Only a Dream chords by
Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Key: Ab major•

Intro 1

G

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Gsus4

Gsus4

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Gsus4

Gsus4

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F

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C

C

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G

G

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Verse 1

D

D

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I can recall the sound of the wind

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As it blew through the trees

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and the trees would bend

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D

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G

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I can recall the smell of the rain

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C

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On a hot summer night

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C

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D

D

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Coming through the screen

Verse 2

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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I'd crawl in your bed when

G

G

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C

C

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the lightning flashed

Em

Em

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C

C

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And I'd still be there

D

D

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when the storm had passed

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G

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D

D

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C

C

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D

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G

G

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Dead to the world, to the morning cast

C

C

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D

D

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G

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Its light all around your room

Verse 3

G

G

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We lived on a street

C

C

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G

G

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where the tall elm shade

Em

Em

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C

C

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Was as green as the grass

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C

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D

D

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and as cool as a blade

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G

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D

D

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That you held in your teeth

C

C

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G

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as we lay on our backs

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C

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G

G

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Staring up at the blue

C

C

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D

D

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and the blue stared back

Verse 4

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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I used to believe we were

G

G

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C

C

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just like those trees

Em

Em

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G

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C

C

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We'd grown just as tall and

D

D

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E

E

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F#dim

F#dim

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D

D

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as proud as we pleased

G

G

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D

D

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With our feet on the ground and

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C

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G

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our arms in the breeze

D

D

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Under a sheltering sky

G

G

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Verse 5

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

G

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C

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Twirl me about, and twirl me around

Em

Em

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C

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D

D

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Let me grow dizzy and fall

G

G

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to the ground

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D

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C

C

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G

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And when I look up at you looking down,

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C

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D

D

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Say it was only a dream

G

G

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C

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G

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Verse 6

A big truck was parked

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C

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G

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in the drive one day

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C

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They wrapped us in paper

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C

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D

D

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and moved us away

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G

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D

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Your room was no longer

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C

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D

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G

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next door to mine

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C

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G

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And this kid sister thing

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C

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D

D

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was old by that time

Verse 7

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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But oh how our dreams

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G

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C

C

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went bump in the night

Em

Em

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C

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And the voices downstairs

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D

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getting into a fight

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G

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D

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And the next day a silence you

C

C

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G

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could cut with a knife

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D

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G

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D

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And feel like a blade at your throat

Verse 8

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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G

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C

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Twirl me about and twirl me around

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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Let me grow dizzy and fall

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C

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G

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to the ground

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C

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G

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Am

Am

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When I look up at you looking down

D

D

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Em

Em

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Say it as only a dream

Interlude 1

C

C

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D

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Dm

Dm

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C

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C

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Em

Em

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Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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G

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The day you

Verse 9

D

D

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left home

C

C

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G

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you got an early start

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C

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D

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I watched your car back out in the dark

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G

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I opened the door to your

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room down the hall

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I turned on the light

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C

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D

D

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And all that I saw

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Was a bed and a desk and

G

G

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C

C

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couple of tacks

Em

Em

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C

C

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No sign of someone who ex

D

D

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E

E

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D

D

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pects to be back

G

G

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C

C

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It must have been one hell of a suitcase

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G

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you packed

Interlude 2

C

C

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Dm

Dm

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Twirl

Verse 10

C

C

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G

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me about, twirl me around

Em

Em

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C

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D

D

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Let me grow dizzy and fall

G

G

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to the ground

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D

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C

C

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G

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When I look up at you looking down

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C

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D

D

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Em

Em

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Say it was only a dream

Outro 1

C

C

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D

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G

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Dm

Dm

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Em

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D

D

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Chords

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Gsus4
F
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Dm
Em
E
F#dim
Am
Dsus4

Capo: 1

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Only a Dream by Mary Chapin Carpenter is Ab major.

The primary chords used in Only a Dream are Ab, Absus4, Gb, Db, Eb, Ebm.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 1 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Ab, Absus4, Gb, Db, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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