The Better To Dream Of You chords by
Mary Chapin Carpenter

N/A•

Key: B major•

Verse 1

G

G

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Em

Em

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Every heart has got a story

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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About love holding out a lure

C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Baby, when you've been that lonely

Em

Em

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D

D

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You just want a cure

Verse 2

Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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Fool you once, you are forgiven

Em

Em

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D

D

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Fool you twice, you're just a fool

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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C

C

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You fear the future's

D

D

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Em

Em

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all been written

C

C

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D

D

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By the past and what didn't last

Verse 3

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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All the better to dream of you

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to be this side of heaven

G

G

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C

C

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Believing again when

D

D

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Em

Em

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a dream comes true

C

C

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D

D

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C

C

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The better to dream of you

D

D

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Verse 4

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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Every story's got a chapter

C

C

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G

G

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D

D

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That chapter will be defined

G

G

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C

C

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By what's before and

D

D

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G

G

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what comes after

C

C

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D

D

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This one is mine

Verse 5

C

C

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D

D

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Everything that came before us

C

C

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Em

Em

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D

D

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Wore me out and weighed me down

G

G

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C

C

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You raised me up like

D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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a gospel chorus

D

D

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Rock steady on solid ground

Verse 6

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to dream of you

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to be this side of heaven

G

G

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C

C

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Believing again when some

D

D

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Em

Em

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dreams come true

C

C

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D

D

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F

F

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The better to dream of you

Verse 7

C

C

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Like an old- time tent revival

D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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I felt my heart come back alive

Em

Em

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C

C

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No preacher, baby, no Bible

Em

Em

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Just this love to testify

Interlude 1

D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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Verse 8

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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Oh, the better to dream of you

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to be this side of heaven

G

G

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C

C

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Believing again some

D

D

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Em

Em

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dreams come true

C

C

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D

D

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The better to dream of you

Verse 9

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to dream of you

G

G

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C

C

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Yeah, stranger things they

D

D

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might have happened

G

G

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C

C

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Believing again that dream

D

D

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Em

Em

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s come true

C

C

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D

D

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The better to dream of you

Verse 10

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to dream of you

G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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The better to be this side of heaven

G

G

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C

C

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Believing again some

D

D

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Em

Em

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dreams come true

C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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The better to dream of you

Outro 1

D

D

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C

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D

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G

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C

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D

D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

C

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D

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Em

Em

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C

C

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D

D

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G

G

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C

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D

D

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G

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C

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D

D

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G

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C

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

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E ₄

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E ₃

E ₂

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A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

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E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

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C ₃

G ₃

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

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G ₃

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E ₄

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E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

C ₄

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A ₄

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D ₄

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D ₅

E ₁

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G ₂

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B ₀

E ₁

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D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

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E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

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G ₃

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D ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

G
Em
C
D
Bm
F

Capo: 4

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The original key of The Better To Dream Of You by Mary Chapin Carpenter is B major.

The primary chords used in The Better To Dream Of You are B, G#m, E, F#, D#m, A.

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