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David Bowie – Did You Ever Have A Dream Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsDD/GbD/ADb C B A G E

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[Intro]
| D | D/Gb | D/A |
| D | D/Gb | D/A |
| D |   D  | Db  |

[Verse 1]
C       B                     A
Did you ever have a dream or two
           G                   D
Where the hero is a guy named you
          B
And the things he does
              A
are just too much
         G
Does he fly like Mr. Superman,
       C
speak Chinese, French and Dutch?
            A                     D
And did you ever have a dream or two?

[Verse 2]
         B                  A
Have you ever woken up one day
          G
With the feeling that
             D
you'd been away?
        B
If the girl that you dreamed
         A
of last night
         G
Had the very same dream,
        C
in the very same scene
          A                   D
With the very same boy, hold tight

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[Chorus]
        G
It's a very special knowledge that
        A
you've got, my friend
          C                     D
You can travel anywhere with anyone
you care
        G
It's a very special knowledge that
        A
you've got, my friend
         C
You can walk around in New York
            D
while you sleep in Penge

[Verse 3]
         B
I will travel round
                 A
the world one night
        G                       D
On the magic wings of astral flight
           B
If you've got the secret,
        A
tell me do
         G                     D
Have you ever had a dream or two?

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[Brass solo]
| B | E | A | D |
| B | E | A | D |

[Chorus]
        G
It's a very special knowledge
             A
that you've got, my friend
          C
You can travel anywhere
        D
with anyone you care
        G
It's a very special knowledge
             A
that you've got, my friend
         C
You can walk around in New York
            D
while you sleep in Penge

[Verse 4]
         B
I will travel round
                 A
the world one night
        G
On the magic wings
             D
of astral flight
           B
If you've got the secret,
         A
tell me do
         G                     D
Have you ever had a dream or two?
         G                     D
Have you ever had a dream or two?

[Outro]
| B | E | A | D |
N.C.| D | Db| C |
| B | E | A | D |

How to play Did You Ever Have A Dream: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Did You Ever Have A Dream by David Bowie on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Did You Ever Have A Dream by David Bowie keeps coming home to G major (one sharp: F♯). You need 9 chords: D, D/Gb, D/A, Db, C, B, A, G and E.

Listen for D – B – A – G (V – III – II – I in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is soh – mi – reh – doh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: Db and B are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.