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When You Dream

Barenaked Ladies
ChordsKeyDCapoFret 2beginner
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Chords in this song4

capo 2 — sounds 2 semitones higher

Song

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Capo 2nd Fret
Best Tune: 437Hz
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With life just begun, my sleeping new son
Has eyes that roll back in his head 
They flutter and dart, he slows down his heart
And pictures a world past his bed 
Its hard to believe
As I watch you breathe
Your mind drifts and weaves
When you dream,
What do you dream about?
When you dream,
What do you dream about?
Do you dream about
Music or mathematics
Or planets too far for the eye?
Do you dream about
Jesus or quantum mechanics
Or angels who sing lullabies?
His fontanelle pulses with lives that hes lived
With memories hell learn to ignore 
And when it is closed, he already knows
Hes forgotten all he knew before 
But when sleep sets in
History begins
But the future will win
When you dream,
What do you dream about?
When you dream,
What do you dream about?
Are they colour or black and white,
Yiddish or english
Or languages not yet conceived?
Are they silent or boisterous?
Do you hear noises just
Loud enough to be perceived?
Do you hear del shannons
runaway playing
On transistor radio waves?
With so little experience,
Your mind not yet cognizant
Are you wise beyond your few days?
When you dream,
What do you dream about?
When you dream,
What do you dream about?

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