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DREAM IN MY LIFE - KING'S X - from the eponymous album 1992

Wanda, here's your chance to play your favorite song...

Dropped D tuning DADGBE  -  ==== denotes sustain

Tabbed by Daniel S. Fisher during several parts of 1996 and 1997.

Comments welcome at wetstone@compuserve.com

What can be said about true beauty?  This song gets better with each listen.
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
Approximate BPM = 87

4/4
[Drum beat and then sustained Em chord before first arpeggio]

1                                                2
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------0===
|--------4=======================================|--------2======--2======
|-----------5====================================|-----------5============
|-----2==========================================|--4=====================
|--2=============================================|------------------------
                 Verse 1:  I'm   ..
                 Verse 2:  When  ..


                        3
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
========================|------------------------------------------------
========================|-----------0======-----------------------0======
========================|--------2=========--------------4===============
========================|--3===============--5===========================
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
                     don't ..
                      and  ..


4                                                5
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------3===========================|------------------------
|-----------0====================================|--------4===============
|--------2======--2==============================|-----------5============
|--0=============================================|-----2==================
|------------------------------------------------|--2=====================
   bring ..
   sharing ..


                        6
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|--------------------0===========================
========================|--------2======--2==============================
========================|-----5===--5====================================
========================|--4=============================================
========================|------------------------------------------------
    playing   ..
    step       ..



7                                                8
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------3===
|-----------0======-----------------------0======|-----------0============
|--------2=========--------------4===============|--------2======--2======
|--3===============--5===========================|--0=====================
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
   can't ..
   feel ..



                        9
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
========================|--------------------3===========================
========================|-----------0====================================
========================|--------0======--0==============================
========================|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|--5=============================================
                   so far...                                    from home
                   I know...                                       I know



10   [with guitar arpeggios throughout]          11
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======
|------------------------------------------------|--2===--2=========--2===
|--4===--4=========--4=========--4===============|------------------------
 Chorus a:           If   ..
 Chorus b:           If    ..
 Chorus c:          Yes   ..

                        12
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0
--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2
--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4
========================|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|--4===============--4=========--4===============
  life                                     ..
  life                                      ..
  life                                      ..


13                                               14
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======
|--2===--2=========--2===========================|------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|--4===============--4===

   you                                                                If
   you                                                                If
   you                                                               Yes


[play only after first verse]
14a                     15a
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======------------|
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======------------|
--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======--2--2======------------|
--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======--4--4======------------|
------------------------|--2===--2=========--2===============------------|
======--4===============|------------------------------------3===========|
  I     ..



===> return above to beginning of verse 2


[play only after second verse]
14b                     15b
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|
--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|
------------------------|--2===--2=========--2===========================|
======--4===============|------------------------------------------------|
  I     .



16
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4===============--4=========--4===============|
                             I   dream  it  will


17
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======------------|
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======------------|
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======------------|
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======3===========|
|--2===============--2===============3===========|
|====================----------------3===========|
  all           ..



18
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------|
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------|
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------|
                            I ..
                      Our ...

19
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--5--7-----7-----5--7===------------------------|
|--5--7-----7-----5--7===------------------------|
|--5--7-----7-----5--7===------------------------|
   way  ..
   pain  ..

20                                               21
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------------------7===--8===|------------------------
|--5=========--------------7=========--7===--7===|------------------------
|--5=========--------------7=========--7===--7===|--5--7-----7===--5--7===
|--3=========--------------5=========------------|--5--7-----7===--5--7===
|------------------------------------------------|--5--7-----7===--5--7===
   doesn't ..
   take   .t..
                        22
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|------------------------------------------------
------------------------|--3--5-----5-----9--5-----------------5===------
------------------------|--3--5-----5-----9--5-----------------5===------
------------------------|--3--5-----5-----9--5-----------------5===------
                  I will  ..
                  and we  ..


23
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|--4=========-----------0--3===-----0--2===------||
|--4=========-----------0--3===-----0--2===------||
|--4=========-----------0--3===-----0--2===------||
 ano   -   ther            day    ----->  [after measure 23, go back to
 ano   -   ther            day    --|      measure 18 for the second part
                                    |      then continue to measure 24]
                                    V
24
|--------------------------------------2=========
|--------------------------------------3=========
|--------------------------------------2=========
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------


25
|--------------------------------------2=========
|--------------------------------------3=========
|--------------------------------------2=========
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===------------------------


26                                               27
|--------------------------------------2=========|------------------------
|--------------------------------------3=========|------------------------
|--------------------------------------2=========|------------------------
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===-----------0------------|--0--2-----2-----0--2===
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===-----------0------------|--0--2-----2-----0--2===
|--0--2-----2-----0--2===-----------0------------|--0--2-----2-----0--2===


                        28  GUITAR SOLO...
--------------2=========|------------------------------------------------
--------------3=========|------------------------------------------------
--------------2=========|--------4=======================================
------------------------|-----------5====================================
-----------0------------|-----2==========================================
-----------0------------|--2=============================================


29                                               30
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|--------0===============
|================================================|-----------0============
|================================================|-----2==================
|================================================|--0=====================
|================================================|------------------------



------------------------|  [repeat 2x during solo and then
========================|     into measure 31]
========================|
========================|
========================|
------------------------|


31

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--0--2-----2-----0--2============--0------------|
|--2--2-----2-----2--2============--2------------|
|--3--3-----3-----3--3============--3------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
                        And suddenly
             I see..
   and ..
32
|------------------------------------------------|| [repeat 3x]
|------------------------------------------------||
|--0--2-----2-----0--2============--0------------||
|--4--4-----4-----4--4============--4------------||
|--5--5-----5-----5--5============--5------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
     I ..
     and l..
 trailing off in the sun ---
                            |
                            V

[go immediately to CHORUS C at measure 10 and after starting measure 14
  continue and repeat/fade with the following:]

[14c]                   33
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|
--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|
------------------------|--2===--2=========--2===========================|
======--4===============|------------------------------------------------|
  I    ..
  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life


34
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--4===============--4=========--4===============|
                       and  ..
                       we  ..

35                                               36
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======||
|-----------0===--0======--0--0======--0===--0--0|-----------0===--0======||
|-----------2===--2======--2--2======--2===--2--2|-----------2===--2======||
|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======||
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------||
|--2===============--2=========--2===============|--4===============--4===||
   too                                                               Yes...
   true                                                              Yes...

[repeat and fade]

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