dreamingagain .pdf

DREAMIN' AGAIN

( Jim Croce )

Written by Jim Croce in the key of D in 4/4 time
Released on the album: Life And Times ( 1973 )
Fingerstyle version for single acoustic guitar
Dreamin' Again on Wikipedia | YouTube
thumb: x
index: a
dirty: b
ring: c
pinky: d

Hammer on: h
Pull off: p
Slide up: /
Slide down: \
Arpeggio: ~~~

Bend up: )
Bend down: (
Grab but don't pick: !
Staccato: :
Mute: m

INTRO ( Dsus2, Em7, Cm7/b13 )
Keep 3c pressed in the red marked parts
... Don't you ...
e---0----------------0----------------0---------|---------0-------------------0-------0----|
b--------3c---------------3c---------------3c---|--------------3c-------------3c------3c---|
g--------------2b---------------2b--------------|---2b---------------2b-------0-------0----|
D---0---------------------------------0---------|-----------------------------2a-----------|
A-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3b---|
E-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

¼

picking pattern:
xc - b - a - c - b - a ( 2x )
xabc ( 2x )

repeat tab 3x

¼

1ST VERSE
... know I had a dream last night ...
e------------2b----------------2a--------|-----------2a----------------2b--------|
b------------3c----------------3b--------|-----------3b----------------3c--------|
g--------2a-------2a------2a--------2a---|-------4d------4d--------2a-------2a---|
D---0------------------------------------|-------!-------------------------------|
A---------------------4d-----------------|---2a---------------0------------------|
E----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
<--------- full barré ---------->

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a ( 4x )

!: grab 4c

... that you were here with me ...
e-----------------3d---------------------|---0-------------0--------------0---------|
b------------3c--------3c----------------|-------3c------------3c-------------------|
g-------0-------------------0--------0---|------------2a-------------2a--------2a---|
D-----------------0----------------------|---0--------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E---3b---------------------------3b------|------------------------------------------|
... lyin' by my side so soft and ...
e---0h2b-----------------------2a--------|-----------2a----------------2b--------|
b---------3c-------------------3b--------|-----------3b----------------3c--------|
g--------------2a---------2a--------2a---|-------4d------4d--------2a-------2a---|
D---0------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A-------------------4d-------------------|---2a---------------0------------------|
E----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
¼
<---------- full barré --------->
... warm ... and we ...
e----------------0---------------------|-----------------0----------------------|
b------------0--------0----------------|------------3c--------3c----------------|
g-------0-----------------0--------0---|-------0-------------------0--------0---|
D----------------2c--------------------|-----------------2a---------------------|
A---!----------------------------------|---0----------------------------0-------|
E---0--------------------------0-------|----------------------------------------|
... talked a while and shared a smile ...
e------------2b----------------2a--------|-----------2a----------------2b--------|
b------------3c----------------3b--------|-----------3b----------------3c--------|
g--------2a-------2a------2a--------2a---|-------4d------4d--------2a-------2a---|
D---0------------------------------------|-------!-------------------------------|
A---------------------4d-----------------|---2a---------------0------------------|
E----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
<--------- full barré ---------->

picking pattern:
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a
xc - b - a - c - b - a - c - b

picking pattern:
xc - b - a
x - a - bc - a ( 3x )

picking pattern:
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a ( 2x )

!: grab 2b

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a ( 4x )

... and then we shared the dawn ... but when I ...
e-----------------3d---------------------|---0-------------0------------------------| picking pattern:
b------------3c--------3c----------------|-------3c------------3c-------------------| x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a
g-------0-------------------0--------0---|------------2a-------------2a--------2a---| xc - b - a - c - b - a - x- a
D-----------------0----------------------|---0--------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|--------------------------------4d--------|
E---3b--------------------------3b-------|------------------------------------------|
<---... woke up oh my dream it was ...
e------------------2a-----------------------|-----------------2a---------------------| picking pattern:
b-------------3b--------3b------------------|------------2a-------2a-----------------| x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a ( 2x )
g--------4d-------------------4d-------4d---|-------2a-----------------2a-------2a---|
D--------!---------4c-----------------------|---!-------------4c---------------------|
A---2a-----------------------------2a-------|---!------------------------------------| !: grab 4c & 4d
E-------------------------------------------|---2a--------------------------2a-------|
------------------------ full barré -------------------------------------------->
... gone ... Don't you ...
e----------------0--------------------|----------------0-----.----------------|
b------------0--------0---------------|------------3c-------3c----------------|
g-------0-----------------0-------0---|-------0------------------0--------0---|
D----------------2c-------------------|----------------2a---------------------|
A---!---------------------------------|---0---------------------------0-------|
E---0-------------------------0-------|---------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a ( 2x )

!: grab 2b

2ND VERSE ( same tab as 1st verse )
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

know I had a dream last night ...
and you were here with me ...
lyin' by my side so soft and ...
warm ... and you ...
said you'd thought it over you ...
said you were coming home ....
but when I woke up oh my dream it was ...
gone ...

BRIDGE
e---0----------------0----------------0---------|---------0-------------------0-------0----|
b--------3c---------------3c---------------3c---|--------------3c-------------3c------3c---|
g--------------2b---------------2b--------------|---2b---------------2b-------0-------0----|
D---0---------------------------------0---------|-----------------------------2a-----------|
A-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------3b---|
E-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

¼

picking pattern:
xc - b - a - c - b - a ( 2x )
xabc ( 2x )

¼

... I'm not the ...
e---0----------------0----------------0---------|---------0------------------0h2b-------------|
b--------3c---------------3c---------------3c---|--------------3c-------------------3c--------|
g--------------2a---------------2a--------------|---2a---------------2a------------------2a---|
D---0---------------------------------0---------|----------------------------0----------------|
A-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
xc - b - a - c - b - a ( 2x )
xc - b - a

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INTERLUDE

||:
1... same ... can you blame me ... is it ...
2... get ... you can't change me .... I am ...
e----------0--------------0---------|---------------0----------------0--------------|
b----------0--------------0-------------|-----------3c--------------3c--------------|
g-------0--------------0------------0---|-------0----------------0--------------0---|
D-----------------2c--------------------|-------------------2a----------------------|
A---!-----------------------------------|---0-------------------------------0-------|
E---0---------------------------0-------|-------------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a ( 2x )

!: grab 2b

1... hard to understand ... I can't for- ....
2... not that kind of man ...
e---------------------------------------------------------|----------------3d---------------------|
b---3c-----------3c-----------3c---------------3c---------|-----------3c--------3c----------------|
g----------2a-----------2a--------------2a-----------2a---|-------0------------------0--------0---|
D---0-----------------------------------------------------|----------------0----------------------|
A----------------4d-----------2a---------------0----------|---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|---3c--------------------------0-------|
<full barré>
<---------------------- Hint ---------------------->

:||
... Don't you ...
e---------------0---------------------0--------|
b---------------2b---------3d------------------|
g---------2a---------2a----------2a-------2a---|
D--------!-----------------2a------------------|
A---0------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a - xb - a - c - a

!: grab 2a
ritardando

3RD VERSE ( same tab as 2nd verse but played with less tempo )
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...

know I had a dream last night ...
and ev'rything was still ...
and you were by my side so soft and ...
warm ... and I ...
dreamed that we were lovers ...
in the lemon scented ...
rain ... but when I ...
woke up ... oh I found that ...
again ... I had been ...

OUTRO ( same as intro )
...
...
...
...

dreamin' ...... dreamin' a- ...
gain ... I had been ...
dreamin' ... dreamin' a- ...
gain ...

picking pattern:
xb - a ( 4x )
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a