Dreams chords by Josh Ritter

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
A minorAm
 All that I felt on the first time it happened
FF
 Was the feeling of something bad coming true
G+G
 One day I was happy, one day I was laughing
A minorAm
 Then, somewhere a chain snapped; like that, I was loose

Verse 2:
A minorAm
 Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to?
FF
 Why don't anything feel as real as it once was?
G+G
 I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to
A minorAm
 It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Verse 3:
A minorAm
 It was a summer night when I found my religion
FF
 I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm
G+G
 And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision
A minorAm
 And I felt better a little while but then it was gone

Verse 4:
A minorAm
 I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern
FF
 I washed myself in the river and I waited on love
G+G
 But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn
A minorAm
 Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was

Verse 5:
A minorAm
 It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her
FF
 And she was taking pictures of people who came in to the mall
G+G
 And she took my portrait as well as she could do
A minorAm
 With someone who seemed to be not there at all

Verse 6:
A minorAm
 I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy
FF
 I clung to her hands, and her hair, and her mouth
G+G
 But like every man who finds out he is drowning
A minorAm
 I held on to her hard until I just wore her out

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Verse 7:
A minorAm
 So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing
FF
 I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid
G+G
 One carried the nails for his own crucifixion
A minorAm
 The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did

Verse 8:
A minorAm
 The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor
FF
 He asked all about me and my life on the road
G+G
 And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior
A minorAm
 Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan

Verse 9:
A minorAm
 I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer
FF
 Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears
G+G
 And just how I survived, I cannot even remember
A minorAm
 But I know that it lasted a couple of years

Verse 10:
A minorAm
 I moved down deep into the jungle during those days
FF
 I existed on oranges and oxygen
G+G
 But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways
A minorAm
 Reached their limits of power and could not defend

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Verse 11:
A minorAm
 I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days
FF
 I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves
G+G
 I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK
A minorAm
 But I was covered over with grief and by this, I was saved

Verse 12:
A minorAm
 When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things
FF
 When I was up, I was so high up above
G+G
 That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling
A minorAm
 With a fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love

Verse 13:
A minorAm
 When I was down, the whole world melted
FF
 In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be
G+G
 And off that, I was judged with some kind of a tragic
A minorAm
 Mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea

Verse 14:
A minorAm
 How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me?
FF
 How long until I live the life that I have?
G+G
 Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me
A minorAm
 Then leaves me with the demons that I already have?

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Verse 15:
A minorAm
 I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor
FF
 Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room
G+G
 And that's where I waited with the world ending around me
A minorAm
 And the voices in my head jangling 'round in a tomb

Verse 16:
A minorAm
 She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it
FF
 The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz
G+G
 And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there
A minorAm
 I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is

Verse 17:
A minorAm
 What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you
FF
 I haven't seen much of the world but I know
G+G
 That there aren't any others who know me like you do
A minorAm
 And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go

Verse 18:
A minorAm
 I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me
FF
 But it feels better just to know that you're near
G+G
 And your patience, your joy, and your strength are astounding
A minorAm
 And I know that without you, I wouldn't be here

Verse 19:
A minorAm
 And I know that without you, I would not be here
FF
 And I know that without you, I would not be here
G+G
 I know that without you, I wouldn't be here
A minorAm
 I know that without you

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

Chorus:
A minorAm
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
FF
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G+G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
A minorAm