G#sus4]came the call

[Verse 7]
[A][G#sus4][E][C#]
Our [B]lives [C#m]changed [A]forever [C#]more
You can [D#]pray [E]for [A]a change[G#sus4]
[E]But [F#m]pre pare fo[E]r the en[D]d
[A][Bm]

[Interlude 2]
[Em][A][D][A][Bm][A][D][G][Asus4][A][F#sus4]
[F#][B][Bm][Esus4][Em][A]
[D][F#m][Bm][A][E][G][A][G][A][Bm]

[Verse 8]
The fleeting winds of [D]time[F#m][Am]
Flying through each [Em]day[Bm]
All the things [D]I should have [F#m]done[Am]
But time just slipped [E]away[Am]
Remember [A]"seize [E]the day"
[Bm]Life goes by in the blink of an eye
There's [E]so much [F#m]left
to say
[E][Esus4][E]

[Verse 9]
[A]
These were the [Dm]best of [A]times
I'll miss these [Em]days[F]
Your spirit [Csus4]led my life[C]
each [Em]day[Esus4]
[E]

[Verse 10]
[Bm]
Thank you for the [D]inspira[F#m]tion[Am]
Thank you for [Em]the smiles[Bm]
All the uncon[D]ditional [F#m]love[Am]
That carried me [E]for miles[Am]
It carried me for [E]miles
But [Bm]most of all [A]thank [D]you
[E]for [F#m]my lif[E]e[A]

[Verse 11]
These were the [Dm]best of [A]times
I'll [Asus4]miss thes[A]e days[Em][F]
Your spirit [Csus4]led my li[C]fe
each [Em]day[E][Esus4][E]
[A]My heart is ble[Dm]eding bad
[A]But I'll be oka[Em]y
[F]Your spirit gui[Csus4]des my life [C]each day[Esus4]

[Outro 1]
[E][Am][Dm][G][Csus4][C][Am][G][F][Gsus4][G]
[Esus4][E][Am][Dsus4][Dm][G][Csus4][C][E][Am][G][D][F][G]
[F][G][Am][Dm][G][C][Am][G][F][G]
[Em][E][Am][Dm][G][Csus4][C][Am][G]
[D][F][G][F][G][C][Fm][C][Gm][Ab]
[Eb][Ebsus4][Eb][G][Gsus4][G][C][Caug][Fm][C][Gm][Ab]
[Ebsus4][Eb][Gm][Gsus4][G][C][Fm][C][Csus4][C][Gm][Ab]
[Ebsus4][Eb][Gm][G][C][Fm][C][Gm][Ab]
[Ebsus4][Eb][Gm][Gsus4][G]
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