Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Verse

I dreamed I was drowning

In the river Thames

I dreamed I had nothing at all

Nothing but my own skin

I dreamed I was drifting

On the howling wind

I dreamed I had nothing at all

Nothing but my own skin

Pre-chorus

Slipped away from your open hands

Into the river

Saw your face looking back at me

I saw my past and I saw my future

Chorus

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have

Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going

You cut them up and spread them out on the floor

You're full of hope as you begin rearranging

Put it all back together

But anyway you look at things, looks like

The lovers are losing

Verse

I dreamed I was watching

The young lovers dance

I reached out to touch your hand

But I was watching from a distance

Pre-chorus

We cling to love like a skidding car

Clinched to the corner

I try to hold on to what we are

The more I squeeze the quicker we all are

Chorus

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have

Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going

You cut them up and spread them out on the floor

You're full of hope as you begin rearranging

Put it all back together

But anyway you look at things, looks like

The lovers are losing

Bridge

I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)

I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)

I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing but my own skin)

I dreamed I had nothing at all (nothing at all)

Chorus

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have

Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going

You cut them up and spread them out on the floor

You're full of hope as you begin rearranging

Put it all back together

But anyway you look at things, looks like

The lovers are losing

You take the pieces of the dreams that you have

Cause you don't like the way they seem to be going

You cut them up and spread them out on the floor

You're full of hope as you begin rearranging

Put it all back together

But in the final reckoning

The lovers are losing