heliocentric@breathe.com
9th April 2001, 1.05pm
I’M ONLY DREAMING by THE SMALL FACES
B-side to ’Itchycoo Park’ (Immediate, 1967)
Chords used:
G: 320033 Bm: x24432 G5: 355xxx
D: xx0232 A: x02220 Eb5: x688xx
C: x32010 Am: x02210 D5: x577xx
D/F#: 2x0232 B5: x244xx
Em: 022000 C5: x355xx
Note: In the bits where it goes G D C D it might be G D/F# C D,k but I’m not sure.
If anyone knows better - please correct me. Ta.
G D C D (x2)
G D/F# Em
If the smile on my face
Em D C
Doesn’t mean much anymore
C Bm A
Then it’s all been just a waste of time
C Am D
So won’t you close your door?
G D/F# Em
But when I look into your eyes
Em D C
I feel there’s still something there
C Bm A
And something’s all I need to hold on to
C
I can lie to myself
G D/F# Em
I still care
Em D C
I still care about the way
C Bm A
And the little things you say
C
Won’t you please come out to play?
G D C D
I’m only dreaming
G D C D
I’m only dreaming
B5 C5
But what good does dreaming do
G5
When you’re lonely?
B5 C5
I got nobody to hold onto
Eb5
But I keep on
Eb5 D5 D5 C5
Smi-lin’, cryin’
G D/F# Em
See me walking down the street
Em D C
Just turn your head and walk away
C Bm A
Cos by now you ought to know how I feel
C
And there’s no more
G D C D
I’m only dreaming
G D C D
I’m only dreaming
G D C D (repeat to fade w/vocal ad lib)
