Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🏷Legend:
BB : 799877
G# minorG#m : 466444
F#F# : 244322
E MajorE : 022100
Verse 1:
BB
Well, I walked along and I felt like pretending
BB
The earth stopped moving and nothing was ending
G# minorG#m
I saw the beggar boys in different places
G# minorG#m
They wore dirty rags and filthy faces
BB
I told them 'hello' and they came and they followed
BB
I gave them my bread and they chewed and the swallowed
G# minorG#m
And they picked me up and took my hand
G# minorG#m
And I never felt like a better man
Chorus:
F#F#
Well, love was just a dream
E MajorE BB
You know I never got no sleep
F#F# E MajorE BB
Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street
Verse 2:
BB
Well, we talked all night and I felt very tired
BB
So I laid down and I looked at the fire
G# minorG#m
And I thought about nothing at all
G# minorG#m
And then in the morning I was up at dawn
BB
We talked to the people who wanted to hide us
BB
Nothing they said then could ever divide us
G# minorG#m
And I pulled out everything I know
G# minorG#m
And I never ever went back home
Chorus:
F#F#
Well, love was just a dream
E MajorE BB
You know I never got no sleep
F#F# E MajorE BB
Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street
Solo:
BB G# minorG#m
Verse 3:
BB
I was you (you were me)
BB
He was she (she was he)
BB
They were us (we were they)
BB
It was real (we were free)
G# minorG#m
I was God (God is cool)
G# minorG#m
God is you (God is me)
G# minorG#m
I was one (we were two)
G# minorG#m
They were three (three is three)
BB
I was me (you were you)
BB
Love was us (we were love)
BB
I was gone (you were there)
BB
You were here (I was everywhere)
G# minorG#m
I was this (this is me)
G# minorG#m
I was young (you were old)
G# minorG#m
I was hot (you were cold)
G# minorG#m
I was all (You were everything)
Chorus:
F#F#
Well, love was just a dream
E MajorE BB
You know I never got no sleep
F#F# E MajorE BB
Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street
F#F#
Well, love was just a dream
E MajorE BB
You know I never got no sleep
F#F# E MajorE BB
Walking hand in hand with the beggar boys down the street