Middletown Dreams chords by Rush

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Am   |C   Dm  G  | 4x


Verse:
Am
 The office door closed early
C                          Dm   G
 The hidden bottle came out
Am
 The salesman turned to close the blinds
C                 Dm           G
 A little slow now, a little stout

|Am   |C   Dm  G  |

Am
 But he's still heading down those tracks
C                 Dm    G
 Any day now for sure
Am
 Another day as drab as today
    C                     Dm    G
Is more than a man can endure


Instrumental:
|F  |Am   G  |F  |


Chorus:
  Am                    G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F
 Feeding on the fires
  Am                G
Dreams transport desires
  F
Drive you when you're down
  Am                 G                    F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town


Verse:
Am
 The boy walks with his best friend
             C                 Dm   G
Through the fields of early May
Am
 They walk awhile in silence
      C               Dm   G
One close, one far away
Am
 But he'd be climbing on that bus
      C                 Dm   G
Just him and his guitar
Am
 To blaze across the heavens
         C                     Dm   G
Like a brilliant shooting star


Instrumental:
|Am  |Em  |F  |G  |


Bridge 1:
Am                  Em
 The middle aged Madonna
F                            G
 Calls her neighbor on the phone
Am               Em
 Day by day the seasons pass
     F                 G
And leave her life alone
Am                     Em
 But she'll go walking out that door
    F                  G
On some bright afternoon
Am                    Em
 To go and paint big cities
        F             G     F    G5
From a lonely attic room


Chorus:
  Am                    G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F                     G5
 Feeding on the fires
  Am                G
Dreams transport desires
  F
Drive you when you're down
  Am                 G                    F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town


Solo:
|Am  |Em  |F  |F  | 2x


Instrumental:
|Dm  |F  |Bbsus2   Csus2  |Dm  |


Bridge 2:
F
 It's understood
Bbsus2            Csus2
 By every single person
         Dm
Who'd be elsewhere if they could
F
 So far so good
Bbsus2              Csus2
 And life's not unpleasant
          Dm                 E5
In their little neighborhood


Instrumental:
|F    A5  |Bbsus2    Csus2  |


Chorus:
  Am                    G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F                     G5
 Feeding on the fires
  Am                G
Dreams transport desires
  F
Drive you when you're down
  Am                 G                    F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town
  Am                G
Dreams transport desires
  F
Drive you when you're down
  Am                 G                    F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town


Instrumental:
|Am  |Em  |F  |F  |Am  |Em  |F  |


Outro:
F             Am    Em   F
 They live in
               Am        Em    F
They dream in Middletown
               Am        Em    F      Am
They dream in Middletown