{"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":1897195,"song":"Only A Dream","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1897195-only-a-dream-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1897195?type=chord","rating":0.13704,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nStanding by the elevator, feeling gloomy and down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nWaitin’ for the flashing light to lift me up from the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nThen the elevator opened and I saw her standing there[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                   \r\nShe had to be a young executive, she looked so corporate and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd I thought I'd seen her somewhere before on the cover of a magazine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI didn't think she'd even look at me, or bother to glance my way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut she actually smiled at me and said \"hiya handsome, have a good day\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dsus2[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]                        \r\nI must be dreamin’ if she looks at me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI gotta be dreamin’, is it a fantasy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nNow I’ve got positive emotion buzzin’ ‘round every molecule in me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dsus2[/ch] \r\nI gotta be dreamin’, is it reality?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut over and over I relive that memory[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWas it real or only a dream?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nNa na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nNa na na na, na na na na na na na na[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas it my imagination playin’ tricks on me when she looked my way?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaybe she took me for somebody else[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           \r\nWhatever it was, it made my day, hey hey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Dsus2[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI wake up in the morning, smiling with anticipation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I feel alive, I face the world with expectation[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI must be dreamin’, is this a smile upon my face?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dsus2[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nI gotta be dreamin’, this world is a better place[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas it my imagination playin’ tricks on me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWas it real or only a dream?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nI see a great big sunset where only clouds used to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nWas it only an illusion, is it fantasy?  [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nIf it’s just a dream, it's good enough for me, yeah yeah[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nWaiting by the elevator feeling optimistic and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Dsus2[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nWaiting for my executive goddess to appear as if in a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Dsus2[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nThen the elevator opened, she was talking to another guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\nAnd I tried to say hello to her, but I failed to even catch her eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                              \r\nThen everybody crowded inside and I sadly stood my ground, thinkin’[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLife’s just like that elevator, it takes you up and brings you down[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["D","Dsus2","G","A","D7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}