Intro:

F#   C#
F#   C#

Verse:

C#
I dreamed I was drowning
Bbm
In the river Thames
Ab
I dreamed I had nothing at all
F#                      C#
Nothing but my own skin


C#
I dreamed I was drifting
Bbm
On the howling wind
Ab
I dreamed I had nothing at all
F#                      C#
Nothing but my own skin

Pre-chorus:

Bbm                    Eb
Slipped away from your open hands
B        F#
Into the river
Bbm                   Eb
Saw your face looking back at me
B                 F#              C#
I saw my past and I saw my future

Chorus:

                           F#
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
                                  C#
Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going
                                F#
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
                             C#
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
                  B
Put it all back together
                       F#            C#
But anyway you look at things, looks like
               Ab
The lovers are losing

Verse:

C#
I dreamed I was watching
Bbm
The young lovers dance
Ab
I reached out to touch your hand
          F#                       C#
But I was watching from a distance

Pre-chorus:

Bbm                     Eb
We cling to love like a skidding car
B               F#
Clinched to the corner
Bbm                 Eb
I try to hold on to what we are
B                      F#                C#
The more I squeeze the quicker we all are

Chorus:

                           F#
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
                                  C#
Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going
                                F#
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
                             C#
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
                  B
Put it all back together
                       F#            C#
But anyway you look at things, looks like
               Ab
The lovers are losing

Bridge:

                                Fm        Ab   Fm  Ab
I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)
                                Fm        Ab   Fm  Ab
I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)
                                Fm        Ab   Fm  Ab
I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)
                                Fm      Ab   
I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing at all)

Chorus:

                           F#
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
                                  C#
Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going
                                F#
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
                             C#
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
                  B
Put it all back together
                       F#            C#
But anyway you look at things, looks like
               Ab
The lovers are losing


                           F#
You take the pieces of the dreams that you have
                                  C#
Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going
                                F#
You cut them up and spread them out on the floor
                             C#
You're full of hope as you begin rearranging
                  B
Put it all back together
           F#         C#
But in the final reckoning
               Ab
The lovers are losing