The River of Dreams

Intro: 0:02
♪♫♪ Percussion ♫♪♫
0:13
G | G
      Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-
C            D
Oo. Aa-aa-aa-aah, ah.
0:24
G
  In the middle of the...
  I go walkin' in the...
G
  In the middle of the...
  I go walkin' in the...
C
  In the middle of the...
  I go walkin' in the...
D
  In the middle of the...

Verse 1: 0:33
                      G
In the middle of the night
(Middle of the night)
                     G
I go walking in my sleep,
(I go walking in my sleep,)
                       C
From the mountains of faith
(Mountains of faith)
                 D
To the river so deep.
(River so deep)
0:44
                       G
I must be looking for something,
(Looking for something,)
                    G
Something sacred I lost
(Sacred I lost.)
                  C
But the river is wide,
(Oh, it's wide,)
                       D
And it's too hard to cross.
(Too hard to cross.)

Bridge 1: 0:56
Em
  Even though I know
     D
The river is wide,
        C
I walk down every evening
      Bm7
And stand on the shore,
1:01
C
  And try to cross
       Bm7
To the opposite side,
          A
So I can finally find
                D         | D!
What I've been looking for.

Verse 2: 1:07
                      G
In the middle of the night
(Middle of the night)
                     G
I go walking in my sleep,
(I go walking in my sleep,)
                       C
Through the valley of fear
(Valley of fear)
               D
To a river so deep.
(River so deep.)
1:18
                         G
I've been searching for something
(Searching for something)
                 G
Taken out of my soul,
(Taken out of my soul,)
                         C
Something I would never lose,
(Never lose,)
                     D
Something somebody stole.
(Something somebody stole.)

Bridge 2: 1:29
Em
  I don't know why
      D
I go walking at night,
             C
But now I'm tired and I
               Bm7
Don't want to walk anymore.
1:35
C
  I hope it doesn't take
     Bm7
The rest of my life,
         A
Until I find what it is
                D         | D!
That I've been looking for.

Verse 3: 1:41
                      G
In the middle of the night
(Middle of the night)
                     G
I go walking in my sleep,
(I go walking in my sleep,)
                       C
Through the jungle of doubt,
(Jungle of doubt,)
                 D
To the river so deep.
(River so deep)
1:52
                          G
I know I'm searching for something,
(Searching for something,)
                  G
Something so undefined
(So undefined)
                     C
That it can only be seen
(Only be seen)
                     D
By the eyes of the blind,
                      G ->
In the middle of the night.

Break: 2:04
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
2:15
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...

Bridge 3: 2:25
Em
  I'm not sure about
   D
A life after this,
      C
God knows I've never been
    Bm7
A spiritual man.
2:31
C
  Baptized
        Bm7
By the fire,
                 A
I wade into the river
                   D          | D!!
That runs to the promised land.

Verse 4: 2:39
                      G
In the middle of the night
(Middle of the night)
                     G
I go walking in my sleep,
(I go walking in my sleep,)
                        C
Through the desert of truth,
(Desert of truth,)
                 D
To the river so deep.
(River so deep.)
2:50
                  G
We all end in the ocean,
(End in the ocean,)
                       G
We all start in the streams.
(We start in the streams.)
                    C
We're all carried along
(Carried along)
                  D
By the river of dreams,
                      G ->
In the middle of the night.

Coda: 3:02
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
3:12
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
3:23
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Middle of the night)
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (I go walking in my sleep,)
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Mountains of faith,)
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (River so deep.)
3:34
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Middle of the night)
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (I go walking in my sleep,)
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Mountains of faith,)
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (River so deep)
3:44
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Middle of the night)
G
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (I go walking in my sleep,)
C
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (Mountains of faith,)
D
  I go walking in the...
  In the middle of...
  (River so deep)...