Open - Close chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

• 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