The Mamas & The Papas - Dream a little dream of me
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Dream A Little Dream Of Me
Mama Cass (singer in The Mamas & The Papas, gone solo)
single released in 1968
transcribed by Olive7#5, july 2006
olive71k at hotmail.fr (replace at by @)
This is my first ASCII tab and I'm a little frustrated because it's almost
impossible to transcribe rhythm with ASCII characters. (and it's very long
to write too ;) So here's the chords and notes.
This piece was a bit tricky to transcribe because of the unusual jazzy chord
progression for a pop song (in fact it's a 1930s jazz song with a pop/soul
arrangement by Mama Cass and mates) and the open strings. The trickiest part
was definitely the G#6/G6 measure with the anticipated G6 chord, really
confusing to transcribe. I think I'm pretty close to what is played on the
record.
Play it with a swing (triplet) feel. Note the open strings to facilitate
position changes. Use your thumb for G#6, G6, G#, G, F, Fm, F#m chords or use
barre chords if you prefer. This is a great song and if you're reading this
you must like it too. Now the big stuff:
*** Chord chart (4/4)
Intro
(G) | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | G#6 / G6 |
Verse 1
| C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | A7 |
| F | Fm | C / G# | G |
You can add a 6th to the F & Fm chords (F6, Fm6); it goes great
with the melody. You can also play G#7 and G7 instead of G#6, G6, G#, G.
Verse 2
| C / B7 | G#6 / G6 | C / B7 | A7 |
| F | Fm | C / G#-G | C / E7 |
In measure 7 of verse 2, C two beats, G# one beat, G one beat.
Last measure leads to the bridge:
Bridge
| A / F#m | Bm / E7 | A / F#m | Bm / E7 |
| A / F#m | Bm / E7 | A / F#m | G# / G |
The bridge is based on a classic jazz I-vi-ii-V progression in the key of A
(A-F#m-Bm-E7). Guitar chords are nearly impossible to hear in the recording,
so voicings are just suggestions.
You can add a 7th to minor chords (F#m7, Bm7).
*** Chord voicings
C B7 G#6 G6
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*** tab intro - fingerstyle
(G) C B7 G#6 G6
E --------------------------||--0--3--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------|
B --------0-----0-----0-----||-----------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------|
G -----------0-----0-----0--||--------0--------------0--|-----------4--------4--0--|
D --------------------------||--------------4-----4-----|--------------------------|
A --------------0-----2-----||--3-----------------------|--------------------------|
E --------3-----------------||--------------------------|--4-----------3-----------|
^ change position here
C B7 G#6 G6
E -----0--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------||
B --1--------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------||
G --------0-(0)----------0--|-----------4--------4--0--||
D --------------------4-----|--------------------------||
A --3-----------------------|--------------------------||
E --------------------------|--4-----4-----3-----------||
*** tab verse 1
C B7 G#6 G6 C B7
E -----0--------5-----------|-----4-----------3--------|--------------------------|
B --1--------0-----4--------|--------6-----5-----------|--1--1-----------0--------|
G --------0--------------0--|-----------4-(4)----4--0--|-----------0-----------0--|
D --------------4-----4-----|--------------------------|--------2-----------------|
A --3-----------------------|--------------------------|--3-----------2-----2-----|
E --------------------------|--4-----------3-----------|--------------------------|
A7 F Fm
E -----0-----------0--------|-----1--------------------|--------1-----------------|
B --------2-----0-----------|--------1--------1--------|-----1-----1--------------|
G -----------0--------2--0--|-----------2--2--------2--|--1--------------1-----0--|
D --------------------------|--------------------3-----|--------------------3-----|
A --0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E --------------------------|--1-----------1-----------|--------1-----1-----------|
C G# G
E -----------------4--------|-----3-----------3-----3--||
B -----1--------4-----------|--------3-----3h5---3h5---||
G -----------0--------5--4--|-----------4--------------||
D --------2-----------------|--------------------------||
A --3-----------------------|--------------------------||
E --------------4-----------|--3-----------3-----3-----||
^ hammers
For verse 2 and the rest of the song, mix fingerstyle arpeggios in the style of verse 1
and strumming. Have fun ;)
Olive7#5
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