Middletown Dreams chords by Rush

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
|Am  |C  Dm G | 4x


Verse:
Am
 The office door closed early
C             Dm  G
 The hidden bottle came out
Am
 The salesman turned to close the blinds
C         Dm      G
 A little slow now, a little stout

|Am  |C  Dm G |

Am
 But he's still heading down those tracks
C         Dm  G
 Any day now for sure
Am
 Another day as drab as today
  C           Dm  G
Is more than a man can endure


Instrumental:
|F |Am  G |F |


Chorus:
 Am          G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F
 Feeding on the fires
 Am        G
Dreams transport desires
 F
Drive you when you're down
 Am         G          F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town


Verse:
Am
 The boy walks with his best friend
       C         Dm  G
Through the fields of early May
Am
 They walk awhile in silence
   C        Dm  G
One close, one far away
Am
 But he'd be climbing on that bus
   C         Dm  G
Just him and his guitar
Am
 To blaze across the heavens
     C           Dm  G
Like a brilliant shooting star


Instrumental:
|Am |Em |F |G |


Bridge 1:
Am         Em
 The middle aged Madonna
F              G
 Calls her neighbor on the phone
Am        Em
 Day by day the seasons pass
   F         G
And leave her life alone
Am           Em
 But she'll go walking out that door
  F         G
On some bright afternoon
Am          Em
 To go and paint big cities
    F       G   F  G5
From a lonely attic room


Chorus:
 Am          G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F           G5
 Feeding on the fires
 Am        G
Dreams transport desires
 F
Drive you when you're down
 Am         G          F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town


Solo:
|Am |Em |F |F | 2x


Instrumental:
|Dm |F |Bbsus2  Csus2 |Dm |


Bridge 2:
F
 It's understood
Bbsus2      Csus2
 By every single person
     Dm
Who'd be elsewhere if they could
F
 So far so good
Bbsus2       Csus2
 And life's not unpleasant
     Dm         E5
In their little neighborhood


Instrumental:
|F  A5 |Bbsus2  Csus2 |


Chorus:
 Am          G
Dreams flow across the heartland
F           G5
 Feeding on the fires
 Am        G
Dreams transport desires
 F
Drive you when you're down
 Am         G          F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town, out of town
 Am        G
Dreams transport desires
 F
Drive you when you're down
 Am         G          F
Dreams transport the ones who need to get out of town


Instrumental:
|Am |Em |F |F |Am |Em |F |


Outro:
F       Am  Em  F
 They live in
        Am    Em  F
They dream in Middletown
        Am    Em  F   Am
They dream in Middletown