Dreams Go By
Harry Chapin
Portrait Gallery (1975)

This is the album version, for the live version, transpose down 1 step.


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G                       D
There you stand in your dungarees
        Em                  D
Looking all grown up and so very pleased
         G                             D
When you write your poems they have so much to say
         Em                            D
When you speak your dreams it takes my breath away

    C
You know I want to be a ball player
  G       D/A      Em   Em7      
A regular slugging fool
    C                    D
But both our dreams must wait awhile
  C      D      G
Until we finish school

D      G
And so you and I
             C
We watch our years go by
             D
We watch our sweet dreams fly
     Em       Bm    Am
Far away, but maybe someday

  G
I don't know when
            C
But we will dream again
             D
And we'll be happy then
         Em        Bm      Am     D
Till our time just drifts away

There you stand in your wedding dress
You're so beautiful that I must confess
I'm so proud you have chosen me
When a doctor is what you want to be

You know I want to be a painter, girl
A real artistic snob
But I guess we'll have our children first
You'll make a home, I'll get a job

And so you and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe someday

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts away

Em              D
  Listen to the seasons passing
 Cadd9          Cmaj7
  Listen to the wind blow
Em              D
  Listen to the children laughing
Cmaj7             C      D
  Where do broken dreams go?

There you stand in your tailored suit
So many years gone by, but you're still so cute
We take the car to go and meet the bus
When our grandchildren come to visit us

You say you should have been a ballerina, babe
There are songs I should have sung
But I guess our dreams have come and gone
You've gotta dream when you are young

And so you and I
We've watched our years go by
We've watched our sweet dreams fly
Far away, but maybe someday

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts away

-Instrumental break- [Chorus chords]

You and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet dreams fly
Far away

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be ha-ha-happy then
Till our time just drifts away

Oh you - you and I
We'll watch our years go by
We'll watch our sweet, sweet dreams fly
Far away

I don't know when
But we will dream again
And we'll be happy then
Till our time just drifts away