Great Blondie tune from 1979; they played this to open the 1979 SNL fall TV season
10/13/79 - very nicely done, and Debbie was a stunning knockout in a short green
dress! Times listed are elapsed time from the start. Tabbed by Marty Lurvey.
Intro: X4 D G 0:25
Verse 1
D G
When I met you in the restaurant,
D G
you could tell I was no debutante. 0:41
D A G
You asked me what's my pleasure, "A movie or a measure?"
A
I'll have a cup of tea and tell you of my... 0:53
Chorus
D G
Dreaming, dreaming is free.
D G
Dreaming, dreaming is free. 1:04
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blondie/dreaming_crd.html ]
Verse 2
D G
I don't want to live on charity.
D G
Pleasure's real or is it fantasy?
D A G
Reel to reel is living rarity, people stop and stare at me,
A D
We just walk on by; we just keep on dreaming. 1:29
Bridge
G
Beat feet, walking a two-mile,
Meet me, meet me at the turnstile.
D A
I never met him, I'll never forget him.
G
Dream, dream, even for a little while,
Dream, dream, filling up an idle hour,
D A / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Fade away, woo, radiate. 1:57
Verse 3
D G
I sit by and watch the river flow.
D G
I sit by and watch the traffic go.
D A G
Imagine something of your very own; something you can have and hold,
A
I'd build a road in gold just to have some... 2:21
Chorus / Outro
D G
Dreaming, dreaming is free.
D G
Dreaming, dreaming is free.
D G
Dreaming, dreaming is free.
D G
dreaming is free. 2:45
D G
< no lyrics >
D G
D G 3:08
