Song: While We Were Dreaming
Artist: Pink Mountaintops
Album: "Outside Love"
Pink Mountaintops are a great band from Vancouver, formed by Steve
McBean, mastermind behind the monolithic Black Mountain! Look them both up
and become a fan!
Tuning: 1/2 Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# d#)
Played on finger-plucked acoustic guitar.
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CHORDS USED (standard tuning chord names used for ease):
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1) Emd#|---2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----| (022000@1)A#|---3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----|
F#|---2-----0-----2-----2-----0-----|
C#|---0-----0-----2-----4-----2-----|
G#|---------2-----0-----4-----2-----|
D#|---------3-----------2-----0-----|
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INTRO (8 bars, one bar of 4/4 per chord shown)
D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) A (x02220@1)***********************************************************************
DWell (xx0232@1)you lie on your back
G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)mill through the scars
G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)careful you are to
ASurrender (x02220@1)a thing
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DBut (xx0232@1)Jesus ain't coming
G (320003@1) DSo (xx0232@1)don't waste your time
G (320003@1) DNot (xx0232@1)yours and not mine
AYou're (x02220@1)only dreaming
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D (xx0232@1)
And while you were scheming
G (320003@1) DWith (xx0232@1)silver machines
G (320003@1) DFar (xx0232@1)above the leaves
G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)snuck into your scene
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DDon't (xx0232@1)lie there, lurking
G (320003@1) DBehind (xx0232@1)your troubled walls
G (320003@1) DWicked (xx0232@1)as they are
AYou're (x02220@1)not deceiving
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D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)F#m (244222@1)Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
And if I could find your heart
D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)would pull it from your chest
D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)smash you with my fist
ATil' (x02220@1)it was beating
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G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) And if there's a hole inside
D (xx0232@1) GHeaven (320003@1)in your bed
D (xx0232@1) G'Cause (320003@1)the angel that you kissed
AJust (x02220@1)left you bleeding
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DI (xx0232@1)know it ain't easy
G (320003@1) DTo (xx0232@1)keep roundin' on
G (320003@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)the voices in your skull
AAre (x02220@1)always screaming
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DBroke (xx0232@1)into your prison
G (320003@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)dropped the sleeping guards
G (320003@1) DPainted (xx0232@1)flowers on the bars
AAnd (x02220@1)snuck you out the yard
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DParalysed (xx0232@1)and gleaming
G (320003@1) DWith (xx0232@1)visions of new states
G (320003@1) DWe're (xx0232@1)wrapped in our embrace
AWhile (x02220@1)we were dreaming
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D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)F#m (244222@1)Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)***********************************************************************
