Name: Dreams Artists: Allman Brothers Transcribed by: Jason Yankee Note: This is all my own work. Note: This song is played in 3/4, 6/4 or 6/8 time. Those time signatures are basically the same thing. The bass lines goes like this: D note, C note, A note.... over and over
Play the Bass line for the left hand on the keyboard part. Play these chords over the bass line: C 6 chord, D 7 chord or C 6 chord, F # diminished chord The break in the song uses these chords: G 7 chord, F 7 chord, E 7 chord repeat. Note: For the E 7 chord you might want to play three different inversions of it in a row (keyboard only). The solo is played using the D major scale with a b 5. Here is that scale: D, E, F #, G, A, B, C, D D0, LE0, LE2, LE3, LE5, LE7, LE8, A5, A7, D4, D5, D7, G4, G5, G7, B5, B7, B8, HE5, HE7, HE8, HE10, HE12, HE14, HE15, HE17, HE19, HE20, HE22 The solo stays within the scale. If you know the scale then you can figure out the solo. The solo also probably uses a slide. The final break: (Play a D7 in the background) Note: For the D7 chord in the final break you might want to try to play 4 different inversions of it (keyboard only). F # note, G note, F# note, E note, D note, E note, D note, C note, B note, C note, B note, A note, G note, F # note, D note Here are some chords defined: C 6 chord - C note, E note, G note, A note D 7 chord - D note, F # note, A note, C note F # diminished chord - F # note, A note, C note G 7 chord - G note, B note, D note, F note F 7 chord - F note, A note, C note, E b note E 7 chord - E note, G # note, B note, D note chords: This is how I play the break: G 7 chord - 3 5 3 4 3 3 F 7 chord - 1 3 1 2 1 1 E 7 chord - 0 2 2 1 3 0 or 0 2 0 1 0 0 or 0 2 0 1 3 0 Here is how I play the main riff: C 6 chord - x 3 0 0 1 0 D 7 chord - x 0 0 2 1 2 Do you have any questions or improvements ? Please e-mail me at banjokayankee@yahoo.com Good Luck !! Jason
Dreams by Allman Brothers guitar chords playing instructions.