Dream a Little Dream

My attempt at a "Tangled up in Blue" theme. I usually start it up with

a slow "Dream a Little Dream of Me" guitar riff in C, then drop into

the first verse at a run

C C/B

Tell you 'bout someone I know

Am C/G

Met her 'bout ten years ago

F G C G

Back when she was my best friend's girl

C C/B

Took her out to Chinatown,

Am C/G

Tried to pick her up 'cause she was feeling down

F G C

Then followed halfway 'round the world

Spending time in the great north wood

Thought California dreamin' could

Help me get on my feet again

But that was back before I knew

The kinda changes she'd put me through

Some say that story never ends

F C

I told her life had been amazing

F C

She told me life had been a blur

F C C/B Am

But if it helped me find a way to keep on keeping on

F G C

I could always dream a little dream of her

Did my time in the frozen east

'fore I headed west to some peace

Or 'least some decent peace of mind

Didn't know how far I'd go

'Till I ended up in Tokyo

looking for ways out of that bind

Nights I drank and days I slept

Her letters were the thing that kept

my world from turning upside down

Y'see, once a week she'd drop a line

Say "the weather's here, and I'm doing fine;

if you get lonely, just come around"

I told her once about the road I traveled on

She said she'd meet me halfway there

So every day I drag my world another mile along

Then go to sleep and dream a little dream of her

Thought my rambling days were done,

When I washed ashore in Washington

Was way past time to settle down

By then a couple years had gone

I looked her up, but she'd moved on

Got tired of my runaround

That was pretty near the end

I'd lost the girl, I'd lost my friends

Lost near everything worth living for

'Bout to catch an outbound freight but

Just my luck, was running late:

Guess who came knocking on my door

She told me once that she was crazy

I told her once I didn't care

Now every night I wrap that woman in my loving arms

Then go to sleep and dream a little dream of her