Dave Matthews Band - Dreams Of Our Fathers Chords

[intro]
F# E A G   F# E A G
 
 
[verse 1]
G    F#      E
I’m choking I’m choking
A             G         E       A
On the smoke from this burning house
A             E
I claw and I scr*pe
    A               Bm
But I can’t seem to get out oh
 
     A       E
But who the who is this
A
That’s scratching from the ground?
               E
It’s my world too
           Bm
But who’s gold is this I’m digging out
 
 
[verse 2]
D                   E
When we go where we go
A
When we’re dead
        G       A    F#
Is the verdict still out
                A
Do we get into line?
 
                       Bm        E
To line up with those long dead now
E
With muffled tears of sorrow
     A           G
For bones underground
        F#
This is our time yes, it is
            Bm                  A
Without or with this shadow of doubt
 
 
[chorus]
A              G     Bm
Don’t want to wake up
Bm           F#m           D      G
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
             G
It’s such a waste child
    Bm                   F#m                 A
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
 
A                 G      Bm
Though I must confess yes
Bm                               A
My dreams are a wonder about this
A               G
This love I possess love
G            D
Must be the dreams of our fathers
 
 
[verse 3]
Em         E
I wanna go I wanna run
    A                    G
We turn and so sure someone’s looking down
A
It’s haunting me haunting me
A              Bm
Leaves us here to get out
 
                   A
Though I don’t believe I don’t believe
               G
This flavor in my mouth
            Dm      D
Is from my tongue alone
          G               F#
So bitter I wanna spit it out
 
 
[verse 4]
A
I repeat these words
      D
They come out
A          G                 F#
Under the blue light in this sky
          E                A
My empty pages are filling up
 
            Bm     F#
With these wicked lies
                    Em
But I hear deep in myself
    A        G
An echo and echo
    F#               E
Of empty empty emptiness
B                      A
Comes up and swells inside
 
 
[chorus]
A                G      Bm
I don’t want to wake up
Bm           D                    A
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
A            G
It’s such a waste child
    Bm                   D
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
 
A                 G       Bm
Though I must confess yes,
Bm                              A
My views are a wonder about this
A               G
This love I possess love
G               D
It must be the dreams of our fathers
 
 
[bridge]
Em   C         D   Bm
Rain    on my head
Em          C   D Bm A#
Rain on my head
Em   G  D
Rain on me
 
     Bm
Can give this up
Em               G          D
Rain on my life again and again
     Bm
Why can’t I dream this away from me
 
 
[verse 5]
A
Look at you look at you find new
A
Bloated floating
D
Go belly down
F#               A
Belly up in the water
 
                           Bm
But who is this here that drowned
F#             E
We followed a drunken man
A
Got us spinning round
F                 E
But it’s like he swallowed himself
     Bm                    A
And didn’t leave us a way out
 
 
[chorus]
A                G     Bm
I don’t want to wake up
Bm           D
Lost in the dreams of our fathers
      A      D
It’s such a shame child
Bm                       D                   A
To live and die for the dreams of our fathers
 
A                 D
Though I must confess yes,
Bm
My view is a wonder about this
A               G
This love I possess love
    Bm          D
It must be the dreams of our fathers
 
 
[outro]
A               D       Bm
This love I possess love
Bm              D                   A
It must be the dreams of our fathers
A               G       Bm D A D Bm
This love I possess love
Bm              D
It must be the dreams of our fathers
A               G
This love I possess love
    Bm          D
It must be the love of our fathers
 
[solo]
A  G  G  D  A  G  G  D
A  G  G  D  A  G