Chords for Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over Guitar Lesson Preview
Tempo:
83.175 bpm
Chords used:
F#
A
G
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am]
[A]
[F#]
[G] [F#]
[D] [F#]
[G] [F#]
[E] [G] [A] [D] [F#]
[G] [A]
[G] 1980s, there were some beautiful [F] tunes written by Neil Finn and Crowded House.
And this is one of them.
This is Don't Dream, It's Over.
Most of the songs are very basic with fairly simple but slightly unusual chords.
And that's kind of what gives this song its real characteristic guitar characteristics.
The melody is, of course, just beautiful as well.
And when I have people play a song like this, what I'd like them to do is learn a little bit more about the theory of the chords.
Because this unusual chord that we hear at the beginning [C#m] is a chord that's very easy for everybody to play.
I'm barred at the fifth fret, and [F] if I was playing an A minor shape at the [Dm] fifth fret, this chord would be D minor.
Well, [F] A minor is played with three fingers.
Your first finger on the second string and your second and third on the third [Am] and fourth strings.
The chord that [F] Neil is using here is a suspended two chord done by leaving the second string open.
So [D] this barred up to the fifth is a D suspended [F] two.
Now, that means you've got the bar at the fifth, your third [A#] finger at the seventh fret of the fourth string,
and your fourth [D] finger on the seventh fret of the third string.
Very [A] open, kind of [G#] empty, that's a bad word for it, but it's [A] an interesting sound.
And then he uses this same chord a step and a [F#] half lower as a B sus [G] two
before we go to G [F#] and F sharp, both played [G] as major chords.
So that's the main [A] chord progression
[F#] over the opening [G] melody, the G and [F#] the F sharp.
In the [D] very beginning, something kind of [D] interesting happens.
Plays the chord, the D sus two for a measure, then removes his fourth finger [Am] to create a D seven sus [A] two,
and then adds his fourth finger at the eighth fret of the [F] second string to create a D seven sus four.
The theory behind all of those things is stuff that we have over at Totally Guitars.
A lot of info on how chord progressions work and chord theories and chord formulas.
And this is a song I'd love to do a little [C#] bit, actually a much more [N] detailed lesson on if enough people would like to see it.
So if you'd like to have a lesson on Don't Dream It's Over, come over to totallyguitars.com,
find the Recommend a Lesson button, which is on every page, it's easy to find.
I think it's green today.
And hit that, and put in Crowded House, [Gm] Don't Dream It's Over, as a song you'd like to learn [F] how to play.
Because there's some great things to happen in here.
If I end up doing a lesson on this, I'll get much more involved in the [D] strumming pattern,
[A] because it's a little syncopated, where [E] there's an [Gm] accent where you don't expect it.
And that [F] creates, again, a very unique sound in this song.
But a lot of how we decide on what lessons we're going to be doing there for the community at Totally Guitars
is [N] by songs that are recommended and then voted on by the other members.
So, if you'd like to see some Crowded House, come check us out and make sure that [Gm] they are on the Recommend a Lesson section.
[N]
[A]
[F#]
[G] [F#]
[D] [F#]
[G] [F#]
[E] [G] [A] [D] [F#]
[G] [A]
[G] 1980s, there were some beautiful [F] tunes written by Neil Finn and Crowded House.
And this is one of them.
This is Don't Dream, It's Over.
Most of the songs are very basic with fairly simple but slightly unusual chords.
And that's kind of what gives this song its real characteristic guitar characteristics.
The melody is, of course, just beautiful as well.
And when I have people play a song like this, what I'd like them to do is learn a little bit more about the theory of the chords.
Because this unusual chord that we hear at the beginning [C#m] is a chord that's very easy for everybody to play.
I'm barred at the fifth fret, and [F] if I was playing an A minor shape at the [Dm] fifth fret, this chord would be D minor.
Well, [F] A minor is played with three fingers.
Your first finger on the second string and your second and third on the third [Am] and fourth strings.
The chord that [F] Neil is using here is a suspended two chord done by leaving the second string open.
So [D] this barred up to the fifth is a D suspended [F] two.
Now, that means you've got the bar at the fifth, your third [A#] finger at the seventh fret of the fourth string,
and your fourth [D] finger on the seventh fret of the third string.
Very [A] open, kind of [G#] empty, that's a bad word for it, but it's [A] an interesting sound.
And then he uses this same chord a step and a [F#] half lower as a B sus [G] two
before we go to G [F#] and F sharp, both played [G] as major chords.
So that's the main [A] chord progression
[F#] over the opening [G] melody, the G and [F#] the F sharp.
In the [D] very beginning, something kind of [D] interesting happens.
Plays the chord, the D sus two for a measure, then removes his fourth finger [Am] to create a D seven sus [A] two,
and then adds his fourth finger at the eighth fret of the [F] second string to create a D seven sus four.
The theory behind all of those things is stuff that we have over at Totally Guitars.
A lot of info on how chord progressions work and chord theories and chord formulas.
And this is a song I'd love to do a little [C#] bit, actually a much more [N] detailed lesson on if enough people would like to see it.
So if you'd like to have a lesson on Don't Dream It's Over, come over to totallyguitars.com,
find the Recommend a Lesson button, which is on every page, it's easy to find.
I think it's green today.
And hit that, and put in Crowded House, [Gm] Don't Dream It's Over, as a song you'd like to learn [F] how to play.
Because there's some great things to happen in here.
If I end up doing a lesson on this, I'll get much more involved in the [D] strumming pattern,
[A] because it's a little syncopated, where [E] there's an [Gm] accent where you don't expect it.
And that [F] creates, again, a very unique sound in this song.
But a lot of how we decide on what lessons we're going to be doing there for the community at Totally Guitars
is [N] by songs that are recommended and then voted on by the other members.
So, if you'd like to see some Crowded House, come check us out and make sure that [Gm] they are on the Recommend a Lesson section.
[N]
Key:
F#
A
G
F
D
F#
A
G
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] 1980s, there were some beautiful [F] tunes written by Neil Finn and Crowded House.
And this is one of them.
This is Don't Dream, It's Over.
Most of the songs are very basic with fairly simple but slightly unusual chords.
And that's kind of what gives this song its real characteristic guitar characteristics.
The melody is, of course, just beautiful as well.
And when I have people play a song like this, what I'd like them to do is learn a little bit more about the theory of the chords.
Because this unusual chord that we hear at the beginning [C#m] is a chord that's very easy for everybody to play.
I'm barred at the fifth fret, and [F] if I was playing an A minor shape at the [Dm] fifth fret, this chord would be D minor.
Well, [F] A minor is played with three fingers.
Your first finger on the second string and your second and third on the third [Am] and fourth strings.
The chord that [F] Neil is using here is a suspended two chord done by leaving the second string open.
So [D] this barred up to the fifth is a D suspended [F] two.
Now, that means you've got the bar at the fifth, your third [A#] finger at the seventh fret of the fourth string,
and your fourth [D] finger on the seventh fret of the third string.
_ Very [A] open, kind of [G#] empty, that's a bad word for it, but it's [A] an interesting sound.
And then he uses this same chord a step and a [F#] half lower as a B sus [G] two
before we go to G [F#] and F sharp, both played [G] as major chords.
So that's the main [A] chord progression _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ over the opening [G] melody, the G and [F#] the F sharp.
In the [D] very beginning, something kind of [D] interesting happens.
Plays the chord, the D sus two for a measure, then removes his fourth finger [Am] to create a D seven sus [A] two,
and then adds his fourth finger at the eighth fret of the [F] second string to create a D seven sus four.
The theory behind all of those things is stuff that we have over at Totally Guitars.
A lot of info on how chord progressions work and chord theories and chord formulas.
And this is a song I'd love to do a little [C#] bit, actually a much more [N] detailed lesson on if enough people would like to see it.
So if you'd like to have a lesson on Don't Dream It's Over, come over to totallyguitars.com,
find the Recommend a Lesson button, which is on every page, it's easy to find.
I think it's green today. _
And hit that, and put in Crowded House, [Gm] Don't Dream It's Over, as a song you'd like to learn [F] how to play.
Because there's some great things to happen in here.
If I end up doing a lesson on this, I'll get much more involved in the [D] strumming pattern,
[A] because it's a little syncopated, _ _ where [E] there's an [Gm] accent where you don't expect it.
And that [F] creates, again, a very unique sound in this song.
But a lot of how we decide on what lessons we're going to be doing there for the community at Totally Guitars
is [N] by songs that are recommended and then voted on by the other members.
So, if you'd like to see some Crowded House, come check us out and make sure that [Gm] they are on the Recommend a Lesson section.
[N] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[E] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] 1980s, there were some beautiful [F] tunes written by Neil Finn and Crowded House.
And this is one of them.
This is Don't Dream, It's Over.
Most of the songs are very basic with fairly simple but slightly unusual chords.
And that's kind of what gives this song its real characteristic guitar characteristics.
The melody is, of course, just beautiful as well.
And when I have people play a song like this, what I'd like them to do is learn a little bit more about the theory of the chords.
Because this unusual chord that we hear at the beginning [C#m] is a chord that's very easy for everybody to play.
I'm barred at the fifth fret, and [F] if I was playing an A minor shape at the [Dm] fifth fret, this chord would be D minor.
Well, [F] A minor is played with three fingers.
Your first finger on the second string and your second and third on the third [Am] and fourth strings.
The chord that [F] Neil is using here is a suspended two chord done by leaving the second string open.
So [D] this barred up to the fifth is a D suspended [F] two.
Now, that means you've got the bar at the fifth, your third [A#] finger at the seventh fret of the fourth string,
and your fourth [D] finger on the seventh fret of the third string.
_ Very [A] open, kind of [G#] empty, that's a bad word for it, but it's [A] an interesting sound.
And then he uses this same chord a step and a [F#] half lower as a B sus [G] two
before we go to G [F#] and F sharp, both played [G] as major chords.
So that's the main [A] chord progression _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ over the opening [G] melody, the G and [F#] the F sharp.
In the [D] very beginning, something kind of [D] interesting happens.
Plays the chord, the D sus two for a measure, then removes his fourth finger [Am] to create a D seven sus [A] two,
and then adds his fourth finger at the eighth fret of the [F] second string to create a D seven sus four.
The theory behind all of those things is stuff that we have over at Totally Guitars.
A lot of info on how chord progressions work and chord theories and chord formulas.
And this is a song I'd love to do a little [C#] bit, actually a much more [N] detailed lesson on if enough people would like to see it.
So if you'd like to have a lesson on Don't Dream It's Over, come over to totallyguitars.com,
find the Recommend a Lesson button, which is on every page, it's easy to find.
I think it's green today. _
And hit that, and put in Crowded House, [Gm] Don't Dream It's Over, as a song you'd like to learn [F] how to play.
Because there's some great things to happen in here.
If I end up doing a lesson on this, I'll get much more involved in the [D] strumming pattern,
[A] because it's a little syncopated, _ _ where [E] there's an [Gm] accent where you don't expect it.
And that [F] creates, again, a very unique sound in this song.
But a lot of how we decide on what lessons we're going to be doing there for the community at Totally Guitars
is [N] by songs that are recommended and then voted on by the other members.
So, if you'd like to see some Crowded House, come check us out and make sure that [Gm] they are on the Recommend a Lesson section.
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