If These Are The Things chords by Tracy Chapman

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA  A/F#  E/G# x2
F#m7F#m7 E/G# A/D


🎸 Verse 1:

Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of
F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#

Dsus2Dsus2     A augmentedA    A/F#    E/G#
I've tried to tell myself nothing's changed my dear
 Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA        A/F#       E/G#
But I look around me and think maybe that's not so
 Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA      A/F#      E/G#
I only have nightmares and wake up with cold sweat

D MajorD         F#m7F#m7
Coming through my pores
F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream

🎸 Chorus:
  A/F#  D MajorD
anymore?  In the garden
A augmentedA E MajorE
  all the trees bear fruit
 A/F#  D MajorD
     Better pick them up
A augmentedA E MajorE
  before they fall
A/F#  D MajorD
    I finally grab one
A augmentedA E MajorE
 I hold it in my hand
A/F#  D MajorD
   I open it up
   E MajorE       Dsus2Dsus2
It's rotten to the core

F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#

🎸 Verse 2:
Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of
F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#

  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA
We lose our patience lose our trust.
 A/F#       E/G#
  Yes we lose our innocence
Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA
Forget our sorrow and hide our pain
A/F#     E/G#
  We lose old memories

  D MajorD                  F#m7F#m7
But dreams are what life's worth living for
 F#m7F#m7     E/G#
I wish I could dream

   Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#
Once more
   Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#

🎸 Chorus 2:
A/F#  D MajorD
    In the garden
A augmentedA E MajorE
  all the trees bear fruit
 A/F#  D MajorD
     Better pick them up
A augmentedA E MajorE
  before they fall
A/F#  D MajorD
    I finally grab one
A augmentedA E MajorE
 I hold it in my hand
A/F#  D MajorD
   I open it up
   E MajorE       Dsus2Dsus2
It's rotten to the core

F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#

Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of
F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2  A augmentedA   A/F#  E/G#

🎸 Verse 3:
Dsus2Dsus2     A augmentedA    A/F#    E/G#
I've tried to tell myself It's all for the best my dear
 Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA        A/F#       E/G#
But I look around me and think maybe that's not so
 Dsus2Dsus2   A augmentedA      A/F#      E/G#
I only have nightmares and wake up with cold sweat

    D MajorD             F#m7F#m7
Have I become as corrupt as all I abhor
F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream

 🎸 Chorus:
  A/F#  D MajorD
anymore?  In the garden
A augmentedA E MajorE
  all the trees bear fruit
 A/F#  D MajorD
     Better pick them up
A augmentedA E MajorE
  before they fall
A/F#  D MajorD
    I finally grab one
A augmentedA E MajorE
 I hold it in my hand
A/F#  D MajorD
   I open it up
   E MajorE       Dsus2Dsus2
It's rotten to the core

F#m7F#m7    E/G#
Why don't I dream
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore?
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G# x2

Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of
Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of
Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
If these are the things that dreams are made of

F#m7F#m7  E/G#
I don't want
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore                    I don't want
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore                    I don't want
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#
anymore
  Dsus2Dsus2      A augmentedA      A/F#    E/G#

F#m7F#m7  E/G#  A/D