Careful Not to Dream I (Chords)
These are the official lyrics and chords for the song “Careful Not to Dream (Part 1)”. It’s track #2 from the album “Until It’s Over”.
Guitar strumming just up/down/up/down all the way through. The timing on some words is a bit tricky, but you’ll figure it out. Otherwise, as with the whole album, angry singing required.
Chords
- Am7 = 002010
- C/G = 332010
- C/F = 132010
- Gsus2 = 302000
- Asus2/F# = 202200
Intro
Am7 C/G C/F
Verse 1
Am7
Anything I
C/G
Own, made it on my
C/F
Own, but gone
Careful not to
Dream there’s miles hidden be-
Tween your goals
Chorus 1
Dm G
Wasted all these years, trying to
C E
Find what was rightfully mine
Dm G A
Wasted all this time, trying to fly __
Verse 2 (key raised)
Bm
Anything I
A
Know, learnt it on my
G
Own with no
F#7
Rest at all, I was
Careful not to
Dream, the world’s not as it
Seems and so
Best not call on the
E
Gods __ to help you out
Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1)
Wasted all these years
Trying to fight what
Was never my foe
Wasted my reserves
On empty
Words
Bridge
Stop strumming, just one-time chords. More dreamy. Slower.
Bm Cmaj7
But what if somehow
Gsus2 E
It’s all possible and it’s real
C#m B A
Would I be the fool who throws it away
Bm Cmaj7
But what if dreams of old
Dmaj7 Cmaj7
Were strong enough to change the world
Gsus2 E
And I am the messenger
C#m B A
Then why are they all yelling I’m in the wrong
Asus2/F#
Should I just play along
Am/E
It’s all in my head
Verse 4 / Outro
Same chords as other verses. But the last line of the melody is just a held note. And it reverses the melody near the end.
Anything I own
Built it from the stones
Anything I loved
Had to let it go
Anything I dreamt
Buried in the land
Careful not to dream
You don’t know what you mean
Keep playing the chords until fade