{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2255941,"song":"Dreams","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11474977-dreams-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2255941?type=chord","rating":4.9381,"votes":7,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  All that I felt on the first time it happened[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Was the feeling of something bad coming true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  One day I was happy, one day I was laughing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Then, somewhere a chain snapped; like that, I was loose[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Why don't anything feel as real as it once was?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  It was a summer night when I found my religion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I felt better a little while but then it was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I washed myself in the river and I waited on love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And she was taking pictures of people who came in to the mall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And she took my portrait as well as she could do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  With someone who seemed to be not there at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I clung to her hands, and her hair, and her mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  But like every man who finds out he is drowning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I held on to her hard until I just wore her out[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  One carried the nails for his own crucifixion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  He asked all about me and my life on the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And just how I survived, I cannot even remember[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But I know that it lasted a couple of years[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I moved down deep into the jungle during those days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I existed on oranges and oxygen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Reached their limits of power and could not defend[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  But I was covered over with grief and by this, I was saved[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  When I was up, I was so high up above[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  With a fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 13]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  When I was down, the whole world melted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And off that, I was judged with some kind of a tragic[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 14]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  How long until I live the life that I have?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Then leaves me with the demons that I already have?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 15]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And that's where I waited with the world ending around me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And the voices in my head jangling 'round in a tomb[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 16]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 17]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  I haven't seen much of the world but I know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  That there aren't any others who know me like you do[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 18]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  But it feels better just to know that you're near[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And your patience, your joy, and your strength are astounding[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I know that without you, I wouldn't be here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 19]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  And I know that without you, I would not be here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And I know that without you, I would not be here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  I know that without you, I wouldn't be here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  I know that without you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 13]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 14]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 15]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 16]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 17]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 18]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 19]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}