| Em7 | Am |
| Am | G | |
| D | on't believe what you h | ear, |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| don't believe what you | see |
| Am | G | |
| I | f you just close your e | yes |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| you can | feel the ene | my |
| Am | G | |
| W | hen I first met you g | irl, |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| you had f | ire in your so | ul |
| Am | G | |
| What happened your f | ace of |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| mel | ting snow? |
| C | |
| Now it l | ooks like this |
| Am7 | |
| and | you can swallow |
| or you can spit |
| F | |
| You can t | hrow it up or |
| G | |
| c | hoke on it |
| C | |
| And y | ou can dream, |
| Am7 | |
| so dr | eam out loud |
| F | |
| You k | now that your |
| G | Am7 | |
| t | ime is coming 'ro | und |
| F | G | |
| ... Don' | t let the b | astards |
| Am | |
| grind you do | wn |
| Am | G | |
| No nothing makes | sense, |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| nothing seems to | fit |
| Am | G | |
| I know you'd hit | out if you |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| only knew who to | hit |
| Am | G | |
| And I'd join the | movement |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| if there was | one I could be | lieve in |
| Am | G | |
| Yeah I'd break bread and | wine |
| Fmaj7 | Em/D | |
| if there was a | church I could | receive in |
| C | |
| 'Cos I | need it now |
| Am | |
| To t | ake the cup, to fill it up |
| F | G | |
| To | drink it slow, I can't | let you go |
| C | Am | |
| And | I must be an | Acrobat to |
| F | G | |
| talk like this and | act like that |
| C | Am | |
| And | you can dream, so | dream out loud |
| F | G | |
| ... | Don't let the | bastards |
| Am | |
| grind you | down |
| Em7 | |
| W | hat are we going to do now it's all been said? |
| Am | |
| No new ideas in the house, and every book has been read |
| C | Am | |
| And | I must be an | acrobat |
| F | G | |
| To | talk like this and | act like that |
| C | Am | |
| And | you can dream, so | dream out loud |
| F | G | |
| And | you can find your | own way out |
| C | Am | |
| You can build and | I can will |
| F | G | |
| And | you can call I can't | wait until |
| C | Am | |
| You can stash and | you can seize |
| F | G | |
| In | dreams begin respo | nsibilities |
| C | Am | |
| And | I can love, and | I can love |
| F | G | Am | |
| I | know that the | tide is turning 'r | ound |
| F | G | Am | |
| ... | Don't let the | bastards grind you | down |