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Dora

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Silly chords:
Ebmaj7: xx1333 or x68786
Ebadd#11: xx1345 or x688(10)x
Eb5: xx1346 or x688x6
(for all these Eb's, move your index barre up a bit to include that Bb in the bass if you feel like it)
Fmaj13: 130210 (use thumb on E-string)
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
GDora, in the Bmmiddle of the nEmight
Will you Cmaj7wait for Cme
Til the A7sus2morning A7sus4sun shines Ambright?
For it's Ebmaj7all a dream
And it's Cmonly make belGieve
[Verse 2]
GDora, oh it Bmhurts to hear you Emsay
You're Cmaj7all alCone
And the A7sus2pain won't A7sus4go    aAmway
But it's Ebmaj7all a dream
And it's Cmonly make belGieve
[Chorus 1]
EbListening Ebadd#11through the Eb5hours of Ebadd#11the day
EbWaiting for Ebadd#11the night to enEb5dEbadd#11  
Cadd9Thinking, though it's Cnot for me to say
   BbWhen will I see you agEbain?
   BbWhen will I see you agEbain?
[Bridge 1]
      Cadd9Forget the lies they whisper Cin your ear
         D7sus4/AAnd every D7/Asuperstitious D7sus2/Aword you hD/Aear
[Verse 3]
GDora, though the tBmruth is hard to fEmace
And the Cmaj7fan-  Ctasy
Is not A7sus2easy   A7sus4to re- Amplace
It is Ebmaj7all a dream
And it's Cmonly make belGieve
[Instrumental]
 Eb   Ebadd#11   Eb5   Ebadd#11x2
[Chorus 2]
Oh, I keep Cadd9thinking
Of the Cwords I shouldn't say
   BbWhen will I see you agEbain?
   BbWhen will I see you agEbain?
[Bridge 2]
      Cadd9And every doubt they whisper Cin your ear
         D7sus4/AAnd all the D7/Ahalf-forgotten D7sus2/Apast you fD/Aear
       E7sus4One day will E7fade away and Eadd9disappEear...
[Verse 4]
ADora, in the C#mmiddle of the nF#might
Do you Dmaj7wait for Dme
Where the B7sus2morning B7sus4sun shines Bmbright?
Is it Fmaj13all a  Fmaj7dream?
Is it Dm7only Dmmake belAieve?
[Outro]
Is it Fmaj13all a  Fmaj7thread
Of the Dm7tangled Dmweb you C#mwea- F#meave
Is it Fmaj13all a  Fmaj7dream?
Is it D7sus2only   Dmmake belAieve?

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Dora

by Eric Woolfson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7

A7sus2

A7sus4

Ebmaj7

Ebadd#11

Eb5

Cadd9

D7sus4/A

D7/A

D7sus2/A

D/A

E7sus4

Eadd9

Silly chords:

Ebmaj7: xx1333 or x68786

Ebadd#11: xx1345 or x688(10)x

Eb5: xx1346 or x688x6

(for all these Eb's, move your index barre up a bit to include that Bb in the bass if you feel like it)

Fmaj13: 130210 (use thumb on E-string)

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

G Bm Em

Dora, in the middle of the night

Cmaj7 C

Will you wait for me

A7sus2 A7sus4 Am

Til the morning sun shines bright?

Ebmaj7

For it's all a dream

Cm G

And it's only make believe

[Verse 2]

G Bm Em

Dora, oh it hurts to hear you say

Cmaj7 C

You're all alone

A7sus2 A7sus4 Am

And the pain won't go away

Ebmaj7

But it's all a dream

Cm G

And it's only make believe

[Chorus 1]

Eb Ebadd#11 Eb5 Ebadd#11

Listening through the hours of the day

Eb Ebadd#11 Eb5 Ebadd#11

Waiting for the night to end

Cadd9 C

Thinking, though it's not for me to say

Bb Eb

When will I see you again?

Bb Eb

When will I see you again?

[Bridge 1]

Cadd9 C

Forget the lies they whisper in your ear

D7sus4/A D7/A D7sus2/A D/A

And every superstitious word you hear

[Verse 3]

G Bm Em

Dora, though the truth is hard to face

Cmaj7 C

And the fan- tasy

A7sus2 A7sus4 Am

Is not easy to re- place

Ebmaj7

It is all a dream

Cm G

And it's only make believe

[Instrumental]

Eb Ebadd#11 Eb5 Ebadd#11

[Chorus 2]

Cadd9

Oh, I keep thinking

Of the words I shouldn't say

Bb Eb

When will I see you again?

Bb Eb

When will I see you again?

[Bridge 2]

Cadd9 C

And every doubt they whisper in your ear

D7sus4/A D7/A D7sus2/A D/A

And all the half-forgotten past you fear

E7sus4 E7 Eadd9 E

One day will fade away and disappear...

[Verse 4]

A C#m F#m

Dora, in the middle of the night

Dmaj7 D

Do you wait for me

B7sus2 B7sus4 Bm

Where the morning sun shines bright?

Fmaj13 Fmaj7

Is it all a dream?

Dm7 Dm A

Is it only make believe?

[Outro]

Fmaj13 Fmaj7

Is it all a thread

Dm7 Dm C#m F#m

Of the tangled web you wea- eave

Fmaj13 Fmaj7

Is it all a dream?

D7sus2 Dm A

Is it only make believe?

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