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Dream In My Life Tabs

(ver. 2)
King's X
DREAM IN MY LIFE - KING'S X - from the eponymous album 1992

Wanda, here's your chance to play your favorite song...

Dropped D tuning DADGBE  -  ==== denotes sustain



What can be said about true beauty?  This song gets better with each listen.

Approximate BPM = 87                                                      

4/4
[Drum beat and then sustained Em chord before first arpeggio]  

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                 Verse 1:  I'm   walking   in   a   foreign winter breeze
                 Verse 2:  When  I   was  young  I  knew just what I'd do


                        3                                               
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                     don't think of home too much -- it   may     just
                      and  so  much  more  than  that  has  come  in 


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   bring me to my knees                     and I'm watching    people 
   sharing life with you                    and I   take   another 


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    playing    in    a     place they call their home              and I
    step       in    the direction    I    must  go                and I



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   can't remember    when        I        ever      felt  so  all  alone
   feel the truth inside me      it's     the       one thing that I know



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                   so far...                                    from home
                   I know...                                       I know



10   [with guitar arpeggios throughout]          11                      
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 Chorus a:           If    I     have   a           dream    in    my
 Chorus b:           If    I     have   a           dream    in    my
 Chorus c:          Yes    I     have   a           dream    in    my

                        12                                              
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  life                                       I   dream   I'm  with 
  life                                       I   dream   it   with
  life                                       I   dream   it   with


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   you                                                                If
   you                                                                If
   you                                                               Yes


[play only after first verse]
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life           for    you



===> return above to beginning of verse 2


[play only after second verse]
14b                     15b
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--4--4======--4===--4--4|-----------4===--4======--4--4======--4===--4--4|
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life 



16
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                             I   dream  it  will  


17
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  all           fit            together with you



18                       
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                            I know this is the 
                      Our hope is deeper than the

19                                              
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   way  it  has  to  be                    but it
   pain  we   often  feel                   so we

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   doesn't   make   it    easier                    I can't just pay a fee
   take   these   steps   together              as the hurt begins to heal

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                  I will   make   pain    go away      so I accept it for
                  and we   know   it  is  for real    so we accept it for


23                                                                     
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 ano   -   ther            day    ----->  [after measure 23, go back to  
 ano   -   ther            day    --|      measure 18 for the second part
                                    |      then continue to measure 24]
                                    V
24 
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                        28  GUITAR SOLO...
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31

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                        And suddenly
             I see the place where dreams
   and our paths run together
32
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     I don't have to run
     and life become one
 trailing off in the sun ---
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                            V

[go immediately to CHORUS C at measure 10 and after starting measure 14
  continue and repeat/fade with the following:]

[14c]                   33
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life 
  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life 


34
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                       and  you  dream  it
                       we  both  feel  it's

35                                               36
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   too                                                               Yes...
   true                                                              Yes...

[repeat and fade]
            
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