Keane - A Bad Dream: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "A Bad Dream" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D#   A#m
Why do I have to fly
C#                      Fm
over every town up and down the line?
D#               A#m
I'll die on the clouds above
     C#                 Fm
and you that I defend I do not love

Chorus:
   F#                  D#m                G#
I wake up it's a bad dream, no one on my side
               Fm                   F#
I was fighting but I just feel too tired to be fighting
D#m                         G# G#7
Guess I'm not the fighting kind

Where will I meet my fate?
Baby, I'm a man; I was born to hate
And when will I meet my end?
In a better time you could be my friend

Chorus

                 Fm                F#
Wouldn't mind it if you were by my side
                     D#m                   G#
But you're long gone, yes you're long gone now

Fm  F#
Yeah.
D#m          G#
Where do we go?
   Fm         F#
I don't even know
D#7             G#
My strange old face
             Fm               D#m G#
And I'm thinking about those days
                             A#m
And I'm thinking about those days

Chorus

Wouldn't mind it if you were by my side
But you're long gone
Yeah, you're long gone now
Yeah



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

D#

Guitar chord D#

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

D#7

Guitar chord D#7

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#

Guitar chord G#

G#7

Guitar chord G#7

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "A Bad Dream" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A Bad Dream" by Keane.