Aerosmith - Dream On

Billy Joel - Summer Highland Falls
This is based on the Peter, Paul, and Mary version,
which is in E. Billy Joel's is in F.
I play in D, capo 1 or 2, so really in Eb or E.
Intro
D D D G
D D D G
D D D G
D D D G
D G D
They say that these are not the best of times
G D Em7 D A
But they're the only times I've ever known
D G D G D
And I believe there is a time for meditation
Em7 A E A
In cathedrals of our own
Bm A
Now I have seen that sad surrender
G G D/F#
in my lovers' eyes
E E/G# A
And I can only stand apart and sympathize
D Em7 G
For we are always what our situations hand us
A G C G
It's either sadness or euphoria
A D C G A
Sadness or euphoria
D G D
And so we'll argue and we'll compromise
G D Em7 D A
And realize that nothing's really changed
D G D
For all our mutual experience
G D Em7 A E A
Our separate conclusions are the same
Bm A
Now we are forced to recognize our
G G D/F#
inhumanity
E E/G# A
Our reason coexists with our insanity
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Billy Joel - Summer Highland Falls
D Em7 G
And so we choose between reality and madness
A G C G
It's either sadness or euphoria
A D C G A
Sadness or euphoria
Instrumental if appropriate on chorus chords, with F#
leading in
Peter, Paul, and Mary do a verse on the word "la"
here
Bm A G G D/F#
How thoughtlessly we dissipate our energies
E E/G# A
Perhaps we don't fulfill each other's fantasies
D Em7 G
So we stand upon the ledges of our lives
A G C G
With our respective similarities
A G C G
It's either sadness or euphoria
A D
Sadness or euphoria