Dreams Fall Hard - Car Seat Headrest
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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Dreams Fall Hard
Car Seat Headrest
Nervous Young Man
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Tabbed by: Connor O.
Tuning: Standard
Key: A Major
Major Scale Triads:
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ii - B min
iii - C#min
IV -
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vi - F#min
vii - G#dim
>Studying the Pre-Chorus.
The guitar is barely audible so everything was derived from the piano. It starts off with a descending D Major
scale beginning on D3 and ending on B2 on the word "weak". What follows over "to hear the words I say" are
arpeggiated D Maj and A Maj triads followed by a repeated B note.
>Studying the Chorus "Tryin Hell Wake Up"
Moving into the Chorus, we follow an ascending line - - - A.
>Notes
I guess in general take note of the use and effictiveness of the I7, V7 (contains a dim vii triad), and the
III in this song. I'm a novice so there are likely better explanations.
>Update
Here's a livestream link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeZg0VmMzpU.
Sounds like he uses D and Bm in separate occasions of "To hear the..." in the Pre-chorus. Also
he adds the 3rd-fret B string (D), an additional 7th degree, to the E7 chord.
[Verse 1] tab
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[Verse 1]
0:00
Last night I d
reamed I had t
o tell
My parents abo
ut us
When I woke up
I was crying
Mother shook m
e by the shoul
ders
Said “you’re r
/
uining your li
fe!”
I’m sorry that
your bright y
oung boy is dy
ing
[Verse 2]
0:25
I know I disho
nored
The family nam
e but
All I ever had
was my heart
And I wake up
a kid
In a bed miles
from home
But I’m too ol
d to get a new
start
[Pre-Chorus]
Suggested voicings:
|xx0232|
|x02220|
|022100|
|x46654|
|x24432|
I’ve heard I t
alk in my slee
p
But my voice i
s too weak
To hear the wo
rds I say
[Chorus]
Suggested voicings:
|355433|
|x3555x|
|x0223x|
I’ve been tryi
ng like hell
To wake myself
up
But dreams fal
l hard today
[Verse 3]
1:20
In a vision of
death
You breathe yo
ur last breath
And all that I
hold is cold
embers
And I sing in
your ear
But there’s no
thing to hear
Just a nightow
l in burial ch
ambers
[Verse 4]
1:45
You say that y
ou love me
And I write it
all down
So when you’re
gone I’ll rem
ember
But as I get o
ld I find
I can’t trust
my own mind
And your words
all break dow
n into laughte
r
[Pre-Chorus]
2:09
I’ve heard I t
alk in my slee
p
But my voice i
s too weak
To hear the wo
rds I say
[Chorus]
2:21
I’ve been tryi
ng like hell
To wake myself
up
But dreams fal
l hard today
[Bridge] VII(?) - vi - V - V7
E7 |020100| or |020130|
2:40
I watch myself
falling apart
My body can’t
keep up with m
y heart
What I see I can’t understand
Your sweet boy
’s becoming a
nervous old ma
n
[Verse 5]
I wake up with
tears
Not yet dried
on my face
No comfort in
the cold light
of morning
Young men see
visions
And old men dr
eam dreams
And it all amo
unts to a warn
ing
[Pre-Chorus]
I’ve heard I t
alk in my slee
p
But my voice i
s too weak
To hear the wo
rds I say
[Chorus]
I’ve been tryi
ng like hell
To wake myself
up
But dreams fal
l hard today
[Outro]
4:36
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