Dreams Don't Turn To Dust Chords
by Owl City
Dreams Don't Turn To Dust by Owl City is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, A, Em, G, C and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A Em G D A C G (2x)
Verse 1:
D A C
Splashdown in the silver screen
G
Into a deep dram-atic scene
D A
I swim through the theatre
C G
Or maybe I'm just a dreamer!
D A C
Like a kite in the bright midday
G
Wonder stole my breath away
D A
Shy sonata for Mercury
C G
The stars always sing so pretty
A Bm G
This picnic will soon depart
D
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
A Bm
I'll miss you with all my heart
G D
But I'd rather be alone
A Bm G
'Cause I couldn't live without
D
The sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
A Bm
So I'll drag the anchor up
G A D A Em
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
G D A C G
Dreams don't turn to dust
Verse 2 (as verse 1):
I made for the countryside
And my eyes never grew so wide
Apple, raspberry, river blue
I don't wanna leave without you
In the sound I'll gladly drown
Into the emerald underground
And I rub my eyes 'cause it's hard to see
Surrounded by all this beauty
A Bm G
This picnic will soon depart
D
Real life, I'm sad to see you go
A Bm
I'll miss you with all my heart
G D
But I'd rather be alone
A Bm G
'Cause I couldn't live without
D
The sunsets that dazzle in the dusk
A Bm
So I'll drag the anchor up
G A
And rest assured, 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
Instrumental and vocals:
Em Bm A
I'm sad to see you go
Em Bm D A
I'd rather be alone
Bridge:
Em Bm A
When tiger eyes begin making you blush!
Em Bm
When diamonds boast that they can't be crushed
G A
Let 'em go 'cause dreams don't turn to dust!
Instrumental: D A Em G D A C G (2x)
Chorus
Ending: D A Em
G D A C
Dreams don't turn to dust
G D A Em G
Dreams don't turn to dust
D A C G D
And rest assured cause dreams don't turn to dust!