Van Halen Dreams I always thought of this song as kind of having two choruses; the "higher and higher" part, and then the "that's what dreams are made of" part. But the intro is essentially the same part/chord progression as the 2nd 'chorus', so to avoid confusion I have called that the |A| section, then that will repeat later with vocals (also used for Solo II). Eddie Van Halen uses a lot of different triads played against different bass notes to create various chords with extensions or suspensions. I have given the overall chord names taking into account the synth and guitar/bass parts. Feel free to simplify it, but in order to include the melodies you will need all the chord variations, e.g. Csus4 to C to Csus2. [A] x2 Cadd9 C F Am G Fsus2 C Csus2 Csus4 C Csus2 [Synth riff] Csus2 C Csus4 C Csus2 C/E Csus4/E C/E Csus2 C/F Fsus2 F6 F Am/G C/G G Gsus4 C Csus4 C Csus2 C/E Csus4/E Am7 Am7add4 C/F F G/F F Am/F G/F Csus4/G C/G Gsus4 [Verse] Am F6 World turns black and white Gsus2 Am Pictures in an empty room F6 Gsus2 Your love starts fallin' down Am Better change your tune F6 Gsus2 Yeah, you reach for the golden ring Am Reach for the sky F6 Gsus2 Baby, just spread your wings [Chorus] G/C C G/C Am7 and get high - er and higher Am Em Em7 F Straight up we'll climb G/C C G/C Am We'll get high - er and higher G/F Fmaj7 Gsus4 Leave it all behind [Verse] Am F6 Run, run, run away Gsus2 Am Like a train runnin' off the track F6 Gsus2 Got the truth being left behind Am Fall between the cracks F6 Gsus2 Standin' on broken dreams Am Never losin' sight, ah F6 Gsus2 Well just spread your wings [Chorus] G/C C G/C Am7 We'll get high - er and higher Am Em Em7 F Straight up we'll climb G/C C G/C Am We'll get high - er and higher G/F Fmaj7 G7sus4 Leave it all behind [A] Cadd9 C F So baby dry your eyes Am G Save all the tears you've cried Fsus2 F Am7 Csus4 C Csus2 Oh, that's what dreams are made of Em7 F Am G 'Cause we belong in a world that must be strong Fsus2 Am7 Csus4 C Csus2 Oh, that's what dreams are made of [Solo I] C5 D5 F5 G5 Bb5 C5 E5 D5 x2 D5 G Dsus2 Asus4 x2 Gm7/Bb Gm7/A Gm7 Cm/Eb Cm/D Cm G5 [Chorus] G/C C G/C Am7 Yeah, we'll get high - er and higher Am Em Em7 F Straight up we'll climb G/C C G/C Am High - er and higher Em Em7 F Leave it all behind G/C C G/C Am Oh, we'll get high - er and higher G/F Fmaj7 G7sus4 Who knows what we'll find [A] Cadd9 C F So baby dry your eyes Am G Save all the tears you've cried Fsus2 F Am7 Csus4 C Csus2 Oh, that's what dreams are made of Em7 F Am G Oh baby, we belong in a world that must be strong Fsus2 Am7 Csus4 C Csus2 Oh, that's what dreams are made of [Solo II] Em7 F Am G Fsus2 Am7 Csus4 C Csus2 [A] Em7 F Am G And in the end on dreams we will depend Fsus2 Am7 Bb (#11) 'Cause that's what love is made of [Ending] Fmaj7/A F/A Bb F C
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