Kings X - Dream In My Life tab

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 16:17:44 -0500
From: Dan Fisher 
Subject: Re: TAB: "Over My Head" by King's X -Reply -Reply -Reply


DREAM IN MY LIFE - KING'S X - from the eponymous album 1992
Wanda, here's your chance to play your favorite song...
Dropped D tuning DADGBE  -  ==== denotes sustain
Tabbed by Daniel S. Fisher during several parts of 1996 and 1997.
Comments welcome at wetstone@compuserve.com
What can be said about true beauty?  This song gets better with each listen.
Approximate BPM = 87

4/4
[Drum beat and then sustained Em chord before first arpeggio]

1                                                2
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                 Verse 1:  I'm   walking   in   a   foreign winter breeze
                 Verse 2:  When  I   was  young  I  knew just what I'd do


                        3
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                     don't think of home too much -- it   may     just
                      and  so  much  more  than  that  has  come  in


4                                                5
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   bring me to my knees                     and I'm watching    people
   sharing life with you                    and I   take   another


                        6
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    playing    in    a     place they call their home              and I
    step       in    the direction    I    must  go                and I

7                                                8
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   can't remember    when        I        ever      felt  so  all  alone
   feel the truth inside me      it's     the       one thing that I know

                        9
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                   so far...                                    from home
                   I know...                                       I know

10   [with guitar arpeggios throughout]          11
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 Chorus a:           If    I     have   a           dream    in    my
 Chorus b:           If    I     have   a           dream    in    my
 Chorus c:          Yes    I     have   a           dream    in    my

                        12
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  life                                       I   dream   I'm  with
  life                                       I   dream   it   with
  life                                       I   dream   it   with


13                                               14
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   you                                                                If
   you                                                                If
   you                                                               Yes


[play only after first verse]
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life           for    you

===> return above to beginning of verse 2


[play only after second verse]
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/k/kings-x/9729.html ]
16
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                             I   dream  it  will


17
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  all           fit            together with you

18
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                            I know this is the
                      Our hope is deeper than the

19
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   way  it  has  to  be                    but it
   pain  we   often  feel                   so we

20                                               21
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   doesn't   make   it    easier                    I can't just pay a fee
   take   these   steps   together              as the hurt begins to heal

                        22
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                  I will   make   pain    go away      so I accept it for
                  and we   know   it  is  for real    so we accept it for


23
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 ano   -   ther            day    ----->  [after measure 23== go back to
 ano   -   ther            day    --|      measure 18 for the second part
                                    |      then continue to measure 24]
                                    V
24
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25
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                        28  GUITAR SOLO...
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29                                               30
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------------------------|  [repeat 2x during solo and then
========================|     into measure 31]
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31

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                        And suddenly
             I see the place where dreams
   and our paths run together
32
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     I don't have to run
     and life become one
 trailing off in the sun ---
                            |
                            V

[go immediately to CHORUS C at measure 10 and after starting measure 14
  continue and repeat/fade with the following:]

[14c]                   33
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  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life
  I     have      a        dream    in    my  life


34
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                       and  you  dream  it
                       we  both  feel  it's

35                                               36
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   too                                                               Yes...
   true                                                              Yes...

[repeat and fade]