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Matthew Barber
Awful Dream
Chords interpreted by Joe G, based on a live bootleg from Kingston, ON
G C G C
G C G C
Four in the GmorningC  
I woke with a GstartC  
I woke with a Empounding deep deep D/F#down in my Cheart
And it’s all over Gnow, C  
But I had such an EmawwwDwwful CdreaGmC  G  
I don’t know what it Gtells meC  
I don’t know what it GmeansC  
I don’t know where it Emcomes from
I don’t D/F#know where it Cleads
And it’s all over GnowC  
But I had such an EmawwwwD/F#wwful CdreamG  C  G  
Maybe it was Emsomething   Dsomebody CsaidG  
Maybe it was Emnothing, Dthe wrong side of the CbedG  
                  [D/F#]           Em         D/F#  
But all I know is that it scares me
Even though it’s not CrealG  
And I had an EmawwwwwD/F#wwful CdreamG  C  G  
C G  C G
C G  C G
And it’s strange what you GseeC  
In the middle of the GnightC  
When your eyes aren’t even Emopen
And there D/F#isn’t any Clight
And it’s all over GnowC  
But I had such an EmawwwD/F#wwful CdreamG  C  G  
Now I know what you’re tGhinkingC  
You wanna know what went GdownC  
You wanna know if you were Emin it
Don’t let me D/F#go, you weren’t aCround
Oh and it’s all over GnowC  
But I had such an Emaw-aw-D/F#awful CdreamG  C  G  
Have you D/F#ever had the EmfeelingD/F#  
Something you can’t CshakeG  
It doesn’t matter D/F#if you’re EmsleepingD/F#  
Or if you’re aCwakeG  
And nothing’s D/F#as it Emshould beD/F#  
At least that’s how it CseemsG  
We all Emhave our D/F#awful CdreamsG  C  G  
Awful CdreamsG  C  G  
Em D/F#  C G
Em D/F#  C G
Em D/F#  C G
Em D/F#  C G
C G  C G
C G
Awful CdreamsG  C  G  
Awful CdreeeeGeamCs.G  

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Awful Dream

by Matthew Barber

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D/F#

Matthew Barber

Awful Dream

Chords interpreted by Joe G, based on a live bootleg from Kingston, ON

G C G C

G C

Four in the morning

G C

I woke with a start

Em D/F# C

I woke with a pounding deep deep down in my heart

G C

And it’s all over now,

Em D C G C G

But I had such an awwwwwful dream

G C

I don’t know what it tells me

G C

I don’t know what it means

I don’t know where it comes from

D/F# C

I don’t know where it leads

G C

And it’s all over now

Em D/F# C G C G

But I had such an awwwwwwful dream

Em D C G

Maybe it was something somebody said

Em D C G

Maybe it was nothing, the wrong side of the bed

D/F# Em D/F#

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But all I know is that it scares me

C G

Even though it’s not real

Em D/F# C G C G

And I had an awwwwwwwful dream

C G C G

G C

And it’s strange what you see

G C

In the middle of the night

When your eyes aren’t even open

D/F# C

And there isn’t any light

G C

And it’s all over now

Em D/F# C G C G

But I had such an awwwwwful dream

G C

Now I know what you’re thinking

G C

You wanna know what went down

You wanna know if you were in it

D/F# C

Don’t let me go, you weren’t around

G C

Oh and it’s all over now

Em D/F# C G C G

But I had such an aw-aw-awful dream

D/F# Em D/F#

Have you ever had the feeling

C G

Something you can’t shake

D/F# Em D/F#

It doesn’t matter if you’re sleeping

C G

Or if you’re awake

D/F# Em D/F#

And nothing’s as it should be

C G

At least that’s how it seems

Em D/F# C G C G

We all have our awful dreams

C G C G

Awful dreams

Em D/F# C G

C G C G

C G

C G C G

Awful dreams

C G C G

Awful dreeeeeams.

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