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Darn That Dream

Billie Holiday

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners19 chords

How to play it

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

D××○
B7Diagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
EdimDiagram coming soon
F#7Diagram coming soon
G○○○
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
A7×○○○
FdimDiagram coming soon
Am7×○○○
D7××○
BDiagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
E○○○
C×○○
A×○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
F7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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D         B7       Em7       Edim  
Darn that dream I dream each night  
D           F#7             G       Gm7  
You say you love me and you hold me tight 
D           F#7          Bm7      Gm7  
But when I awake, you're out of sight   
Em7  A7  A7/13-   D Fdim  A7  
Oh, darn that dream  
D         B7       Em7       Edim  
Darn your lips and darn your eyes  
D            F#7             G       Gm7  
They lift me high above the moonlit skies 
D      F#7           Bm7  Gm7  
Then I tumble out of paradise 
A7  A7/13-        D  
Oh, darn that dream 
G         Em7       Am7  A7  D7  
Darn that one-track mind of mine 
    G7M        G/B       Am7        D9           
It can't understand that you don't care  
G         E         C       A  
Just to change the mood I'm in 
    D         Cdim       F7   A7  
I'd welcome a nice, old nightmare 
D         B7         Em7       Edim  
Darn that dream, and bless it, too 
D            F#7             G        Gm7  
Without that dream, I never would have you 
D      F#7              Bm7       Gm7  
But it haunts me and it won't come true  
G/B  A7  A7/13-  D  
Oh, darn that dream  
G/B  A7  A7/13-  D  
Oh, darn that dream

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Chord set

D · B7 · Em7 · Edim · F#7 · G · Gm7 · Bm7 · A7 · Fdim · Am7 · D7 · B · D9 · E · C · A · Cdim · F7

Practice tip

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