A Bad Night for Dreams

by Christy Moore

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A Bad Night for Dreams (Capo 5) by Christy Moore 2015

I wanted to kiss you in broad daylight. C am C F
To sleep next to you safe and warm C Am G
To make up with you after a fight C Am C F
To light a candle with you in a storm. C G C
I couldn’t help hoping until last night F C
When I let it all spill out E Am
Now, you made it plain you don’t feel the same. C Am C F
Still you’re all I can think about. C G C

Chorus:
It was a bad night for dreams. F C
The end of the line it seems F C
For all my hopes and schemes. E F
It was a bad night for dreams. C G C

I was seeing a house with a front porch swing C Am C F
A piano, a big, ol’oak table C Am G
A hand to hold, a sweet song to sing C Am C F
But it looks like I dreamed up a fable. C Am G
Because you weren’t thinking about me F C
Like I was thinking about you. E Am
Now, you want me to see it’s never gonna be C Am C F
And my dreams are not coming true. C G C

Chorus:
It was a bad night for dreams. F C
The end of the line it seems F C
For all my hopes and schemes. E F
It was a bad night for dreams. C G C

Bridge
I know someday this hurting will heal g Am
The way I want you will pass F G
But that doesn’t mean what I feel’s not real Am F
Or that my love’s not built to last. F G

Chorus

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released February 29, 2016
Christy Moore -- vocals and rhythm
Pat Eberhardt -- lead guitar

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