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I Dreamed A Niel Young Song

Arcade Fire

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
C×
G
F

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro Am C Am G 
 
 
Am                       C 
I had a dream and I woke up singing, 
Am                       G 
I was playing in a band with my friends, 
Am                          C 
Since I was young I've always dreamed, 
Am                      G 
About playing in a band with my friends, 
 
Am C Am G (2x) 
 
Am                  C 
I tried to move back home for a while, 
Am                  G 
But my home town got too small, 
Am                  C 
So I headed north in the winter time, 
Am                G 
To the city of Montreal, 
 
Am C Am G 
 
Am 
Where does it end? 
G  
Where did it begin? 
Am 
What did we lose?  
G 
And what will we find? 
G 
And if you run I'm right behind, 
Am 
Cause everybody dies, 
F 
So I ? 
 
 
 
Am                       C 
I had a dream and I woke up singing, 
Am                       G 
I was playing in a band with my friends, 
F                           C 
Since I was young I've always dreamed, 
Am                       G 
About playing in a band with my friends, 
 
F C Am G (2x) 
 
F                          C 
Late at night, when the house is quiet, 
Am                       G 
Sometimes I think about the end, 
F                          C 
What will I remember from the years, 
Am                      G 
I was playing in a band with my friends? 
 
F C Am G (2x) 
 
F                          C 
I had a dream and I woke up singing, 
Am                       G 
I was playing in a band with my friends, 
F                           C 
Since I was young I've always dreamed, 
Am                       G 
About playing in a band with my friends, 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · C · G · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.