Dreamers on the Rise
This is
(mainly) the version from "The Last Campaign" (85, also released under the
title "American Hero"), but the song is also on "Revenge of the
(G)(D)Oh,
(G)once we were (C)dreamers on the
(G)rise,
We were
(G/F#)the (Em)sun where the (C)sun
(D7)never (G)shines,
And we
(D)were (G)gold where the (C)night bird
only (Bm)flies.
Oh, that´s
a (G)long (G/F#)time, you (Em)know,
For that
(Bm)kind of wind to (C)blow,
(G)Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go we were (C)dreamers
(D)on the (G)rise.
(D)And
(G)twice we said (C)we´d begin
a(G)gain,
And we made
(G/F#)a (Em)vow that (C)we´d re(D7)main
as (G)friends,
And,
fall(D)ing (G)down, we said (C)we shall
rise a(Bm)gain.
Oh, that´s
a (G)long (G/F#)time, you (Em)know,
For that
(Bm)kind of wind to (C)blow,
(G)Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers (D)on the (G)mend,
Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers
(D)on the (G)mend.
And (D)if
(G)three wishes (C)came into my
(G)life,
I´d
(G/F#)say (Em)one was to (C)gaze
in(D7)to your (G)eyes,
And I´d
(D)say (G)two would be (C)turning back
our (Bm)lives.
Three´s a
(G)long (G/F#)way to (Em)go
For that
(Bm)kind of wind to (C)blow,
(G)Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers (D)on the (G)rise,
Long (G/F#)time
a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers (D)on the (G)rise.
(D)Oh,
(G)once we were (C)dreamers on the
(G)rise,
We were
(G/F#)the (Em)sun where the (C)sun
(D7)never (G)shines,
And we
(D)were (G)gold where the (C)night bird
only (Bm)flies.
Oh, that´s
a (G)long (G/F#)time, you (Em)know,
For that
(Bm)kind of wind to (C)blow,
(G)Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers (D)on the (G)rise,
Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)dreamers (D)on the (G)rise,
Long
(G/F#)time a(Em)go, we were (C)drea(G)mers (D)on (D7)the (G)rise.(D)(G)
© John
Stewart, All Rights Reserved
2002