Learn to play "Heartbreak Dreamer" 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#m F# I was turning nineteen, on a cold December night B A#sus4 A# Burning like kerosene for nearly half of my life D#m F# And I barely had the GPA to make it out of Eugene B You can blame it on me with the A#su4 A# ADHD while I'm falling asleep during the SATs D#m And as I pack my bags and headed to a foreign land F# One way ticket on a one way plan B Lay my head down alone each night A#m C# The same devil's calling in and that same old fight D#m Cause this one's for middle sons living in the middle of F# B Where they coming from and a halfway rush of blood This one's for those first prayers to heaven A#m C# on a road that seems never ending Chorus: F# D#m B For all the heartbreak dreamers waiting for F# the light F# D#m B Looking for just one reason to get through F# the night F# D#m B F# Every long lost believer caught in the fight F# D#m All the heartbreak dreamers B F# We're gonna be alright Everybody sing And I was turning twenty five in a city that don't sleep Was feeling only half alive to the dreams that I keep And I kept on waiting Wondering if she's waiting for me You burning down Main on a quarter tank of pain Wearing the soles off your feet And you've been waiting and praying for the right one to come Watch the rise and the falling of another setting sun Nobody seems quite good enough for you except the wrong one you keep running back to So this one's for Mike still waiting for his wife This one's for grandma losing the love of her life This one's for those first prayers to heaven on a road that seems never ending Chorus And this one right here ah, this is for the fat girls This one is uh, is for the little brothers This is for the schoolyard wimps, for the childhood bullies who tormented them To the former prom queen and to the milk crate ball players For the nighttime cereal eaters and for the retired elderly Wal-Mart store front door greeters Shake the dust This is for the benches and the people sitting upon For the bus driver's driving a million broken hymns To the men who have to hold down three jobs simply to hold up their children For the nighttime schoolers and for the midnight bike riders trying to fly Shake the dust This is for the two year olds who cannot be understood because they speak half English and half God Shake the dust For the boys with the beautiful beautiful sisters Shake the dust For the girls with those brothers who are going crazy Those gym class wallflowers and the twelve year-old afraid of taking public showers For the kid who is always late to class and forgets the combination to his lockers And the girl who loved somebody else Shake the dust This is for the hard men who want love but know that it won't come For the one's amendments do not stand up for For the ones who are forgotten For the ones who are told to speak only when you are spoken to And then they are never spoken to speak (La la...) Every time you stand so you do not forget yourself Do not let one moment go by that doesn't remind you that your heart beats hundred thousand times a day And that they have gallons of blood making every one is an Oceans You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA A# A#m A#sus4 B C# D D#m F# 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 "Heartbreak Dreamer" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Heartbreak Dreamer" by Mat Kearney.