Jacobs Dream Chords

Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

EmIn the spring of 1856 with the snow still on the gDround

 Two A/C♯little boys were Emlost in the Dmountains aA/C♯bove the Emtown

EmThe father went out hunting the boys had stayed beDhind

 While A/C♯mother tended Emto her chores they Dwandered A/C♯from her Emside Bm Em

Verse

EmThe two had gone to follow him and lost their way inDstead

 By dA/C♯usk the boys had Emnot been found and Dfear had A/C♯turned to Emdread

Em200 men had gathered there to comb the mountain Dside

 The A/C♯fires were built on the Emhighest peak in Dhopes they'd A/C♯see the Emlight

Chorus 1

 Oh Amommy and daddy why Emcan't you hear our cries

 The day is almost over, Dsoon it will be Emnight

AWe're so cold and hungry and our Emfeet are tired and Bmsore

 We Cpromise not to Dstray again Gfrom our Bmcabin Emdoor Bm Em

Verse

EmNow Jacob Diverd woke one night from a strange and eerie Ddream

 He sA/C♯aw a path beEmtween two hills near a Ddark and A/C♯swollen Emstream

EmHe told his wife he saw the boys huddled close beside a Dlog

 For A/C♯two more nights the Emdream returned this Dvision A/C♯sent from EmGod

Chorus 1

Verse

EmA thousand men had searched in vain the west side of pop's Dcreek

 But A/C♯Jacob's wife knew Emof this place and Dsaid to A/C♯travel Emeast

EmWith a guide to take him there, Jacob came upon the Dscene

 And A/C♯found the boys Emcold and still beDneath the A/C♯old birch Emtree

Chorus 2

 Oh Amommy and daddy, look Empast the tears you cry

 We're both up in Heaven now, DGod is by our Emside

AAs you lay us down to rest in the Empresence of the BmLord

CKnow that we will Dmeet you Ghere at BmHeaven's Emdoor Bm Em