Am
  All that I felt on the first time it happened
F
  Was the feeling of something bad coming true
G
  One day I was happy, one day I was laughing
Am
  Then, somewhere a chain snapped; like that, I was loose

[Verse 2]
Am
  Why don't anything give me the joy that it used to?
F
  Why don't anything feel as real as it once was?
G
  I feel so sad but that ain't how I choose to
Am
  It shouldn't have to hurt so bad but it does

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Verse 3]
Am
  It was a summer night when I found my religion
F
  I was under the tent, I was struck by the palm
G
  And the Holy Spirit rained down upon me a vision
Am
  And I felt better a little while but then it was gone

[Verse 4]
Am
  I went to the mountain then I went to the cavern
F
  I washed myself in the river and I waited on love
G
  But I was lonely and dark as the moons around Saturn
Am
  Yeah, darkness for miles was all that there was

[Verse 5]
Am
  It was after the Lord and me parted ways that I found her
F
  And she was taking pictures of people who came in to the mall
G
  And she took my portrait as well as she could do
Am
  With someone who seemed to be not there at all

[Verse 6]
Am
  I stayed with her a while and I called myself happy
F
  I clung to her hands, and her hair, and her mouth
G
  But like every man who finds out he is drowning
Am
  I held on to her hard until I just wore her out

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Verse 7]
Am
  So I took off south like the beat of a bat wing
F
  I fell in with this boat salesman and a kid
G
  One carried the nails for his own crucifixion
Am
  The other one seemed to screw up whatever he did

[Verse 8]
Am
  The kid always loved me like I was his neighbor
F
  He asked all about me and my life on the road
G
  And the boat salesman, when he found out he wasn't a savior
Am
  Shot himself in the head in a Key West Payday Loan

[Verse 9]
Am
  I got jobs and I lost them like the beat of a drummer
F
  Who lost sleep, and got drunk, and couldn't see through his tears
G
  And just how I survived, I cannot even remember
Am
  But I know that it lasted a couple of years

[Verse 10]
Am
  I moved down deep into the jungle during those days
F
  I existed on oranges and oxygen
G
  But I carried the sadness against which even the old ways
Am
  Reached their limits of power and could not defend

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Verse 11]
Am
  I wandered through temples covered over with Saints' days
F
  I wandered through drug labs and kidnaps and graves
G
  I tried my best to meet death by the jaguar or AK
Am
  But I was covered over with grief and by this, I was saved

[Verse 12]
Am
  When I was up, I saw the connection between all of all things
F
  When I was up, I was so high up above
G
  That the world appeared to me electric and thrilling
Am
  With a fineness of lightning and the sweet milk of love

[Verse 13]
Am
  When I was down, the whole world melted
F
  In burning black plastic wherever I chanced to be
G
  And off that, I was judged with some kind of a tragic
Am
  Mistake that had somehow crawled out of the sea

[Verse 14]
Am
  How long until I'm free of these devils that bind me?
F
  How long until I live the life that I have?
G
  Can I outstrip a creator who searches and finds me
Am
  Then leaves me with the demons that I already have?

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Verse 15]
Am
  I went to the doctor who sent me to a doctor
F
  Who sent me to a doctor who sent me to a room
G
  And that's where I waited with the world ending around me
Am
  And the voices in my head jangling 'round in a tomb

[Verse 16]
Am
  She gave me a bottle and I took what was in it
F
  The stuff in my bloodstream started to rattle and fizz
G
  And I know that they're working but the devil is still down there
Am
  I tell myself that it's better and sometimes it is

[Verse 17]
Am
  What else is there to say but to tell you that I love you
F
  I haven't seen much of the world but I know
G
  That there aren't any others who know me like you do
Am
  And your comfort seems to follow me wherever I go

[Verse 18]
Am
  I know you're no cure for the darkness inside me
F
  But it feels better just to know that you're near
G
  And your patience, your joy, and your strength are astounding
Am
  And I know that without you, I wouldn't be here

[Verse 19]
Am
  And I know that without you, I would not be here
F
  And I know that without you, I would not be here
G
  I know that without you, I wouldn't be here
Am
  I know that without you

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone

[Chorus]
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
F
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
G
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone
Am
Dreams a-keep a-coming but the dream done gone