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
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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

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

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C#  D  E

🎸 Verse 2:
A          D          E           A        D
I can't remember the dream that I had last night
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If I could I would write it out, underline the highlights
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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
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Most of my memories tend to be bad
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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
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I can't
Bm
forget
D          E
unpleasant thoughts?
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 I want to push them away
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  They creep like weeds,
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like weeds they cover all the flowerbeds

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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
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As the incredible dream that I had last night
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Is a clue to the key to a door to a world like that

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My daily life doesn't interest me
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It's a never-ending litany of pain and ennui
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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
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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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