Dean's Dream chords by The Dead Milkmen (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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 (F sharp minor) Friday night cookin' show, with a
D 
F#m 
 (D major) Horse-meat  (F sharp minor) dish
I had to stay in the freezer
D 
A 
E 
All  (D major) Thurs (A major) day  (E major) eve
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Talkin' to that  (F sharp minor) horse, I really had to go
D 
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 (D major) Down to the sidewalk  (F sharp minor) 
The sky's all red
D 
A 
E 
The  (D major) street's  (A major) filled with  (E major) people from a
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) High  School band

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Chorus 1

I escaped to a theater to see a girl

With long blond hair

Right down to there

I escaped to a theater to see a girl

With long blond hair

We had to leave

Verse 2
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We  (F sharp minor) got   in a tan van
D 
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 (D major) Us two in the back  (F sharp minor) 
With Steve McGarrett
D 
A 
E 
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From Ha (D major) waii- (A major) Five- (E major) O  at the  (F sharp minor) steering wheel
Speeding away we slide into a
D 
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 (D major) Parking  (F sharp minor) lot
And all in slow motion
D 
A 
E 
These  (D major) tough  (A major) guys ap (E major) pear

Chorus 2
D 
A 
E 
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We  (D major) argue and  (A major) fight and  (E major) one pulls a  (F sharp minor) knife
D 
A 
He  (D major) hits me in the  (A major) back
E 
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But I'm  (E major) all right  (F sharp minor) 
D 
I'm all right  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) I'm all right
E 
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 (E major) I'm all right  (F sharp minor) 
D 
A 
E 
I'm all right  (D major)  (A major)  (E major) 
(He's all right!)
F#m 
F#m 
F#m 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor)  (F sharp minor)  (F sharp minor)  (F sharp minor) 

Outro 1
D 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (D major) I es (A major) caped from a  (E major) theater to see  (F sharp minor) a girl
D 
A 
 (D major) With long  (A major) blond hair,
E 
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 (E major) right down  (F sharp minor) to there
D 
A 
E 
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 (D major) I es (A major) caped from a  (E major) theater to see  (F sharp minor) a girl
D 
A 
E 
F#m 
 (D major)  (A major)  (E major)  (F sharp minor) 

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F# minorBPM: 220

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

F#m: 2-4-4-2-2-2
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
A: x-0-2-2-2-0
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0

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This is the definitive original version of Dean's Dream by The Dead Milkmen, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F# minor. It suits players who want to learn Dean's Dream the way The Dead Milkmen intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.