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Meat Loaf - Cheatin' in Your Dreams
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:   C    F    C    G  C  
You see me Emnow, as Clarge as Flife
But underneath, you Gknew all too Cwell
The hollow Emshell, no Cspark of Flife
Where once upon a Gtime, there beat a Cheart
For Emyou and you Amknew it, from the Emstart
And Cyou went and Amblew it, Bball awayC  
And you knew Emhow, oh, you knew Fbest
The strings to pull and Gbuttons to Cpress
To wind me Emup, or Cmake me Fshake
You controlling Gevery move I Cmake
How Emcould I've seen Amthrough it, all the Empain
And Cyou put me Amthrough itC  
BbOver and over agGain
Just tell me, Bbover and over and oGverC  
CHORUS:
How could you Amsay there was no Bbother?G  C  
Why is it, Amnothing's what it Bbseems?G  C  
You told me AmI'm your greatest BbloverG  C  
Do you even Amknow what that word Bbmeans?G  C  
Your loving is C7cooling
Baby, Amwho ya think you're Ffooling?
'Cause Dmwhen I woke Fup, I caught you cheatin' in your Cdreams
When DmI woke Fup, I caught you cheatin' in your CdreamsEm  
BRIDGE:
AmStop it! Stop it! Don't you say a word
I Cput my hands around her neck and Geverything went Em7blurred
AmBroken, broken, she slipped from out my hand
She Amlay so still and lifeless, I cried, "GBaby, baby, baby"C  
CHORUS:
How could you Amsay there was no Bbother?G  C  
Why is it, Amnothing's what it Bbseems?G  C  
You told me AmI'm your greatest BbloverG  C  
Do you even Amknow what that word Bbmeans?G  C  
Your loving is C7cooling
Baby, Amwho ya think you're Ffooling?
'Cause when DmI woke Fup, I caught you cheatin' in your Cdreams
(Cheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)
C(Cheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)
It was Dmmy dumb Fluck, I just Dmcame unFstuck
My Dmwhole world Fshook, I'd Dmhad about eFnough
When DmI woke Fup, I caught you cheatin' in your Cdreams
OUTRO:   (## fade to end ##)
(Cheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)
(CCheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)
(CCheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)
(CCheatin', Amcheatin', Fcheatin' in your Gdreams)

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Cheatin In Your Dreams

by Meat Loaf

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

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Meat Loaf - Cheatin' in Your Dreams

CAPO: 2nd Fret

C F C G C

INTRO:

Em C F

You see me now, as large as life

G C

But underneath, you knew all too well

Em C F

The hollow shell, no spark of life

G C

Where once upon a time, there beat a heart

Em Am Em

For you and you knew it, from the start

C Am Bb C

And you went and blew it, all away

Em F

And you knew how, oh, you knew best

G C

The strings to pull and buttons to press

Em C F

To wind me up, or make me shake

G C

You controlling every move I make

Em Am Em

How could I've seen through it, all the pain

C Am C

And you put me through it

Bb G

Over and over again

Bb G C

Just tell me, over and over and over

CHORUS:

Am Bb G C

How could you say there was no other?

Am Bb G C

Why is it, nothing's what it seems?

Am Bb G C

You told me I'm your greatest lover

Am Bb G C

Do you even know what that word means?

Your loving is cooling

Am F

Baby, who ya think you're fooling?

Dm F C

'Cause when I woke up, I caught you cheatin' in your dreams

Dm F C Em

When I woke up, I caught you cheatin' in your dreams

BRIDGE:

Stop it! Stop it! Don't you say a word

C G Em7

I put my hands around her neck and everything went blurred

Broken, broken, she slipped from out my hand

Am G C

She lay so still and lifeless, I cried, "Baby, baby, baby"

CHORUS:

Am Bb G C

How could you say there was no other?

Am Bb G C

Why is it, nothing's what it seems?

Am Bb G C

You told me I'm your greatest lover

Am Bb G C

Do you even know what that word means?

Your loving is cooling

Am F

Baby, who ya think you're fooling?

Dm F C

'Cause when I woke up, I caught you cheatin' in your dreams

Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

C Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

Dm F Dm F

It was my dumb luck, I just came unstuck

Dm F Dm F

My whole world shook, I'd had about enough

Dm F C

When I woke up, I caught you cheatin' in your dreams

OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)

Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

C Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

C Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

C Am F G

(Cheatin', cheatin', cheatin' in your dreams)

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