DREAMS
Written by: * & D.O'Riordan (1992)
From the album: Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
(Island/PLG 1993)
Introduction
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Guitar I (electric - strum with tremelo/chorus/echo effect)
Chord progression : E A/A~ B/B~ E (see below for chord patterns)
(slight background picking/strumming of additional guitar)
E E E A A A or A~'s B B B or B~'s E E E E E
e|-0-0-0------------0-0-0------------2-2-2------------0-0-0-----------
B|-0-0-0------------2-2-2------------4-4-4------------0-0-0-----------
G|-1-1-1------------2-2-2------------4-4-4------------1-1-1-----------
D|-2-2-2------------2-2-2------------4-4-4------------2-2-2-----------
A|-2-2-2------------0-0-0------------2-2-2------------2-2-2-----------
E|-0-0-0----------------------------------------------0-0-0-----------
e|0--0-|
B|0--0-|r
G|1--1-|e
D|2--2-|s
A|2--2-|t
E|0--0-|
^down beat ^ ^ ^
^
Guitar II (or keyboard played simultaneously with above guitar I)
Note progression : G# G# F# G#
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e|--------------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6~---------------6~-------------6\4~-------------4/6~----------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-----|
B|-----|r
G|-----|e
D|-----|s
A|-----|t
E|-----|
Guitar I (picking with clean chorus/tremelo effect)
(the notes in parentheses are not actually played but playing them may
help
you out with the timing...)
Riff A
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
G|------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1---------1-----1-----|
D|-(2)---(2)---(2)-------(2)---(2)----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------(0)---(0)---(0)-------(0)---(0)--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A (cont'd)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
G|------2-----2---------2-----2---------1-----1---------1-----1-----|
D|---------------------------------(2)---(2)---(2)-------(2)---(2)--|
A|-(2)---(2)---(2)-------(2)---(2)----------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|v
B|o n
G|c e
D|a x
A|l t
E|s
Use the different variations of the A and B chords where suitable (A~ &
B~)
(Guitar I,II - chord strums with slight picking)
EA/A~ B/B~
Oh my life is changing everyday
E
every possible way
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EA/A~ B/B~
though my dreams, it's never quite as it seems
E
never quite as it seems
(Guitar I - picking of Riff A)
EA/A~
I know I felt like this before
B/B~
but now I'm feeling it even more
E
because it came from you
(Guitar I,II - chord strums with slight picking)
EA/A~
Then I open up and see
B/B~
the person fumbling here is me
E
a different way to be
[O'Riordan chanting part]
Chords : G C G C
(Guitar I - play single chord strums with tremelo effect)
(Guitar I,II - chord strums with slight picking)
I want more, impossible to ignore
impossible to ignore
they'll come true, impossible not to do
impossible not to do
(Guitar I - picking of Riff A)
Now I tell you openly
you have my heart so don't hurt me
for what I couldn't find
(Guitar I,II - chord strums with slight picking)
Talk to me amazing mind
so understanding and so kind
you're everything to me
Oh my life is changing everyday
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every possible way
though my dreams, it's never quite as it seems
'cause you're a dream to me
dream to me
Coda
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(Guitars I & II)
Guitar I - picking of Riff A
Guitar II - chord strums with HEAVY tremelo/chorus/echo effect
Chord formations:
EAA~ C
o oo xo o oo x o o
1-III*II 1-IIIIII 5-*IIIII 1-IIII*I
I**III II***I III*II II*III
IIIIII IIIIII I**III I*IIII
231 123 1342 32 1
BB~ GG
x oo ooo oo
2-I*---* 7-*IIIII 1-IIIIII 1-IIIIII
IIIIII III*II I*IIII or I*IIII
II***I I**III *IIII* *III**
12341 1342 21 4 21 34