'Dreams Of Children' by Jam - Guitar Tutorial

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24th July 2001.

THE DREAMS OF CHILDREN by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller

Chords used:

E5:    x799xx
B:     799877
C#m:   9-11-11-9-9-9
A:     577655
B7:    797877
F#m11: 2x220x
G#m7:  4x440x
E:     x7999x or 022100

(Backwards intro)

Then the riff is something like:

Fig.1:

  E5
------------------|
------------------|
-----9------7--9--|
-------7h9-----9--|
--7---------------|
------------------|

B                     C#m
 I sat alone with the dreams of children
B                    C#m
 Weeping willows and tall dark buildings and,
B                              C#m
 I've caught a vision from the dreams of children,
B                             C#m
 But woke up sweating to this modern nightmare and,
B        C#m B   E      C#m
 I was alo - ne, no one was there,
B        C#m B   E
 I was alo - ne, no one was

Fig. 2:

  A                             B7               E5
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
--------------|--------------|----------------|-----9-----7-9--|------|
-----7------7-|-----7------7-|-----9-----7-9--|-------7h9---9--|------|
--------------|--------------|-------7h9------|--7-------------|------|
--5-----5-5---|--5-----5-5---|--7-------------|----------------|------|

  there.

---------------|--|
---------------|--|
-----9-----7-9-|--|
-------7h9---9-|--|
--7------------|--|
---------------|--|

B                            C#m
 I caught a glimpse from the dreams of children
B                   C#m
 I got a feeling of optimism
B                          C#m
 But woke up to a grey and lonely picture
B                          C#m
 The streets below left me feeling dirty and,
B        C#m B   E      C#m
 I was alo - ne, no one was there
B        C#m B   E
 I was alo - ne, no one was there

Fig.3:

  A                             F#m7
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
-----7------7-|-----7------7-|----------------|----------------|------|
--------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|------|
--5-----5-5---|--5-----5-5---|--2-------------|----------------|------|

  there.                        something's gonna crack up your

G#m7
Dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack up your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
You're gonna gonna crak on your dreams tonight
F#m11                  G#m7
You will crack on your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack on your dreams tonight
F#m7                   G#m7          A (w/fig.2)
You will crack on your dreams toni - ght.

E (inst.)

A B7 E5 (w/fig.2)

B                        C#m
 I fell in love with the dreams of children
B                  C#m
 I saw a vision of all the happy days
B                                C#m
 I've caught up fashion from the dreams of children
B                               C#m
 But woke up sweating from this modern nightmare and
B        C#m B    E      C#m
 I was alo - ne,  no one was there
B        C#m B    E      A (w/fig.3)
 I was alo - ne,  no one was there

F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack up your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack up your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack on your dreams tonight
F#m11                  G#m7
You will crack on your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack up your dreams tonight
F#m11                  G#m7
You will choke on your dreams tonight
F#m11                           G#m7
Something's gonna crack on your dreams tonight
F#m11                  G#m7
You will choke on your dreams tonight