I Can't Remember The Dream chords by They Might Be Giants

• Difficulty: Intermediate

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Verse 1:
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I can't remember the dream that I had last night
   E      A     D
But I woke with delight and excitement
  E      A     D      E     A      D
And then when I tried to remember the dream that I had last night
   E       A     D     E
It was gone but the feeling I had in the dream stayed on

A     D      Bm     E
When I'm awake and I look around me
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I can faithfully record everything that I can see
A     D    Bm     E
Most of my memories tend to be sad
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So I wish I could remember the dream that I had

C# D  Bm  D
C# D E

🎸 Verse 2:
A     D     E      A    D
I can't remember the dream that I had last night
  E     A      D     E      A
If I could I would write it out, underline the highlights
    D     E    A     D
Of the dream that would now redefine my life
   E    A    D        E
Be a new road map, affirmation, and guiding light

A     D      Bm     E
When I'm awake I note all that I see
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And remember it with photographic accuracy
A     D      Bm     E
Most of my memories tend to be bad
   F#m     Bm      E     A
And I'm sad I can't remember the dream that I had

🎸 Bridge:
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Why can't I remember it
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when
 D
I can't
Bm
forget
D     E
unpleasant thoughts?
 C#    D     E
 I want to push them away
C#     D      Bm
 They creep like weeds,
   D      E  C#   D   E
like weeds they cover all the flowerbeds

A D  E  A D E

A     D     E      A    D
I can't remember the dream that I had last night
 E     A      D     E      A
But the simple fact that my mind could concoct such a thing
 D     E          A    D
As the incredible dream that I had last night
   E      A    D        E
Is a clue to the key to a door to a world like that

A     D      Bm     E
My daily life doesn't interest me
 F#m        Bm      D     C#
It's a never-ending litany of pain and ennui
A     D       Bm     E
This waking nightmare is driving me mad
   F#m     Bm      E     A
And I wish I could remember the dream that I had

A     D      Bm     E
When I'm awake I note all that I see
 F#m        Bm      D    C#
And remember it with photographic accuracy
A     D      Bm     E
All of my memories make me feel bad
   F#m     Bm      E     A
And I'm sad I can't remember the dream that I had
 F#m     Bm      E     A
Why can't I remember the dream that I had?
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Wish I could go live in the dream that I had

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