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Dream Lover

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                             Dream Lover
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Tabbed by:marioldlr
E-mail:
Tuning: Standard
Riff: Distortion or Overdrive
First guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------0-2v------0----------------2-4--0-2---------------------------------|
A|-2--2---------0-----2----x2------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Second guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----7-9--------7-----------------9-11--7-9--------------------------------|
D|-9-9---------7-----9-----x2------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verses: Add some tremolo, delay and reverb
BmDo you recall desiBm7re
Like it matters?
AIt doesn’t matter much to Bm7me
BmIf I seem begrudgBm7ing
Or on another planet
AActuallyBm7  
Pre-choruses:
With a hGmaj7ollow embrace
Let’s go bBmack to your place
Uncover Bma lover
EYou cannot replace
Chorus: 
Last part of the Riff and then play the riff.
BmWhen I shut my eyes
EmI got another 
BmDream loAver
BmSomewhere in the dark
EmI got another
BmDream lovAer
Verse:
When you’re on my mind
I kinda like it
Asleep, but for real
Think outside the box
And anybody
Could have their appeal
Pre-chorus:
With a hollow embrace
Let’s go back to your place
Uncover a lover
You cannot replace
Riff and Chorus:
When I shut my eyes
I got another 
Dream lover
Somewhere in the dark
I got another
Dream lover
Dreamin’ dreamin’ everywhere
Dream lover
Bridge:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------7------------7------------7-----9h11-9-7----9-7----------------------]
D|--7-9---9-7-9--7-9---9-7-9--7-9---9-------------9-----11-9v----------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----7--7----------------------7----------9-7---------|
G|----------9-7-----------7-------9-7----9-----11-9----|
D|--9--9--------11-9--------9--------------------------|
(Freddie plays this)
With a hollow embrace
Let’s go back to your place
Uncover a lover
You cannot replace
Riff
Chorus:
When I shut my eyes
I got another 
Dream lover
Somewhere in the dark
I got another
Dream lover
Dreamin’, dreamin’, everywhere
Dream lover
Dreamin’, dreamin’, who could compare?
Dream lover
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
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Dream Lover

by The Vaccines

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Bm7

Gmaj7

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Dream Lover

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by:marioldlr

E-mail:

Tuning: Standard

Riff: Distortion or Overdrive

First guitar:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------0-2v------0----------------2-4--0-2---------------------------------|

A|-2--2---------0-----2----x2------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Second guitar:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----7-9--------7-----------------9-11--7-9--------------------------------|

D|-9-9---------7-----9-----x2------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verses: Add some tremolo, delay and reverb

Bm Bm7

Do you recall desire

Like it matters?

A Bm7

It doesn’t matter much to me

Bm Bm7

If I seem begrudging

Or on another planet

A Bm7

Actually

Pre-choruses:

Gmaj7

With a hollow embrace

Let’s go back to your place

Uncover a lover

You cannot replace

Chorus:

Last part of the Riff and then play the riff.

When I shut my eyes

I got another

Bm A

Dream lover

Somewhere in the dark

I got another

Bm A

Dream lover

Verse:

When you’re on my mind

I kinda like it

Asleep, but for real

Think outside the box

And anybody

Could have their appeal

Pre-chorus:

With a hollow embrace

Let’s go back to your place

Uncover a lover

You cannot replace

Riff and Chorus:

When I shut my eyes

I got another

Dream lover

Somewhere in the dark

I got another

Dream lover

Dreamin’ dreamin’ everywhere

Dream lover

Bridge:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|------7------------7------------7-----9h11-9-7----9-7----------------------]

D|--7-9---9-7-9--7-9---9-7-9--7-9---9-------------9-----11-9v----------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pre-chorus:

e|-----------------------------------------------------|

B|----7--7----------------------7----------9-7---------|

G|----------9-7-----------7-------9-7----9-----11-9----|

D|--9--9--------11-9--------9--------------------------|

(Freddie plays this)

With a hollow embrace

Let’s go back to your place

Uncover a lover

You cannot replace

Riff

Chorus:

When I shut my eyes

I got another

Dream lover

Somewhere in the dark

I got another

Dream lover

Dreamin’, dreamin’, everywhere

Dream lover

Dreamin’, dreamin’, who could compare?

Dream lover

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

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