-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dream A Little Dream Of Me Mama Cass (singer in The Mamas & The Papas, gone solo) single released in 1968 transcribed by Olive7#5, july 2006 olive71k at hotmail.fr (replace at by @) This is my first ASCII tab and I'm a little frustrated because it's almost impossible to transcribe rhythm with ASCII characters. (and it's very long to write too ;) So here's the chords and notes. This piece was a bit tricky to transcribe because of the unusual jazzy chord progression for a pop song (in fact it's a 1930s jazz song with a pop/soul arrangement by Mama Cass and mates) and the open strings. The trickiest part was definitely the G#6/G6 measure with the anticipated G6 chord, really confusing to transcribe. I think I'm pretty close to what is played on the record. Play it with a swing (triplet) feel. Note the open strings to facilitate position changes. Use your thumb for G#6, G6, G#, G, F, Fm, F#m chords or use barre chords if you prefer. This is a great song and if you're reading this you must like it too. Now the big stuff: *** Chord chart (4/4) Intro (G) | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | Verse 1 | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | A7 | | F | Fm | C / G# | G | You can add a 6th to the F & Fm chords (F6, Fm6); it goes great with the melody. You can also play G#7 and G7 instead of G#6, G6, G#, G. Verse 2 | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | A7 | | F | Fm | C / G#-G | C / E7 | In measure 7 of verse 2, C two beats, G# one beat, G one beat. Last measure leads to the bridge: Bridge | A / F#m | Bm / E7 | A / F#m | Bm / E7 | | A / F#m | Bm / E7 | A / F#m | G# / G | The bridge is based on a classic jazz I-vi-ii-V progression in the key of A (A-F#m-Bm-E7). Guitar chords are nearly impossible to hear in the recording, so voicings are just suggestions. 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fingerstyle (G) C B7 G#6 G6 E --------------------------||--0--3--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------| B --------0-----0-----0-----||-----------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------| G -----------0-----0-----0--||--------0--------------0--|-----------4--------4--0--| D --------------------------||--------------4-----4-----|--------------------------| A --------------0-----2-----||--3-----------------------|--------------------------| E --------3-----------------||--------------------------|--4-----------3-----------| ^ change position here C B7 G#6 G6 E -----0--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------|| B --1--------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------|| G --------0-(0)----------0--|-----------4--------4--0--|| D --------------------4-----|--------------------------|| A --3-----------------------|--------------------------|| E --------------------------|--4-----4-----3-----------|| *** tab verse 1 C B7 G#6 G6 C B7 E -----0--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------|--------------------------| B --1--------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------|--1--1-----------0--------| G --------0--------------0--|-----------4-(4)----4--0--|-----------0-----------0--| D --------------4-----4-----|--------------------------|--------2-----------------| A --3-----------------------|--------------------------|--3-----------2-----2-----| E --------------------------|--4-----------3-----------|--------------------------| A7 F Fm E -----0-----------0--------|-----1--------------------|--------1-----------------| B --------2-----0-----------|--------1--------1--------|-----1-----1--------------| G -----------0--------2--0--|-----------2--2--------2--|--1--------------1-----0--| D --------------------------|--------------------3-----|--------------------3-----| A --0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------| E --------------------------|--1-----------1-----------|--------1-----1-----------| C G# G E -----------------4--------|-----3-----------3-----3--|| B -----1--------4-----------|--------3-----3h5---3h5---|| G -----------0--------5--4--|-----------4--------------|| D --------2-----------------|--------------------------|| A --3-----------------------|--------------------------|| E --------------4-----------|--3-----------3-----3-----|| ^ hammers For verse 2 and the rest of the song, mix fingerstyle arpeggios in the style of verse 1 and strumming. Have fun ;) Olive7#5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------