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The Cats: Dreams (Piet Veerman) Album: Signed By, 1972, 4/4 – 113 bpm.
% : Repeat the previous Chord and Measure.
[Intro]
|   C|   G6|    C|Cmaj7|  Am|    C|    G|%    |
|   G|   G7|  Em  C|    G|%   |   G7|    C|%    |
|   C|%    |    G|%    |   C|%    |    G|%    |
|   C|%    |
[Verse 1]
             C%                      G%
Wish I was  upon a star, far away up  in the sky.
                    C%           G  
Beyond the reach  of human mind, that`s where I would
                G      C%        G%        C%
like to be  with you.
[Verse 2]
           C%                           G%
Wish I was  in the sea, down the bottom, you and me.
                  C%             G  
To see the colour  of the water, that`s where I
                      G      C%        G%        C%
would like to be  with you.
[Chorus]
              C%           %                  %
In the sky  or in the sea, I don`t care  what it would be.
                    G%          %
If only there  where you and I, we will live
                     G7      C%
and never die, you and me.
                   C%             %                  %
I wish that we  had wings to fly, like the birds  up in the sky.
                  G%          %
And then we  would fly away, from the dark
                    G7      C%
into the day, you and me.
[Solo]
|    G|%    |    C|%    |    G|%    |
|    C|%    |    F|%    |    C|%    |
|    G|   G7|    C|%    |    G|   G7|
[Verse 3]
           C%                             G%
Wish I was  gently floating, carried by  a lazy river.
               C%               G  
feel the magic  of the silence, that`s where I would
                G      C%        G%        C%
like to be  with you.
[Verse 4]
              C%                              G%
I wish it was  like a dream, fairytales  would come to be.
            C%             G  
reality  for you and me, I want to thank you
                 G      C%        G%        C%
for being you, my love.
[Chorus]
              C%           %                  %
In the sky  or in the sea, I don`t care  what it would be.
                    G%          %
If only there  where you and I, we will live
                     G7      C%
and never die, you and me.
                   C%             %                  %
I wish that we  had wings to fly, like the birds  up in the sky.
                  G%          %
And then we  would fly away, from the dark
                    G7      C%
into the day, you and me.
[Outro]
|   G|%   |   C|%   |   G|%   |   C|%   |
|   F|%   |   C|%   |   G|  G7|   C|%   |
|   G|  G7|   C|%   |
(Repeat and Fade Out)

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Dreams

by The Cats

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Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

The Cats: Dreams (Piet Veerman) Album: Signed By, 1972, 4/4 – 113 bpm.

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[Intro]

C G6 C Cmaj7 Am C G

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G G7 Em C G G7 C

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C G C G

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[Verse 1]

C G

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Wish I was upon a star, far away up in the sky.

C G

Beyond the reach of human mind, that`s where I would

G C G C

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like to be with you.

[Verse 2]

C G

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Wish I was in the sea, down the bottom, you and me.

C G

To see the colour of the water, that`s where I

G C G C

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would like to be with you.

[Chorus]

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In the sky or in the sea, I don`t care what it would be.

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If only there where you and I, we will live

G7 C

and never die, you and me.

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I wish that we had wings to fly, like the birds up in the sky.

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And then we would fly away, from the dark

G7 C

into the day, you and me.

[Solo]

G C G

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C F C

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G G7 C G G7

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[Verse 3]

C G

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Wish I was gently floating, carried by a lazy river.

C G

feel the magic of the silence, that`s where I would

G C G C

% % %

like to be with you.

[Verse 4]

C G

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I wish it was like a dream, fairytales would come to be.

C G

reality for you and me, I want to thank you

G C G C

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for being you, my love.

[Chorus]

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In the sky or in the sea, I don`t care what it would be.

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If only there where you and I, we will live

G7 C

and never die, you and me.

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I wish that we had wings to fly, like the birds up in the sky.

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And then we would fly away, from the dark

G7 C

into the day, you and me.

[Outro]

G C G C

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F C G G7 C

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G G7 C

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(Repeat and Fade Out)

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