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Mission

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This song is one of my favorite songs to play....such a showcase of Geddy's beautiful melodies...
Intro: just hit an Echord
Hold your fire
AKeep it burning
Dbright
EHold the flame 'til the
Adream 
Dignites
A
 Aspirit with A  
Dvision is a 
Adream
EWith a mission
D(this is where I start strumming)
I hear their passionate music
GRead the words that touch my heart
BmI gaze at their feverish pictures
AThe secrets that set them apart
DWhen I feel the powerful visions
GTheir fire has made alive
BmI wish I had that instinct
AI wish I had that drive
ESpirits fly on dangerous missions
AImaginations on fire
BmFocused high on soaring ambitions
AConsumed in a single desire
EIn the grip of a nameless possession
AA slave to the drive of obsession
Bm
 Aspirit with A  
Dvision is a
Adream
With a Emission
DI watch their images flicker
GBringing light to a lifeless screen
BmI walk through their beautiful buildings
AAnd I wish I had their dreams
DBut dreams don't need to have motion
GTo keep their spark alive
BmObsession has to have action
APride turns on the drive
EIt's cold comfort
ATo the ones without it
DTo know how they struggled
AHow they suffered about it
EIf their lives were exotic and strange
AThey would likely have gladly exchanged them
BmFor something a little more 
Dplain
Maybe sAomething a little more
Esane
EWe each pay a fabulous price
AFor our visions of paradise
BmBut a spirit with a
Dvision is a 
Adream
With a Emission
Probably not 100% percent correct, but play around with it and you'll get it.

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Mission

by Rush

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This song is one of my favorite songs to play....such a showcase of Geddy's beautiful melodies...

Intro: just hit an Echord

Hold your fire

Keep it burning

bright

Hold the flame 'til the

dream

ignites

A A

spirit with

vision is a

dream

With a mission

D(this is where I start strumming)

I hear their passionate music

Read the words that touch my heart

I gaze at their feverish pictures

The secrets that set them apart

When I feel the powerful visions

Their fire has made alive

I wish I had that instinct

I wish I had that drive

Spirits fly on dangerous missions

Imaginations on fire

Focused high on soaring ambitions

Consumed in a single desire

In the grip of a nameless possession

A slave to the drive of obsession

A A

spirit with

vision is a

dream

With a mission

I watch their images flicker

Bringing light to a lifeless screen

I walk through their beautiful buildings

And I wish I had their dreams

But dreams don't need to have motion

To keep their spark alive

Obsession has to have action

Pride turns on the drive

It's cold comfort

To the ones without it

To know how they struggled

How they suffered about it

If their lives were exotic and strange

They would likely have gladly exchanged them

For something a little more

plain

Maybe something a little more

sane

We each pay a fabulous price

For our visions of paradise

But a spirit with a

vision is a

dream

With a mission

Probably not 100% percent correct, but play around with it and you'll get it.

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