Queensryche - The Great Divide Chords

Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo


   EADGB

Other chords used:

Am (5th fret) : E5A7D7G6B55

If you're playing this acoustic, you can also use open chords:

Am (1st fret) : 002210

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♯maj7I'd reconciled my anger, got outside of danger,
C♯maj7I was waiting for some signal, a sign from angels.
C♯maj7When the tide turns against you
C♯maj7it's a strange sensation, a revelation of imagination.
C♯maj7I could change my course and face the flow,
C♯maj7reap the seeds that I had sewn or follow that old river sF5outh
Here's what I found oF5ut...  G5

Chorus
Guitar 1 plays exactly the same riff as the intro.

Guitar 2 plays distorted chords as follows:

AmI was Cstanding F5on the Great DivG5ide Amlooking Cout acroF5ss America. G5
AmTrying to Cfind my truth, F5define it for G5myself.
AmI died the day when I Csaw this placeF5.
F5I saw what I could loseG5.  F5     G5

Verse 2 is exactly the same as verse 1:

C♯maj7A very simple mechanism separates the fool from wisdom.
C♯maj7The lines between us are not real.
C♯maj7Conditioning is what makes us feel ignorant.
And F5apathy will feed our hate.
So we can never give in.

Chorus and end:

AmThere I Cwas standing F5at the Great DivG5ide, lAmooking foCr the truth inF5 AmericaG5.
AmFor all that timeC I searched, F5when I closed myG5 eyes,
AmI found the thing I was loCoking for.
F5I had it all the time. G5       F5            G5                 F5

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....

End by repeating the chorus riff - the song ends, quite
appropriately, on an unresolved note both musically and lyrically.

That's about it! There are some fills in between that I couldn't quite
figure out: if anyone does, please let me know!