Dreams

(c) 2004 Marieke

Piano/guitar
(note: all chords can be played on guitar as -add9)
Beginning chords are all above middle C

B2/Badd9.....F#2/F#add9
Twirling, whirling
E2/Eadd9.............B2/Badd9
as the green grass sways.
B2/Badd9..............F#2/F#add9
The lacy hem of her skirt
E2/Eadd9........B2/Badd9
caught in the breeze.

B2
Her face lifted up
........F#2
to be kissed by the sun.
.......E2
She dreams her dreams
........B2
under pure white clouds.

B2
The little girl grows
......F#2......E2.......B2(Octave down)
and dreams begin to fade
........B2............F#2
under burdens and doubt
.........E2..............B2 (Octave down)
to the depths of her soul.

B2 F#2 E2 B2

(Chorus)
..........B2
But the dreams and desires
F#2
will not die
.......E2
they peek through the shadows,
B2
through a look in the eye,
F#2...................E2
through the lilting chords
B2.................B2 F#2 E2 B2
of an old song.

B2.........F#2
Digging, searching,
......E2............B2
the young woman seeks
B2..............F#2
deep into her soul
......E2.............B2
for desires once lost.

B2......F#2
Under faded pictures
E2...............B2
creased at the edges.
B2......F#2
Under old rags
.......E2...........B2
once shiny with lustre.

B2
The young woman sings
F#2...E2...B2 (octave down)
songs of freedom.
B2
She dances free
F#2....E2........B2 (octave down)
from all her burdens.

(Chorus 2)
B2
Her dreams will not die
F#2
though tattered and torn.
E2
She washes them clean
B2
to sparkle once more;
F#2.......E2
and she begins
.....B2........F#2.E2.B2
to soar.

(Sorry for all the dots, that's the only way I could get the chords to stay in the right places!)