Don't Dream It's Over Tab by Crowded House

Don't Dream It's Over tab by Crowded House

Guitar Tab

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 A D G B E) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar '
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Neil Finn - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=82
  Ebsus2              Bbm/Eb      Bm7/EEbsus2
 4/4
  Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr. w/ delay & chorus)
  E. S E E E. S E E   E. S E E Q  Q    E. S E E E. S E 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-|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|

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                    1st - 3rd Verses
                 $
  Bbm/Eb      Bm7/Eb Ebsus2              Cm
  E. S E E Q  Q      E. S E E E. S E E   E. S E E E. S E 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-------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||--------------------|-------------------|


  Ab                  G               Gsus4    Ebsus2
  E. S E E E. S E E    E  S S E E S S E E  E    E. S E E E. S E 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  E   +W
|-------------------|---------------------!6-|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------!6-|-(6)----------------|
|-------------------|-5:-----------------!8-|-(8)----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------!8-|-(8)----------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|


             To Coda
  Cm                   Ab                  G
  E. S E E E. S E E    E. S E E E. S E E   E. S E E E S S E 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
  Ab        Bb          Eb        Cm
  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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-|---------------------|


  Ab        Bb          Eb        Cm
  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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-|---------------------|


  Ab       Bb         Eb        Cm
  E. S E E E. S E E   E S S E E E. S +S  S E
|----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.
  Ab                                Bb
  E. S E E E S S E E   E. S E E S S E E  E
|----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  E
|--------------------|------------------!6---||
|--------------------|------------------!6--o||
|--------------------|------------------!8---||
|--------------------|------------------!8---||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||


              Keyboard Solo
  2.
  Ab           Ebsus2              Cm                     Ab
 2/4          4/4
  E S S E E    E. S E E E. S E E   E S S +Q   +E. S E E   E. S Q  +E. S E 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                   Ebsus2                 Cm
  E. S Q  +E. S E E   E S S Q  +E  S S E E   E S S Q  +E  S S E 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
  Ab                   G                    Ab                    Eb
                                         Gtr III (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.)
  E S S Q  +E. S E E   E. S E E E. S E E     S  S  S  S  +S  E  S  E E E 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-||---------------------------------|


  Ab                    Eb
   S  S  S  S  +S  E  S E  S  S  S S  S  S
|------------------------------------------|
|----------11-(11)-9-----------------------|
|--------8-10-(10)-8--8---10s12-10s8-------|
|--8S10-10-----------10-8------------10----|
|-10S11---------------------------------10-|
|------------------------------------------|


  Ab                    Eb         Db
   S  S  S  S  +S  E  S  E E E E   E  S S +S   E S S  S E +E  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 &
                               Ab
  Gtr I
  W                            E. S E E E. S E E
|---------------------------||----4--------4-----|
|---------------------------||----4--------4-----|
|---------------------------||----5--------5---5-|
|---------------------------||-6------6-6------6-|
|---------------------------||-6------6-6------6-|
|---------------------------||-4------4-4------4-|
|
| Gtr III
| E S  S E S  S E  E  E  E     W
|---------------9-----------||-------------------|
|--------9-9s11---11s13-11--||-------------------|
|---8h10--------------------||-------------------|
|-8-------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------------||-------------------|


  G
  E. S E     E   E   S S  E 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  +E   E    Q
|-----------16-(16)------15---||
|--------16---------15--------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||


 Chorus
  Ab        Bb          Eb        Cm
  Gtr I
  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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-|---------------------|


  Ab        Bb          Eb        Cm
  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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-|---------------------|


  Ab       Bb         Eb        Cm             Ab
                                                                   2/4
  E. S E E E. S E E   E S S E E E. S +S  S E   E. S E E E S S E E   E S S E 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          Eb        Cm
 4/4
  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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
    Ab        Bb          Eb        Cm
    E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E 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 - 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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