Tracy Chapman - For a Dream: chords

   D
I picture us together
  C             G
Framed in gold leaf
        D
On the mantle with the others
         C     G
One big happy family
          Bm
But that snapshot can't be found
              C           G
And I don't trust my memory

Chorus:
            C            G
But it's alright it's alright
        D
For a dream

I imagine we are gathered
But this time not dressed in black
There's laughing and smiling
Not stabbing in the back
But it's too good to be true
And too bad I still recall the screams

Chorus

I keep half the picture
Mostly in my mind
Mama dressed in white
Ripped when she held your hand
Showing no signs of age
Just slightly frayed along the seam

Chorus

        Bm
It's alright
G
All that I can claim
        D
It's alright
A
And it will have to do

It's alright
Better than the pain
It's alright
Better than the truth

It's alright
Alright for a dream
It's alright
Better than fate and the grand scheme

        Em
It's alright
        G
It's alright

For Christmas and for New Year
I wish and I resolve
But I'm disappointed by myself,
Jesus and Santa Claus
I want to believe
She's been saved
And he's be redeemed

Chorus:
And it's alright it's alright
For a dream