Dream A Little Dream Of Me | Chords + Lyrics
Intro (0:00)
| 3/4 G Am7 G/B | 4/4 C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G | C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G |
Verse 1 (0:18)
| C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G |
Stars shining bright above you,
| C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
night breezes seem to whisper, “I love you”.
| F | Fm | C Ab7 | G6 |
Birds singing in the sycamore tree, dream a little dream of me.
Verse 2 (0:39)
| C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G |
Say nighty night and kiss me,
| C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
just hold me tight and tell me you’ll miss me.
| F | Fm | C Ab7 G7 | C E |
While I’m alone and blue as can be, dream a little dream of me.
Chorus 1 (1:00)
| A F#m | Bm7 E |
Stars fading but I linger on dear,
| A F#m | Bm7 E7 |
still craving your kiss.
| A F#m | Bm7 E |
I’m longing to linger ’til dawn dear,
| A F#m | Ab7 G7 |
just saying this.
Verse 3 (1:21)
| C Ebdim7 | Ab6 G |
Sweet dreams ’til sunbeams find you,
| C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
| F | Fm | C Ab7 G7 | C C/G |
But in your dreams, whatever they be, dream a little dream of me.
Instrumental (1:42)
| C Ebdim7 | Ab6 G | C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
| F | Fm | C Ab7 G7 | C E |
Chorus 2 (2:03)
| A F#m | Bm7 E |
Stars fading but I linger on dear,
| A F#m | Bm7 E7#9 |
still craving your kiss.
| A F#m | Bm7 E |
I’m longing to linger ’til dawn dear,
| A F#m | Ab7 G7 |
just saying this.
Verse 4 (2:24)
| C Ebdim7 | Ab6 G |
Sweet dreams ’til sunbeams find you,
| C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you.
| F | Fm | C Ab7 G7 |
But in your dreams, whatever they be, dream a little dream of me.
Outro (2:43)
||: C Ebdim7 | Ab7 G7 :|| C |
Dream A Little Dream Of Me’s chords and progressions
Mama Cass‘ version of Dream a Little Dream Of Me is in the key of C during the verses but then modulates to the key of A for the chorus. This could be seen as a modal interchange since the key of C is also the key of Am, we could say we go from A Aeolian to A Ionian.
The intro starts off like Blackbird G – Am7 – G/B, before it gets all jazzy. ||: C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G :||
Unlike Blackbird, which goes from chord I – II – I/3, the first three chords of Dream A Little Dream Of Me are up the scale from V – VI – V/3.
The Gbdim7 chord could also have been an Adim7 (same notes), this links well with Ab6, which resolves to G, the V chord.
The verse progression starts off as the intro, do pay special attention to the stand-out IVm (Fm chord).
| C Gbdim7 | Ab6 G | C C/B C/Bb | A7 |
| F | Fm | C Ab7 | G6 |
Verse 2 is identical, until the last two bars where it sets up the modulation for the chorus by going to an E chord.
The chorus is in the key of A, using a classic I – VI – II – V.
||: A F#m | Bm7 E :||
The last bars Ab7 and G7 set you up for the verse in the key of C again.
If you want all the TAB for how this is done in the video above, you need to turn to the course.
Also, check out Ella Fitzgerald, Julie London, and Doris Day‘s versions of Dream A Little Dream Of Me, the chords will vary!
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me by Mama Cass will soon be available as eight step-by-step guitar lessons.
Until then, TAB for what I play in the video is available.
Dream A Little Dream Of Me – 8 guitar lessons.
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Mama Cass
Mama Cass spent most of her time and had the most success with the band The Mamas & The Papas, a hugely successful vocal group between 1965 and 1968.
During this short period of time, the band became world-famous by getting eleven top 40 singles from five albums.
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