Tabs
DON'T DREAM IT'S OVER
As recorded by Crowded House
(From the 1986 Album CROWDED HOUSE)
Words and Music by Neil Finn
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar '
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=82
Ebsus2Ebsus2 Bbm/Eb Bm7/EEbsus2
4/4
Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ delay & chorus)
E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E Q Q E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E
|----6--------6-----|----6-----------|----6--------6-----|
|-6--6--------6-----|----6--------9--|-6--6--------6-----|
|-8------8-8--8---8-|-6--6---6-8--6--|-8------8-8--8---8-|
|-8------8-8------8-|-8------8-8--8--|-8------8-8------8-|
|-6------6-6------6-|-6------6-6--6--|-6------6-6------6-|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Bbm/Eb Bm7/Eb Ebsus2Ebsus2 
C minorCm
E. S E MajorE E Q Q E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E
|----6-----------||-----6--------6-----|----3--------3-----|
|----6--------9--||o-6--6--------6-----|----4--------4-----|
|-6--6---6-8--6--||--8------8-8--8---8-|-5--5---5-5--5---5-|
|-8------8-8--8--||--8------8-8------8-|-5------5-5------5-|
|-6------6-6--6--||o-6------6-6------6-|-3------3-3------3-|
|----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Clean El. Gtr.)
| W W W
|----------------||--6-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------||o-6-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------||--8-----------------|-------------------|
|----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||o-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||--------------------|-------------------|
AbAb G+G 
Gsus4Gsus4 Ebsus2Ebsus2
E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E
|----4--------4-----|-----3-3----------------|-----6--------6-----|
|----4--------4-----|-----3-3----------------|--6--6--------6-----|
|----5--------5---5-|-----4-4---------5-5--x-|--8------8-8--8---8-|
|-6------6-6------6-|--5--------5-x-x-5-5--x-|--8------8-8------8-|
|-6------6-6------6-|--5--------5-x-x-5-5--x-|--6------6-6------6-|
|-4------4-4------4-|--3--------3-x-x-3-3--x-|--------------------|
|
| ~~~
| W H Q E MajorE E MajorE +W
|-------------------|---------------------!6-|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------!6-|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|-5:-----------------!8-|-(8)----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------!8-|-(8)----------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
To Coda
C minorCm AbAb G+G
E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|----3--------3------|----4--------4-----|----3-------3-3-3---||
|----4--------4------|----4--------4-----|----3-------3-3-3---||
|-5--5---5-5--5---5--|----5--------5---5-|----4-------4-4-4---||
|-5------5-5------5--|-6------6-6------6-|-5------5-5-------5-||
|-3------3-3------3--|-6------6-6------6-|-5------5-5-------5-||
|--------------------|-4------4-4------4-|-3------3-3-------3-||
Chorus
AbAb 
Bb majorBb 
Eb MajorEb C minorCm
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-----|
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---8-8-------4-4-----|
|---5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-----|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5-|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3-|
|-4-------4-6-------6-|---------------------|
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-----|
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---8-8-------4-4-----|
|---5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-----|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5-|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3-|
|-4-------4-6-------6-|---------------------|
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E. S +S S E MajorE
|----4--------------|---6-6-6----------------|
|----4--------------|---6-6-8------4-(4)-----|
|----5-----7--7---7-|-8-8-8-8-8-5--5-(5)-x-5-|
|-6------6-8--8---8-|-8-------8-5--5-(5)-x-5-|
|-6------6-8--8---8-|-6-------6-3--------x-3-|
|-4------4-6--6---6-|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
1.
AbAb Bb majorBb
E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE
|----4-------4-4-4---|----4------------------||
|----4-------4-4-4---|----4-----------------o||
|----5-------5-5-5---|----5---------7-7--7---||
|-6------6-6-------6-|-6------6-6-x-8-8--8---||
|-6------6-6-------6-|-6------6-6-x-8-8--8--o||
|-4------4-4-------4-|-4------4-4-x-6-6--6---||
|
| W H Q E MajorE E MajorE
|--------------------|------------------!6---||
|--------------------|------------------!6--o||
|--------------------|------------------!8---||
|--------------------|------------------!8---||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
Keyboard Solo
2.
AbAb Ebsus2Ebsus2 C minorCm AbAb
2/4 4/4
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S +Q +E. S E MajorE E E. S Q +E. S E MajorE E
|---4-4-----||----6--------6-----|---3-3-(3)--(3)-3-3---|----4-4--(4)-4-4----|
|---4-4-----||-6--6--------6-----|---4-4-(4)--(4)-4-4---|----4-4--(4)-4-4----|
|---5-5-----||-8--8---8-8--8---8-|-5-5-5-(5)--(5)-5-5-5-|----5-5--(5)-5-5----|
|-6-------6-||-8------8-8------8-|-5------------------5-|-6---------------6--|
|-6-------6-||-6------6-6------6-|-3--------------------|-6---------------6--|
|-4-------4-||-------------------|----------------------|-4---------------4--|
G+G Ebsus2Ebsus2 C minorCm
E. S Q +E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S Q +E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S Q +E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|----3-3--(3)-3-----|---6-6-6--(6)-6-6-6---|---3-3-3--(3)-3-3-3----|
|----3-3--(3)-3-----|---6-6-6--(6)-6-6-6---|---4-4-4--(4)-4-4-4----|
|----4-4--(4)-4-----|-8-8-8-8--(8)-8-8-8---|-5-5-5-5--(5)-5-5-5----|
|-5-------------5-5-|-8--------------------|-5---------------------|
|-5-------------5-5-|-6--------------------|-3---------------------|
|-3-------------3-3-|----------------------|-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
AbAb G+G AbAb Eb MajorEb
Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
E MajorE S S Q +E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E S S S S +S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E
|---4-4-4--(4)-4-4---|----3-3------3-3---||---------------------------------|
|---4-4-4--(4)-4-4---|----3-3------3-3---||----------11-(11)-9---------8-8--|
|---5-5-5--(5)-5-5---|----4-4------4-4---||--------8-10-(10)-8--8----8-8-8--|
|-6------------------|-5------5-5------5-||--8S10-10-----------10--8-8------|
|-6------------------|-5------5-5------5-||-10S11-----------------10--------|
|-4------------------|-3------3-3------3-||---------------------------------|
AbAb Eb MajorEb
S S S S +S E MajorE S E MajorE S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|----------11-(11)-9-----------------------|
|--------8-10-(10)-8--8---10s12-10s8-------|
|--8S10-10-----------10-8------------10----|
|-10S11---------------------------------10-|
|------------------------------------------|
AbAb Eb MajorEb 
DbDb
S S S S +S E MajorE S E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE S S +S E MajorE S S S E MajorE +E MajorE S S
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------11-(11)-9---------8-8-|----------------------9-(9)------|
|--------8-10-(10)-8--8----8-8-8-|---------------8-8s10------------|
|--8S10-10-----------10--8-8-----|------9-(9)-----------------8-9--|
|-10S11-----------------10-------|---11-------11-------------------|
|--------------------------------|-9-------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
AbAb
Gtr I
W E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E
|---------------------------||----4--------4-----|
|---------------------------||----4--------4-----|
|---------------------------||----5--------5---5-|
|---------------------------||-6------6-6------6-|
|---------------------------||-6------6-6------6-|
|---------------------------||-4------4-4------4-|
|
| Gtr III
| E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE W
|---------------9-----------||-------------------|
|--------9-9s11---11s13-11--||-------------------|
|---8h10--------------------||-------------------|
|-8-------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
G+G
E. S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|----3---------------3-3--3---||
|----3---------------3-3--3---||
|----4---------------4-4--4---||
|-5----------5---5----------5-||
|-5----------5---5----------5-||
|-3----------3---3----------3-||
|
| Q S S E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-----------16-(16)------15---||
|--------16---------15--------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
Chorus
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
Gtr I
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-----|
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------4-4-----|
|---5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-----|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5-|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3-|
|-4-------4-6-------6-|---------------------|
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-----|
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------4-4-----|
|---5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-----|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5-|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3-|
|-4-------4-6-------6-|---------------------|
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb
2/4
E. S E MajorE E E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E. S +S S E MajorE E. S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|----4--------------|---6-6-6----------------|----4-------4-4-4---|---4-4-----|
|----4--------------|---6-6-8------4-(4)-----|----4-------4-4-4---|---4-4-----|
|----5-----7--7---7-|-8-8-8-8-8-5--5-(5)-x-5-|----5-------5-5-5---|---5-5-----|
|-6------6-8--8---8-|-8-------8-5--5-(5)-x-5-|-6------6-6-------6-|-6-------6-|
|-6------6-8--8---8-|-6-------6-3--------x-3-|-6------6-6-------6-|-6-------6-|
|-4------4-6--6---6-|------------------------|-4------4-4-------4-|-4-------4-|
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
4/4
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-----|
|---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------4-4-----|
|---5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-----|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5-|
|-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3-|
|-4-------4-6-------6-|---------------------|
Outro
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E E MajorE S S E MajorE E 5x
||----4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------3-3-------||
||o---4-4-------6-6-----|---6-6-------4-4------o||
||----5-5-------7-7-----|---8-8-----5-5-5-------||
||--6-------6-8-------8-|-8-------8-5-------5---||
||o-6-------6-8-------8-|-6-------6-3-------3--o||
||--4-------4-6-------6-|-----------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n: - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
There is freedom within
there is freedom without
Try to catch a deluge in a paper cup
There's a battle ahead
many battles are lost
But you'll never see the end of the road
While you're traveling with me
CHORUS:
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm towing my car
there's a hole in the roof
my possessions are causing me suspicion but there's no proof
in the paper today
tales of war and of waste
but you turn right over to the T.V. page
CHORUS:
Hey now, hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
We know they won't win
Now I'm walking again
to the beat of a drum
And I'm counting the steps to the door of your heart
Only shadows ahead
barely clearing the roof
Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief
Hey now, Hey now
Don't dream it's over
Hey now, Hey now
When the world comes in
They come, they come
To build a wall between us
You know they won't win
Don't let them win
Hey now, Hey now
Hey now, Hey now
Hey now, Hey now
Don't let them win
They come, They come
Don't let them win
Hey now, Hey now (yeah)
Hey now, Hey now
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