Harry Chapin – Dreams Go By (Guitar)

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Portrait Gallery (1975) This is the album version, for the live version, transpose down 1 step. [Intro] |Em |D |
|G|---|C|---|D|---|Em|-|Bm|Am|D|---|
 1 234 1 234 1 234 1  2  3  4 1 234
[Verse 1]
G                       D
There you stand in your dungarees

        Em                  D
Looking all grown up and so very pleased

         G                             D
When you write your poems they have so much to say

         Em                            D
When you speak your dreams it takes my breath away
[Pre-chorus 1]
    C
You know I want to be a ball player

  G       D/A      Em   Em7
A regular slugging fool

    C                    D
But both our dreams must wait awhile

  C      D      G
Until we finish school
[Chorus]
D      G
And so you and I

             C
We watch our years go by

             D
We watch our sweet dreams fly

     Em       Bm    Am
Far away, but maybe someday

  G
I don't know when

            C
But we will dream again

             D
And we'll be happy then

         Em        Bm      Am     D
Till our time just drifts away
[Verse 2]
   G                    D
There you stand in your wedding dress

    Em                   D
You're so beautiful that I must confess

    G                    D
I'm so proud you have chosen me

   Em                    D
When a doctor is what you want to be
[Pre-chorus 2]
  C
You know I want to be a painter, girl

  G      D       Em  Em7
A real artistic snob

  C                 D
But I guess we'll have our children first

  C       D          G
You'll make a home, I'll get a job
[Chorus]
 D        G
And so you and I

                C
We'll watch our years go by

                    D
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly

   Em        Bm        Am
Far away, but maybe someday

G
I don't know when

              C
But we will dream again

              D
And we'll be happy then

  Em           Bm            Am  D
Till our time just drifts away
[Refrain]
Em              D
  Listen to the seasons passing

 Cadd9          Cmaj7
  Listen to the wind blow

Em              D
  Listen to the children laughing

Cmaj7             C      D
  Where do broken dreams go?
[Verse 3]
   G                    D
There you stand in your tailored suit

    Em                     D
So many years gone by, but you're still so cute

   G                    D
We take the car to go and meet the bus

    Em                   D
When our grandchildren come to visit us
[Pre-chorus 3]
    C
You say you should have been a ballerina, babe

    G         D           Em       Em7
There are songs I should have sung

  C                   D
But I guess our dreams have come and gone

   C            D            G
You've gotta dream when you are young
[Chorus]
D        G
And so you and I

                  C
We've watched our years go by

                   D
We've watched our sweet dreams fly

  Em            Bm        Am
Far away, but maybe someday

  G
I don't know when

             C
But we will dream again

              D
And we'll be happy then

 Em      Bm            Am  D
Till our time just drifts away