"DREAM BROTHER"

"Dream Brother" Chord Chart


Fm7       G
There is a child sleeping near his twin

    Fm7         G
The pictures go wild in a rush of wind

Fm7       G
That dark angel he is shuffling in

          Bb                Cm               
Watching over them with his black feather wings unfurled

Fm7  G  Fm7  G

Fm7           G
The love you lost with her skin so fair

    Fm7           G
Is free with the wind in her butterscotch hair

    Fm7        G
Her green eyes bloom goodbyes

          Bb 
With her head in her hands

         Cm                         Fm7  G
and your kiss on the lips of another

        Bb               Cm                      Fm7  G
Dream Brother with your tears scattered round the world.


Gm7                            Cm
Don't be like the one who made me so old

          D7                               Eb
Don't be like the one who left behind his name

                Bb                    Cm
'Cause they're waiting for you like I waited for mine

     D7          Eb             Fm7  G (repeat)
And nobody ever came...

(Break)
Cm       F/F  F/G
Cm       F/F  F/G
C major  F/F  F/G
C major  F/F  F/G


Fm7        G
I feel afraid and I call your name

Fm7         G
I love your voice and your dance insane

  Fm7       G
I hear your words and I know your pain

      Bb                        Cm                   Fm7  G
Your head in your hands and her kiss on the lips of another

                 Bb
Your eyes to the ground

         Cm                   Fm7  G
and the world spinning round forever

               Bb             Cm         Fm7 G
Asleep in the sand with the ocean washing over...


"Dream Brother" Tab

This is based on the studio version. I'll do it, as usual, in sections. It's in (sigh of relief) standard tuning. And remember, ">" means slide, OK. (Just to avoid confusion, I don't mean use a slide like as in Last Goodbye; just slide your fingers between the frets indicated.)

* The Introduction/Verse

[Each of these segments represents 2 bars of music.]

E----------------------------------------------------
B--4---4--3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3---3--------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------1--------------
B--4---4--3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

E------1------------------------------1--------------
B--4------3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0------------0----------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

E------1----------------------------1--3-------------
B--4------3---3---3--1---1--0--1--3------------------
G----0------0---0------0-----------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

This goes on in similar fashion underneath the vocals.
*The ascending chord bit ("Don't be like the one....") -- play each of 
these chords for one bar (8 times in every bar; it's pretty easy timing).

E---3----5----5----X---------------------------------
B---3----4----7----8---------------------------------
G---3----5----7----8---------------------------------
D---3----5----7----8---------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

* The Climactic Middle Instrumental Bit

(Yes, pedants, I know that something climactic usually comes at the end, 
but Dream Brother ends anti-climactically and so I'm reserving the right 
to call the middle bit climactic!)

E------3-----3---3-----3-----------|----------------------
B--4-----4-----4---4---------------|----------------------
G----0-----0---------0-------0--0--|---0---0--------------
D----------------------------3--3--|---3---5--------------
A----------------------------3--3--|---3---5--------------
E----------------------------1--1--|---1---3--------------

E-----------3-----3---3-----5-----------|------------
B-1--3--4-----4-----4---4---------------|------------
G---------0-----0---------0-------0--0--|---0---0----
D---------------------------------3--3--|---3---5----
A---------------------------------3--3--|---3---5----
E---------------------------------1--1--|---1---3----

E----7-(played 12 times!)----|----------------------------------- 
B----5-----------------------|----------------------------------- 
G----5------------------0--0-|--0---0---------------------------- 
D----5------------------3--3-|--3---5--5>7-7>9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9>7- 
A-----------------------3--3-|--3---5---------------------------- 
E-----------------------1--1-|--1---3--3>5-5>7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7>5-- 

[Two things to note in the above bit. First, at the beginning of that 
2nd bar, another guitar hits the A on the 2nd fret of the 3rd string, 
bends it up a tone and plays the "return" i.e. the down-bend. Second, 
I hope I've counted out the right number of "B" notes in that last 
little bit but I'd advise you to count it out yourselves!]

E----7-(played 12 times)-----|------3---5---5---X----------
B----5-----------------------|------3---4---7---8----------
G----5------------------0--0-|--0---3---5---7---8----------
D----5------------------3--3-|--3---5---5---7---8----------
A-----------------------3--3-|--3---5----------------------
E-----------------------1--1-|--1---3----------------------

...and basically back into the "Don't be like..." stuff, then back into the intro arpeggio.

And then you're basically done.

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