Notes about this song:

• Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

Chords (embellishment encouraged):

C:      x32010 or 332010
G:      320003
F:      133211
Fmaj7:  x33210 or 133210

Intro:

C F C F G

Verse:

       C                          F
In the morning when I wake up and listen to the sound
       C                    F     G
Of the birds outside on the roof,
  C                      F 
I try to ignore what the paper says
      C                       F
And I try not to read all the news

      C                        F
And I hold you if you've had a bad dream
      C                   F     G
And I hope it never comes true
       C                              F
'cause you and I been through so many things together
        C                       F       G
And the sun starts climbin' the roof....


Chorus:

       C
It's a dream
       G
Only a dream
         Fmaj7       G
And it's fading now
       C
Fadin' away
            G
It's only a dream
       Fmaj7
Just a memory
           G        C
Without anywhere to stay

C F C F

Verse:

    C                                F
The Red River still flows through my hometown
C                           F     G
Rollin' and tumblin' on its way
C                              F
Swirlin' around the old bridge pilings
        C                       F
Where a boy fishes the mornin' away
    C                   F
His bicycle leans on an oak tree
          C                    F     G
While the cars rumble over his head
   C                             F
An airplane leaves a trail in an empty blue sky
        C                          F    G
And the young birds call out to be fed



       C
It's a dream
       G
Only a dream
         Fmaj7       G
And it's fading now
       C
Fadin' away
       G
Only a dream
       Fmaj7     
Just a memory
           G        C
Without anywhere to stay

C F C F C F C F


   C                       F
An old man walks along the sidewalk
     C                             F    G
With sunglasses and an old Stetson hat
C                               F
Fall winds blow the back of his overcoat away
      C                         F
As he stops with a policeman to chat
      C                      F
And a train rolls out of the station
         C                       F     G
That was really somethin' in its day
C                       F
Pickin' up speed on the straight prairie rails
      C                        F    G
As it carries the passengers away

     C
It's gone
            G
It's only a dream
         Fmaj7       G
And it's fading now
       C
Fadin' away
       G
Only a dream
       Fmaj7
Just a memory
G                   C
Without anywhere to stay

C F C F

       C
It's a dream
       G
Only a dream
         Fmaj7         G
And it's fading now
       C
Fadin' away
            G
It's only a dream
       Fmaj7
Just a memory
           G        C
Without anywhere to stay