While We Were Dreaming


Song: While We Were Dreaming Artist: Pink Mountaintops Album: "Outside Love" Pink Mountaintops are a great band from Vancouver, formed by Steve McBean, mastermind behind the monolithic Black Mountain! Look them both up and become a fan! Tuning: 1/2 Step Down (D# G# C# F# A# d#) Played on finger-plucked acoustic guitar. *********************************************************************** CHORDS USED (standard tuning chord names used for ease): D G A F#m Em d#|---2-----3-----0-----2-----0-----| A#|---3-----3-----2-----2-----0-----| F#|---2-----0-----2-----2-----0-----| C#|---0-----0-----2-----4-----2-----| G#|---------2-----0-----4-----2-----| D#|---------3-----------2-----0-----| *********************************************************************** INTRO (8 bars, one bar of 4/4 per chord shown) D D G D G D A A *********************************************************************** D Well you lie on your back G D And mill through the scars G D So careful you are to A Surrender a thing ---- D But Jesus ain't coming G D So don't waste your time G D Not yours and not mine A You're only dreaming --- D And while you were scheming G D With silver machines G D Far above the leaves G A I snuck into your scene --- D Don't lie there, lurking G D Behind your troubled walls G D Wicked as they are A You're not deceiving --- D D G F#m Em Em D D G A And if I could find your heart D G I would pull it from your chest D G And smash you with my fist A Til' it was beating --- G A And if there's a hole inside D G Heaven in your bed D G 'Cause the angel that you kissed A Just left you bleeding --- D I know it ain't easy G D To keep roundin' on G D When the voices in your skull A Are always screaming --- D Broke into your prison G D And dropped the sleeping guards G D Painted flowers on the bars A And snuck you out the yard --- D Paralysed and gleaming G D With visions of new states G D We're wrapped in our embrace A While we were dreaming --- D D G F#m Em Em D ***********************************************************************