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DREAM DATE

(Neil Finn)

NOTES:  

-- Since the song opens with only bass, i've transcribed Sebastian 
Steinberg's bass part for guitar.

-- Just for fun, I transcribed the "vibes" solo for guitar. 

BASS INTRO:

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---|--------------------------|--------------------------|| variation
-2-|----4--2---0---0-----2--2-|----4--2----0--0-----0----||
---|-0------------------------|-0----------------2-----2-||


VERSE:
Remove yourself from the past
wherever you are you don't have to stay
old and wise lion's eyes
I wish you were here to give me advice

CHORUS:
D2*  A/C#*  C     E
Lightweight dream date

D2     A/C#      C  E
fly or fall it's my call

VERSE:
E      A     E       A
In the club, halfway up

E        A      E           A
whisky at five, a weekend retreat

E         A          E          A
brave and young, the bells have rung

E                 A       E              A
they're playing the tune, I'm tapping my feet


CHORUS:
lightweight dream date
fly or fall it's my call
lightweight dream date
fly or fall it's my call

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK:

Gm    Am    Em   Am

SOLO:

-----------6--8-|---7----------|--------------------|----7--12--14--12--||
--------8-------|-----------10-|-10-----8--10--8--7-|-7-----------------||
--6--9----------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------||
----------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------||
----------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------||
----------------|--------------|--------------------|-------------------||


VERSE:
Friend or foe, it's hard to know
I wish you were here to give me advice

CHORUS:
lightweight dream date
fly or fall it's my call
lightweight dream date
fly or fall it's my call


RIDE OUT:  E    A


* UNUSUAL CHORDS
D2    XX0230
A/C#  X42220


[c] 1997 by Roundhead Music, administered by Wixen Music Publishing (BMI)

(Transcription by Marck Bailey)

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Last updated: 29 June 1998
Marck Bailey