- IntroE A E AE A E B
E AIt's been a long time since I watched these lights alone
- E A
I look around my life tonight and you are gone
E A i might have done something to keep you if I'd known
E BHow unhappy you'd become
EWell I was dreaming of you
- A
With my heart in your hands
E And I was following through
C#m BWith my beautiful plans
- E C#m B
E A E Yeah, now I'm rolling down this canyon drive
C#m BWith your laughter in my head
- E A E
Gonna have to block it out somehow to survive
B (tacet)
'cuz those dreams are dead
E A E ABut I'm alive
E AI want to go where I will never hear your name
- E A
I want to lose my sorrow and be free again
E A And I know I've been insane
E BWhen I think of the places I could've been
EBut I was dreaming of you
- A
With my heart in your hands
E And I was following through
C#m BWith my beautiful plans
- E C#m B
(solo)
- E EA
Standing here by the highway side
- E
Watching these trucks blow by
C#m Inches from my face
B EYeah, thinking about the time I've wasted
(Dreaming of you)
AAnd the pleasure we once tasted
(Dreaming of you)
ELooking up and down this road
(Following through)
C#m BI've been here before
(Following through)
C#m BCan't be here no more
(Dreaming of you)
C#m B(Dreaming of you)
E A EYeah, now I'm rolling down this California five
- C#m B
With your laughter in my head
E A E Gonna have to block it out somehow to survive
B (tacet)
'cuz those dreams are dead
- E A E A
But I'm alive
- E A
Look at the way I believed in you and loved you all these years
E A Now you could fill a swimming pool with all my salty tears
E AYou told me what was in your heart but baby you lied
- E A
And I thought that it would kill me, but I'm alive!
Chords Used:
E: 022100 (or x79997)
A: x02220 (or 577655)
B: x24442 (or 799877)
C#m: x46654 (or 911999)
( 11 )-> i.e. 9-11-11-9-9-9
The words in paren's are background vocals. Tacet means (or at least
I mean) to break off strumming, i.e. there's no music played while
singing "But I'm alive".
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