Dream Cafe - Greg Brown


Capo on III


[Verse 1]
D
You were the woman in the blue mask
D                          G
Standing there beside your dress
G                       D
All the things I wanted from you
D/F#          A7
I never could express
D
I thought I saw you once in Munich
D7               G
But you slipped away
G                          D
I'm in the corner with the coffee
D            A7   G D G D
at The Dream Cafe


[Verse 2]
D
For once I didn't say anything stupid
D                          G
My lover never once looked bored
G                                 D
And soldiers come in smeared with lipstick
D/F#                     A7
Like the last day of the war
D
The band divided up the money
D7                        G
But the drummer could not stay
G                          D
He said he's gonna meet us later
D            A7   G D G D
At The Dream Cafe


[Verse 3]
D
When you turned from the window
D                G
In your worn out slip
G                       D
And put your eyes to my fingers
D/F#              A7
While the ceiling dripped
D
I just could not leave you
D7                        G
I heard a motorcycle pull away
G                        D
Yes, I'll meet you after midnight
D            A7   G D G D
At The Dream Cafe


[Verse 4]
D
There's flowers now on Linn Street
D                     G
And the new moon just above
G                      D
They tore down all the houses
D/F#                  A7
Where we used to make love
D
But they'd been long abondoned
D7                    G
When we went there anyway
G                         D
And I can still smell the lilacs
D                          A7   G D G D
In the corner of The Dream Cafe


[Verse 5]
D
We've only been fighting ten years
D                     G
Do you really have to go?
G                 D
Couldn't you reconsider
D/F#                 A7
And do it real, real slow?
D
I like living with you
D7                    G
I don't care what you say
G            D
I don't care who you meet
D            A7   G D G D
At The Dream Cafe


[Verse 6]
D
Your eyes roll back to midnight
D              G
Lost in a fantasy
G                   D
I heard you cry out someone's name
D/F#             A7
And maybe it was me
D
But later as we're walkin'
D7                 G
You seemed so far away
G                D
Am I the man you thought you met
D            A7   G D G D
At The Dream Cafe?


[Verse 7]
D
I've come down with a sickness
D                      G
I thought you were the cure
G                    D
But passion seems to promise more
D/F#                  A7
Than friendship can endure
D
You spelled it out in black and white
D7                    G
My eyes saw shades of gray
G            D
And so I sit alone tonight
D            A7           G D G D
At The Dream Cafe, mmmmmmm


[Verse 8]
D
Heat lightning in the mirror
D                         G
And the thunder cries out loud
G                   D
I can be to you and you could be to me
D/F#                     A7
Just another face in the crowd
D
The plane don't leave 'til midnight
D7        G
Come with me today
G                            D
They'll be plenty of time to be alone
D            A7          G D G D
At The Dream Cafe, mmmmmm