Open - Close chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Key: Dm
Intro:
D5 F G D5
D5 F G D5
D5 F G D5
E5 Eb5
Verse 1:
D5 F G
So we were down in Brazil and, man
D5
That place is wild
F G D5
We were in Rio de Janeiro, and uh
G F
We had this, this sort of, uh
D5
Security-guard type guy and he was
E5
Supposed to take us around
Eb5
I said "Hey, could, you know
D5 F
Could you take us to the, the favelas and
G D5
Show us the prostitution, and the drug
F G
Deals, and the night fights, and the, you know
D5
The street life
F G
Of your town " And he said "Sure" So we
D5 E5
We pull up to this hooker and
Eb5
She's wearing some kind of
D5 F
A, a bright green miniskirt, and it
G D5
Turns out it's a transsexual, and he
F
Says "Get over here!" And she comes
G D5
Over and she thinks she's busted
F G D5
But she's not busted naw, she's not busted
E5
He just wanted to smack
Eb5
Her on the ass a few times
And say, "Hey, what's up, girl "
Chorus:
Bb F
Get out of bed and I clear up my head and
Cm Gm
I don't want to go but I do it instead
Bb F Dm Gm Cm F Gm
We are dreams within a dream
Bb F
Get into bed and I turn off my head
Cm
And I started to float
Gm
Was it something she said?
Bb F Dm Gm Cm F Gm
We are dreams within a dream
D5 F G D5
D5 F G D5
D5 F G D5
E5 Eb5
Verse 2:
D5 F G D5
So I remember we got our driver's license
F
And my friend Hillel had this little
G D5
Datsun painted green, and
F G D5
Hollywood would get so crazy in the winter
E5
The rains would come and the
Eb5
Hills would just kind of melt down
D5 F G D5
Into the city lights, and, well, you
F
Know, we'd smoke weed and we'd
G D5
Go up in the hills, and we'd listen
F
To progressive rock music, and just kind
G D5
Of trip out and well, we would
E5 Eb5
Dream, you know, we would dream
D5
And we would talk about what we wanted
F
To do, and we would talk about
G D5 F G
Girls and music and, you know, Hillel
D5
Wanted to be a rock star
And I didn't even know what that was
F G
I was like, "Whatever you want to
D5 E5
Do, man, I'm coming with you
Eb5
I'm right with you my friend"
Chorus:
Bb F
Get out of bed and I clear up my head and
Cm Gm
I don't want to go but I do it instead
Bb F Dm Gm Cm F Gm
We are dreams within a dream
Bb F
Get into bed and I turn off my head
Cm
And I started to float
Gm
Was it something she said?
Bb F Dm Gm Cm F Gm
We are dreams within a dream
Outro:
Dm Am Bb F A7 C#dim7
Dm Am Bb
Why in the world would you want it to be?
F
Why would you want to take it so
A7 C#dim7
So literally?
Dm Am
All these things that come down from the sky
Bb F
Raining upon your head
A7 C#dim7
Make you stop and wonder why, ah!
Dm Am
Can't they just spell it out, make it clear
Bb
Make it easy to read
F A7 C#dim7
For the simple man like me? I don't think so
Dm Am Bb
I reach out to my family and I say
F A7
"It's not about religion and the God sitting
C#dim7
In a chair in the sky
Dm Am
With a punishing hand, no
Bb F A7
It's about heaven in your heart"
C#dim7
Now when do we start?
Dm Am Bb
I wanna choose love instead of fear
F A7
Won't you come right now, over here
C#dim7 Dm Am
And be a part of my
Bb F A7 C#dim7 Dm
Let me make it easier this time, I love you Published:
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