9 Dream

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#9 Dream - John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Walls and Bridges" (1974), now on many Greatest Hits collections
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
One of Lennon's sweetest tunes. Large parts of the composition and the
production sound very much like Harrison - from the slide guitar intro
to the chord pattern in the chorus and outro recalling "My Sweet Lord".
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[Interlude] (at the end of chorus 1 and 2)
D/F# D/E D D/C G/B G7/A G6 G/F
[guitar]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|------2-------5-|--------------3-|------7-------10|
B|--------------3-|----3-------3---|------3-----3---|----8-------8---|
G|------2-----2---|--2-------2-----|----4-----4-----|--7-------7-----|
D|----4-----4-----|----------------|--5-----3-------|--------0-------|
A|--5-------------|----------------|----------------|7---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[bass guitar]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|4-------2-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|5-------3-------|2---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|--------5-------|3-------1-------|
If you're playing alone and can't separate arpeggio and bass line
use these voicings:
E-A-D-G-B-e
D/F# x-x-4-2-3-2
D/E x-x-2-2-3-2
D x-x-0-2-3-2
D/C x-3-x-2-3-2
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
G7/A x-0-3-0-0-3
G6 3-x-2-0-0-3
G/F 1-x-0-0-0-x
OTHER SPECIAL VOICINGS
Em9 0-2-2-0-3-2
Gm7 3-x-0-3-3-1
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[Intro]
C Em F E
| | | | |
F D F G G7
| | | | | |
[Verse 1]
C Em F E
So-oh long ago
F D
Was it in a dream,
F G
Was it just a dream?
C Em F E
I-hi know-oh, yes I know
F D
Seemed so very real, 6/4
F G G7
| | % | % | |
It seemed so real to me
[Bridge]
G7
Took a walk down the street
G7
| | % | % |
Through the heat whispered trees
Em9 A Em9 A Em9 A Em9 A
I thought I could hear, hear, hear, hear)
Em7 A Em7 A
Somebody call out my name as it started to rain
Em7 A
Two spirits dancing so strange
[Chorus]
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
[Interlude]
D/F#D/EDD/CG/BG7/AG6G/FG/F
| | | | | |
[Verse 2]
C Em F E
Dream, dream away
F D
Magic in the air,
F G
Was magic in the air?
C Em F E
I believe, yes I believe
F D
More I cannot say, 6/4
F G G7
| | % | % | |
What more can I say?
[Bridge]
G7
On a river of sound
G7
| | % | % |
Through the mirror go round, round
Em9 A Em9 A Em9 A Em9 A
I thought I could feel, feel, feel, feel
Em7 A Em7 A
Music touching my soul, something warm, sudden cold
Em7 A
The spirit dance was unfolding
[Chorus]
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
[Interlude]
D/F#D/EDD/CG/BG7/AG6G/FG/F
| | | | | |
[Chorus]
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
Gm7 C
Ah! bowakawa pousse, pousse
(repeat and fade)

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                #9 Dream - John Lennon
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: John Lennon
From: "Walls and Bridges" (1974), now on many Greatest Hits collections
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
One of Lennon's sweetest tunes. Large parts of the composition and the 
production sound very much like Harrison - from the slide guitar intro 
to the chord pattern in the chorus and outro recalling "My Sweet Lord".
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you're playing alone and can't separate arpeggio and bass line 
use these voicings:
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[Intro] 
| C | Em | F | E | 
| F | D | F | G | G7 |
[Verse 1]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
| D/F# D/E | D D/C | G/B G7/A | G6 G/F | G/F |
[Verse 2]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Interlude]
| D/F# D/E | D D/C | G/B G7/A | G6 G/F | G/F |
[Chorus]
(repeat and fade)

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