Quick As Dreams chords by Slaid Cleaves

Chords with lyrics

Slaid Cleaves - Quick As Dreams




CAPO: 2nd Fret



  C majorC       FF      C majorC       FF
My name is Tommy Luther, I'll soon be eighty-four
   C majorC         FF           G+G
I'll show you a little picture I keep tucked in this old drawer

CHORUS:
FF      G+G      C majorC      ~    A minorAm
Sixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team
C majorC      FF          G+G        C majorC
Sailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams


              FF        C majorC        FF
Well, I joined up with the races when they came through Alabam
   C majorC        FF       G+G
They had a good young rider, just a boy, named Sandy Graham
    FF       G+G           C majorC     ~    A minorAm
We were two kids run away from home when the world was breaking down
    C majorC        FF        G+G        C majorC
Didn't stay to see the family sell the farm and move to town


          FF    C majorC     FF
From Detroit to Tijuana to Annapolis we rode
   C majorC         FF         G+G
They called us rookies "bug boys", we were just sixteen years old
    FF         G+G      C majorC    ~    A minorAm
We were worth a couple of saddles and two big bags of grain
  C majorC         FF        G+G         C majorC
The big men owned the horses and they owned us just the same


CHORUS:
FF      G+G      C majorC      ~    A minorAm
Sixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team
C majorC      FF          G+G        C majorC
Sailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams

              FF        C majorC          FF
Well it's Winnipeg and it's raining, but the track's not looking bad
   C majorC       FF        G+G
They gave me Irish Princess, Sandy rode on Vesper Lad
    FF        G+G        C majorC     ~    A minorAm
We were flying down the backstretch, my horse was running proud
 C majorC        FF      G+G         C majorC
I pulled ahead of Sandy when a roar came from the crowd


          FF    C majorC          FF
I crouched as Irish Princess thundered across the line
  C majorC        FF        G+G
And then I stood and turned around to see that friend of mine
FF       G+G           C majorC     ~   A minorAm
Vesper Lad was standing still, there must have been a fall
  C majorC       FF       G+G       C majorC
And in the mud lay Sandy, looking lifeless as a doll


             FF      C majorC          FF
Well, the crowd ran up to Sandy, they scooped him off the track
   C majorC        FF      G+G
They took him to the office, with shattered ribs and back
    FF       G+G     C majorC   ~    A minorAm
At the hospital next morning, I sat by Sandy's side
    C majorC        FF        G+G        C majorC
But the season would be ending soon and then I'd have to ride


INSTRUMENTAL: FF G+G C majorC  FF G+G C majorC


             FF     C majorC         FF
Just a couple a days past Danville, word came down the line
C majorC        FF      G+G
Sandy'd lost his struggle, we hung our heads and cried
    FF        G+G        C majorC    ~    A minorAm
It was poor old Mother Harris, from the boarding house in town
  C majorC          FF     G+G        C majorC
Who paid for the little casket and laid him in the ground


          FF        C majorC        FF
I sent a couple of dollars, it was all that I could save
  C majorC        FF       G+G
She drew me a little picture of the lonely rider's grave
   FF       G+G       C majorC     ~   A minorAm
I've kept it in my bedroom drawer all these sixty years
    C majorC         FF       G+G        C majorC
I still see that crumpled body now, but I'm too old for tears


  C majorC       FF      C majorC       FF
My name is Tommy Luther, I'll soon be eighty-four
   C majorC         FF       G+G
I'll show you a little picture, it's right here in the drawer


CHORUS:
FF      G+G      C majorC      ~    A minorAm
Sixty years ago, boys, I rode for the Diamond team
C majorC      FF          G+G        C majorC
Sailing by, eight feet high, on horses quick as dreams
      FF          G+G        C majorC