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Song
From: Phillip Charles Saunders
Waltzing's for Dreamers, Richard Thompson
transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu
Studio version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CWpyMM5_dQ
In live versions the G and Gm may be swapped so that Gm is played
in the pre-chorus and G is played in the chorus, e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGAVSCm8WfY
Note that he actually plays this in D, in drop D tuning with capo 3.
F* = bass note walkdown, F E D
Intro
Verse 1
Oh, play me a blues song and fade down the light
I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
Just let me dream on, oh, just let me sway
While the sweet violins and the saxophones play
Pre-chorus 1
And Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend
That we care for each other, till the band reach the end
Chorus
One step for aching
And two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
One step for sighing
And two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
Interlude
Verse 2
Now they say love's for gamblers, oh, the pendulum swings
I bet hard on love and I lost everything
So don't send me home now, put a shot in my arm
And we'll drink out old memories and we'll drink in the dawn
Pre-chorus 2
And Mr. Bandleader, won't you play one more time
For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine
Chorus
Oh, one step for aching
Two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
One step for sighing
Two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
Solo
C F Bb F F*
Pre-chorus 3
Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend
That we care for each other, till the band reach the end
Chorus
Oh, one step for aching
Two steps for breaking
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
One step for sighing
Two steps for crying
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
Waltzing's for dreamers
And losers in love
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