Green Day – Dreaming Piano & Ukulele Chords and Tab

Green Day – Dreaming Piano & Ukulele Chords and Tab

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This is the chords of Dreaming by Green Day on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
A D

[Verse]
A                                           D
When I met you in the restaurant
A                                                 D
You could tell I was no debutante
A                                     E
You asked me what’s my pleasure
F#m
A movie or a measure?
D                                                 E                         A
I’ll have a cup of tea and tell you of my dreaming

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[Chorus]
D
Dreaming is free
A
Dreaming
D
Dreaming is free

[Verse]
A                                               D
I don’t want to live on charity
A                                     D
Pleasure’s real or is it fantasy?
A                                     E
Reel to reel is living rarity
F#m                                                             D
People stop and stare at me We just walk on by
E             A                         D
We just keep on dreaming

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[Bridge]
D
Feet feet, walking a two mile
D
Meet meet, meet me at the turnstile
A                                                 E
I never met him, I’ll never forget him
D
Dream dream, even for a little while
D
Dream dream, filling up an idle hour
A    E    E    E    E
Fade away, radiate

[Verse]
A                                     D
I sit by and watch the river flow
A                                                 D
I sit by and watch the traffic go
A                                               E
Imagine something of your very own
F#m
Something you can have and hold
D                                     E                                                 A
I’d build a road in gold just to have some dreaming

[Chorus]
D
Dreaming is free
A
Dreaming
D
Dreaming is free
A
Dreaming
D
Dreaming is free

How to play Dreaming: key, chords and progression

To play Dreaming by Green Day, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 4 chords: A, D, E and F#m.

Most of the song cycles through A – D – A – E (I – IV – I – V in A major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
E chord on guitar (022100)
EE G♯ B
F#m chord on guitar (244222)
F♯mF♯ A C♯

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Dreaming chords: questions

What key is Dreaming in?

Dreaming by Green Day is in the key of A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯).

What chords are in Dreaming?

Dreaming uses 4 chords: A, D, E, F#m.

What is the chord progression of Dreaming?

The main progression is A – D – A – E (I – IV – I – V).

Is Dreaming easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 2nd fret and play the shapes G, C, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo).

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