PANIC ATTACK - Dream Theater 
Standard tuning (EADGBe), Capo 3
 

[VERSE]

          
All wound up, 

            
on the edge, t

            
errified
          
Sleep disturbe

            
d, restless mi

                 
nd, petrified
          
Bouts of fear,

            
 permeate, all

          
 I see
          
Heightening, n

            
ervousness, th

               
reatens me

        
I am paralyzed

 
         
So afraid to d

       
ie

          
Caught off gua

            
rd, warning si

            
gns, never sho

       
w
          
Tension strike

            
s, choking me,

                  
 worries grow.
                                                       

[PRE-CHORUS]                

       


[CHORUS]

e|-1-------1--
B|-3-------3--
G|-2-------2--
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

1--|-3--4-----
3--|-5--6-----
2--|-4--5-----
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------

----------3--|
----------5--|
----------4--|
-------------|
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-
-
-
-
-
-  
              
         Why d

              
o    I  feel..

              
.         so  

   
   numb? 
              
   Is it somet

              
hing to do wit

              
h where I come

   
   from?
              
       Should 

              
this be fight.

              
..        or  

   
   flight?
              
 I don't know 

              
why I'm consta

              
ntly          

   
   so uptight
        

                   
        
        


[VERSE]

                 
               


          
Rapid heartbea

            
t pounding thr

               
ough my chest
        
Agitated body 

            
in distress
        
I...   feel li

          
ke I'm in dang

         
er
          
Daily life is 

           
strangled by m

           
y stress
           
A stifling sur

          
ge shooting th

        
rough all my v

             
eins
           
Extreme appreh

          
ension, sudden

            
ly I'm insane
        
Lost... all ho

          
pe for re-demp

         
tion
            
A grave situat

          
ion desperate 

        
at best


[PRE-CHORUS]

      


[CHORUS]

e|-1-------1--
B|-3-------3--
G|-2-------2--
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

1--|-3--4-----
3--|-5--6-----
2--|-4--5-----
---|----------
---|----------
---|----------

----------3--|
----------5--|
----------4--|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

-
-
-
-
-
-  
              
         Why d

              
o    I  feel..

              
.         so  

   
   numb? 
              
   Is it somet

              
hing to do wit

              
h where I come

   
   from?
              
       Should 

              
this be fight.

              
..        or  

   
   flight?
              
 I don't know 

              
why I'm consta

              
ntly          

   
   reeling
       

[BRIDGE]
 
          
Helpless hyste

           
ria.. A false 

            
sense of urgen


cy
           
Trapped in my 

          
phobia possess

         
ed by anxiety
            
Run.. Try to h

ide
            
Overwhelmed by

            
 this complex 

     
delirium


      
      

      
      


[BRIDGE]

          
Helpless hyste

           
ria.. A false 

            
sense of urgen


cy
           
Trapped in my 

          
phobia possess

         
ed by anxiety
            
Run.. Try to h

ide
            
Overwhelmed by

            
 this complex 

     
delirium


[OUTRO]