Dreams

	  		
verse 1 

Am 
  All that I felt on the first time it happened 
F 
  Was the feeling of something bad coming true 
G 
  One day I was happy, one day I was laughing 
Am 
  Then, somewhere a chain snapped; like that, I was loose 

verse 2 
Am 
  Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to? 
F 
  Why don't anything feel as real as it once was? 
G 
  I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to 
Am 
  It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does 

 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 


verse 3 
Am 
  It was a summer night when I found my religion 
F 
  I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm 
G 
  And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision 
Am 
  And I felt better a little while but then it was gone 

verse 4 
Am 
  I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern 
F 
  I washed myself in the river and I waited on love 
G 
  But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn 
Am 
  Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was 

Verse 5 
Am 
  It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her 
F 
  And she was taking pictures of people who came in to the mall 
G 
  And she took my portrait as well as she could do 
Am 
  With someone who seemed to be not there at all 

Verse 6 
Am 
  I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy 
F 
  I clung to her hands, and her hair, and her mouth 
G 
  But like every man who finds out he is drowning 
Am 
  I held on to her hard until I just wore her out 


Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 


Verse 7 
Am 
  So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing 
F 
  I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid 
G 
  One carried the nails for his own crucifixion 
Am 
  The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did 

Verse 8 
Am 
  The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor 
F 
  He asked all about me and my life on the road 
G 
  And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior 
Am 
  Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan 

Verse 9 
Am 
  I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer 
F 
  Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears 
G 
  And just how I survived, I cannot even remember 
Am 
  But I know that it lasted a couple of years 

verse 10 
Am 
  I moved down deep into the jungle during those days 
F 
  I existed on oranges and oxygen 
G 
  But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways 
Am 
  Reached their limits of power and could not defend 


Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 

Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 


verse 11 
Am 
  I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days 
F 
  I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves 
G 
  I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK 
Am 
  But I was covered over with grief and by this, I was saved 

verse 12 
Am 
  When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things 
F 
  When I was up, I was so high up above 
G 
  That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling 
Am 
  With a fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love 

verse 13 
Am 
  When I was down, the whole world melted 
F 
  In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be 
G 
  And off that, I was judged with some kind of a tragic 
Am 
  Mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea 

verse 14 
Am 
  How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me? 
F 
  How long until I live the life that I have? 
G 
  Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me 
Am 
  Then leaves me with the demons that I already have? 


Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 


verse 15 
Am 
  I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor 
F 
  Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room 
G 
  And that's where I waited with the world ending around me 
Am 
  And the voices in my head jangling 'round in a tomb 

verse 16 
Am 
  She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it 
F 
  The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz 
G 
  And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there 
Am 
  I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is 

verse 17 
Am 
  What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you 
F 
  I haven't seen much of the world but I know 
G 
  That there aren't any others who know me like you do 
Am 
  And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go 

verse 18
Am 
  I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me 
F 
  But it feels better just to know that you're near 
G 
  And your patience, your joy, and your strength are astounding 
Am 
  And I know that without you, I wouldn't be here 

verse 19 
Am 
  And I know that without you, I would not be here 
F 
  And I know that without you, I would not be here 
G 
  I know that without you, I wouldn't be here 
Am 
  I know that without you 

 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 

Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 

Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
F 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
G 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone 
Am 
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone