Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter Only A Dream Live Austin City Limits 1992
Tempo:
147.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
F#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[E] [Em] [E]
[A] I [E] can recall [D] the sound [C#m] of the wind
[D] as it [A] blew through the [D] trees and the [E] trees would [A] bend.
And I can recall [A] the [D] smell [A] of the rain [D] on [A] a hot summer night [D] coming [A]
through [E] the screen.
[Em] I'd crawl [D] in your [A] bed when the lightning [D] [F#m] flashed and I'd [D] still be there [E] when the storm had passed.
[A] Dead to the world [D] till the [C#m] morning [A] cast its light [E] all around [A] your [D] room.
[A]
We lived on [E] a street [D] where the tall elm [A]
shade [D] was as green as the grass and as [E] cool as a blade.
[A] That you held [E] in your teeth [D] as we lay on [A] our backs [D] staring up at [A] the blue.
[D] The blue [E] stared back.
I used [D] to believe [A] we were just like [D] those trees.
[F#m] [F#] We grow [A] just as tall [E] and as proud as we [A] pleased.
With our [E] feet on the ground [F#m] and our [D] [A] arms in the breeze [D] [E] under a [E]
[A] sheltering sky.
[A]
[E] [Em] [D] Twirl me about and [A] twirl me [D] around.
[F#m] Let me [D] grow [A] dizzy [F#] and fall [A] to the [G] ground.
[A] And when I [C#m] look up [D] at you [B] looking [A] down [D] say [E] it was only [A] a dream.
[D] [A]
A big [E] truck was parked [F#] in the [A] drive one day.
[D] They wrapped us in paper and [D] moved [E] us away.
[A] Your room was [E] no longer next door [A] to mine.
[D] This kid [A] sister thing was old [E] by that time.
[Em] But [D] oh how our [A] dreams went bumping [D] in the [A] night.
[C#m] And the [A] voices downstairs [E] getting into a fight.
[A] And the next day a [E]
silence [D] you couldn't cut [C#m] with a [A] knife.
[D] And [E] feel like a blade [A] at your [D] throat.
[A]
[E]
[D] Twirl me about [A] and twirl me [D] around.
[F#m] Let me [D] grow dizzy [A] and fall [E] to the ground.
[A] And when [E] I look up [D] at you [A] looking [A] down [Bm] say [E] it was [Dm] only a [F#m] dream.
[D]
[E] The [A]
[Em] [D]
[A] [D]
[F#m] [D]
[E]
[A] [E] day you left home [D] you got an [A] early start.
I [C#m] watched your car [A] back out [E] in the dark.
I opened the door to your room [A] down the hall.
I turned all the lights [D] and all [E]
I saw
[G] was a [D] bed and a desk [A] and a couple [D] of tags.
[F#m]
[C#m] No sign [A] of someone [E] who expects to be bad.
[A] And it must have been [E] one hell of [D] a suitcase [A] you packed.
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[D] [F#m]
[A] [D] And [E]
[E] the
[D] [A]
[E]
next [F#m] day a silence you [D]
couldn't cut with [E] a knife.
And feel like a blade at your throat.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut with a knife.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut.
[A]
[Em] [D]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m]
[D]
[E] [A]
[D#]
John Carroll on the keyboards.
[N]
[E] [Em] [E]
[A] I [E] can recall [D] the sound [C#m] of the wind
[D] as it [A] blew through the [D] trees and the [E] trees would [A] bend.
And I can recall [A] the [D] smell [A] of the rain [D] on [A] a hot summer night [D] coming [A]
through [E] the screen.
[Em] I'd crawl [D] in your [A] bed when the lightning [D] [F#m] flashed and I'd [D] still be there [E] when the storm had passed.
[A] Dead to the world [D] till the [C#m] morning [A] cast its light [E] all around [A] your [D] room.
[A]
We lived on [E] a street [D] where the tall elm [A]
shade [D] was as green as the grass and as [E] cool as a blade.
[A] That you held [E] in your teeth [D] as we lay on [A] our backs [D] staring up at [A] the blue.
[D] The blue [E] stared back.
I used [D] to believe [A] we were just like [D] those trees.
[F#m] [F#] We grow [A] just as tall [E] and as proud as we [A] pleased.
With our [E] feet on the ground [F#m] and our [D] [A] arms in the breeze [D] [E] under a [E]
[A] sheltering sky.
[A]
[E] [Em] [D] Twirl me about and [A] twirl me [D] around.
[F#m] Let me [D] grow [A] dizzy [F#] and fall [A] to the [G] ground.
[A] And when I [C#m] look up [D] at you [B] looking [A] down [D] say [E] it was only [A] a dream.
[D] [A]
A big [E] truck was parked [F#] in the [A] drive one day.
[D] They wrapped us in paper and [D] moved [E] us away.
[A] Your room was [E] no longer next door [A] to mine.
[D] This kid [A] sister thing was old [E] by that time.
[Em] But [D] oh how our [A] dreams went bumping [D] in the [A] night.
[C#m] And the [A] voices downstairs [E] getting into a fight.
[A] And the next day a [E]
silence [D] you couldn't cut [C#m] with a [A] knife.
[D] And [E] feel like a blade [A] at your [D] throat.
[A]
[E]
[D] Twirl me about [A] and twirl me [D] around.
[F#m] Let me [D] grow dizzy [A] and fall [E] to the ground.
[A] And when [E] I look up [D] at you [A] looking [A] down [Bm] say [E] it was [Dm] only a [F#m] dream.
[D]
[E] The [A]
[Em] [D]
[A] [D]
[F#m] [D]
[E]
[A] [E] day you left home [D] you got an [A] early start.
I [C#m] watched your car [A] back out [E] in the dark.
I opened the door to your room [A] down the hall.
I turned all the lights [D] and all [E]
I saw
[G] was a [D] bed and a desk [A] and a couple [D] of tags.
[F#m]
[C#m] No sign [A] of someone [E] who expects to be bad.
[A] And it must have been [E] one hell of [D] a suitcase [A] you packed.
[E]
[A]
[Em]
[D] [F#m]
[A] [D] And [E]
[E] the
[D] [A]
[E]
next [F#m] day a silence you [D]
couldn't cut with [E] a knife.
And feel like a blade at your throat.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut with a knife.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut.
[A]
[Em] [D]
[A] [D] [A] [F#m]
[D]
[E] [A]
[D#]
John Carroll on the keyboards.
[N]
Key:
A
D
E
F#m
Em
A
D
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ I [E] can recall [D] the sound [C#m] of the wind _
[D] _ as it [A] blew through the _ [D] trees and the [E] trees would [A] bend. _ _
And I can recall [A] the [D] smell [A] of the rain _ [D] on [A] a hot summer night _ [D] coming [A]
through [E] the screen.
_ _ [Em] _ I'd crawl [D] in your [A] bed when the lightning [D] _ _ _ [F#m] flashed and I'd [D] still be there [E] when the storm had _ passed.
_ [A] _ Dead to the world [D] till the _ [C#m] morning _ [A] cast _ its light [E] all _ around [A] your _ [D] room.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ We lived on [E] a street [D] where the tall elm [A] _
shade [D] was as green as the grass and as [E] cool as a blade.
[A] _ That you held [E] in your teeth [D] as we lay on [A] our _ backs _ [D] staring up at [A] the blue. _
[D] _ _ The blue [E] stared back.
_ I used [D] to believe [A] we were just like [D] those _ trees.
[F#m] [F#] We grow [A] just as tall [E] and as proud as we _ _ [A] pleased.
With our [E] feet on the ground [F#m] and our [D] _ [A] arms in the _ breeze [D] _ _ [E] under a _ [E] _
[A] sheltering sky.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [D] Twirl me about and [A] twirl me [D] _ around.
_ [F#m] _ Let me [D] grow [A] dizzy [F#] and fall [A] to the [G] ground.
_ [A] _ _ And when I [C#m] look up [D] at you _ [B] looking [A] down _ [D] _ _ say [E] it was _ only [A] a dream.
[D] _ _ [A]
A _ _ _ _ _ big [E] truck was parked [F#] in the [A] drive one day.
[D] _ They wrapped us in paper _ and [D] moved [E] us away.
[A] _ _ Your room was [E] no longer next door [A] to mine.
_ [D] This kid [A] sister thing was old [E] by that time. _
_ [Em] _ But [D] oh how our _ [A] dreams went bumping [D] in the [A] night.
_ [C#m] _ And the [A] voices downstairs _ [E] getting _ into a fight.
_ [A] _ And the next day a [E]
silence [D] you couldn't cut [C#m] with a [A] knife.
_ _ [D] _ And [E] feel like a blade [A] at your [D] throat.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] Twirl me about [A] and twirl me [D] _ around.
_ [F#m] _ Let me [D] grow dizzy [A] _ and fall [E] to the ground.
_ _ [A] _ And when [E] I look up [D] at you _ [A] looking [A] down _ [Bm] say _ [E] it was _ _ [Dm] _ only a [F#m] dream.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ The _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] day you left home [D] you got an [A] early _ _ start.
I [C#m] watched your car _ [A] back out [E] in the dark.
_ _ _ I opened the door to your room [A] down the hall.
_ I turned all the lights _ [D] and all [E]
I saw
_ _ [G] _ was a [D] bed and a desk [A] and a couple [D] of tags.
[F#m] _ _
[C#m] No sign [A] of someone [E] who expects to be bad. _ _
_ [A] _ And it must have been [E] one hell of [D] a suitcase [A] you packed. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] And _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [E] the _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
next _ [F#m] _ day a silence you _ [D] _ _
couldn't cut with [E] a knife.
And feel like a blade at your throat.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut with a knife.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
John Carroll on the keyboards. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ I [E] can recall [D] the sound [C#m] of the wind _
[D] _ as it [A] blew through the _ [D] trees and the [E] trees would [A] bend. _ _
And I can recall [A] the [D] smell [A] of the rain _ [D] on [A] a hot summer night _ [D] coming [A]
through [E] the screen.
_ _ [Em] _ I'd crawl [D] in your [A] bed when the lightning [D] _ _ _ [F#m] flashed and I'd [D] still be there [E] when the storm had _ passed.
_ [A] _ Dead to the world [D] till the _ [C#m] morning _ [A] cast _ its light [E] all _ around [A] your _ [D] room.
[A] _
_ _ _ _ We lived on [E] a street [D] where the tall elm [A] _
shade [D] was as green as the grass and as [E] cool as a blade.
[A] _ That you held [E] in your teeth [D] as we lay on [A] our _ backs _ [D] staring up at [A] the blue. _
[D] _ _ The blue [E] stared back.
_ I used [D] to believe [A] we were just like [D] those _ trees.
[F#m] [F#] We grow [A] just as tall [E] and as proud as we _ _ [A] pleased.
With our [E] feet on the ground [F#m] and our [D] _ [A] arms in the _ breeze [D] _ _ [E] under a _ [E] _
[A] sheltering sky.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Em] _ [D] Twirl me about and [A] twirl me [D] _ around.
_ [F#m] _ Let me [D] grow [A] dizzy [F#] and fall [A] to the [G] ground.
_ [A] _ _ And when I [C#m] look up [D] at you _ [B] looking [A] down _ [D] _ _ say [E] it was _ only [A] a dream.
[D] _ _ [A]
A _ _ _ _ _ big [E] truck was parked [F#] in the [A] drive one day.
[D] _ They wrapped us in paper _ and [D] moved [E] us away.
[A] _ _ Your room was [E] no longer next door [A] to mine.
_ [D] This kid [A] sister thing was old [E] by that time. _
_ [Em] _ But [D] oh how our _ [A] dreams went bumping [D] in the [A] night.
_ [C#m] _ And the [A] voices downstairs _ [E] getting _ into a fight.
_ [A] _ And the next day a [E]
silence [D] you couldn't cut [C#m] with a [A] knife.
_ _ [D] _ And [E] feel like a blade [A] at your [D] throat.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] Twirl me about [A] and twirl me [D] _ around.
_ [F#m] _ Let me [D] grow dizzy [A] _ and fall [E] to the ground.
_ _ [A] _ And when [E] I look up [D] at you _ [A] looking [A] down _ [Bm] say _ [E] it was _ _ [Dm] _ only a [F#m] dream.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[E] _ The _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] day you left home [D] you got an [A] early _ _ start.
I [C#m] watched your car _ [A] back out [E] in the dark.
_ _ _ I opened the door to your room [A] down the hall.
_ I turned all the lights _ [D] and all [E]
I saw
_ _ [G] _ was a [D] bed and a desk [A] and a couple [D] of tags.
[F#m] _ _
[C#m] No sign [A] of someone [E] who expects to be bad. _ _
_ [A] _ And it must have been [E] one hell of [D] a suitcase [A] you packed. _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [D] And _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [E] the _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
next _ [F#m] _ day a silence you _ [D] _ _
couldn't cut with [E] a knife.
And feel like a blade at your throat.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut with a knife.
And the next day a silence you couldn't cut.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _
John Carroll on the keyboards. _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _