Dead Mans Dream
Procol HarumVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
As I lay down dying, a floor for my bed
And a bundle of newspaper under my head
I dreamed a dream, as strange as could be
/ bass:
Concerning myself, and somebody like me
We were in some city, the stranger and me
The houses were open, and the streets empty
The windows were bare, and the pavements dirty
Fo [Bbm] [C7] [Fm] (Bass [F],[E],[F],[G])
I asked where I was; my companion ignored me
We entered a graveyard and searched for a tombstone
The graves were disturbed, and the coffins wide open
And the corpses were rotten, yet each one was living
Their eyes were alive with maggots crawling
I cried out in fear, but my voice had left me
My legs were deformed, yet I moved quite freely
bass(,,,,,) /
My head was on fire, yet my hands were icy
And everywhere light, yet darkness engulfed me
I managed to scream and woke from my slumber
I thought of my dream and lay there and wondered
Where had I been? What could it mean?
It was dark in the deathroom
as I slithered under
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Readable chord sheet for Dead Mans Dream by Procol Harum
[Dm] [E7] [Cm] [Ebm] [D] [D7] [Bbm]As I lay down [F]dying, [Fm] a floor for my [Eb]bed [Bbm]And a bundle of [F]newspaper [Fm]under my h[Eb]ead [Cm7] [Ebm7]I dreamed a[B] dream, as[Ab7] strange as coul[Cm]d b[G]e [Cdim] [Bbm]/[C#] [C] [Fm] bass: [F] [E] [F] [G] Concerning myself, and somebody like me [Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Gm] [Eb] [Bb/D] [C#dim] [Bbm]We were in some ci[F]ty,[Fm] the stranger and[Eb] me [Bbm]The houses were [F]open, [Fm]and the streets e[Eb]mpty [Cm7] [Ebm] The windows were b[B]are, [A]and[Ab] the pavements d[Cm]irty F I asked where I was; my companion ignored me [Ab] [F/A] [Bbm] [Bbm]We entered a graveyard and [F#m7]searc[A]hed for a tombstone The g[E/G#]raves were disturbed, [F#m]and the coffins wide open [E]And the corpses were rotten[Bm], [D] yet each one was living Their [C#m]eyes were alive with maggots [Bm]crawling [A] [G] [F#5] [Bbm]I cried out in fear,[F#m7] [A] but my voice had left me My l[E/G#]egs were deformed,[F#m] yet I moved quite freely [E] bass([E],[F#],[Ab],[A],[B],[C#]) [Bm]/[D] [E] My head was on fire, yet my hands were icy [Bass] [E] [F#] [G] [A] [E] [F#] [G] [A] A[C#m]nd everywhere light, yet darkness eng[Bm]ulfed me [A] [G] [F#5] [Dm] [E] [Cm] [D5] [Bbm]I managed to sc[F]ream and wo[Fm]ke from my sl[Eb]umber [Bbm]I thought of my [F]dream and [Fm]lay there [Eb]and wondered [Cm7] [Ebm7] Where had I b[B]een? [Ab]What could it m[Cm]ean? [F#dim]It was dark in the d[Bbm]eathroom as I slithered under