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When My Dream Boat Comes Home

Bing Crosby

OtherAdvanced for beginners12 chords

How to play it

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

A7×○○○
Em7○○○○○
D××○
G○○○
BDiagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
D7××○
F#Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
CdimDiagram coming soon
A×○○
EdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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               A7  Em7  D   G/B  D  A7    D   G   D 
When my dream boat   comes home, 
Em7  A7   D    G   D   G/B   D 
Then my dreams no more will roam. 
D D9   D7      D7/F#  G   G/F#   Em7 
I will meet you and greet you, 
Em6       E7   Cdim  E7 Bm5-/7 A  Em7   A7 
Hold you closely,     my  own. 
 A7  Em7 D  G/B  D  A7    D   G   D 
Moonlit   waters    will sing 
Em7  A7   D   G   D   G/B   D 
Of   the tender love you bring. 
  D  D9   D7     D7/F#  G G/F#   Em7 
We'll be sweethearts forever, 
Em6      A7   Em7  A7  Edim   D 
When my dream boat  comes home.

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Chord set

A7 · Em7 · D · G · B · D9 · D7 · F# · E7 · Cdim · A · Edim

Practice tip

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