# please post corrections Roger McGuinn Dreamland written by Joni Mitchell CBCBCBCBC# F# E Abm F# It's a long long way to Canada it's a long way from snow chains Abm F# C# BC# Donkey vendors slicing coconut no parkas to their name F# E Abm F# Black babies covered in baking flour the cook's got a carnival song Abm F# C#C# Lay down someplace shady with dreamland coming on C# E Abm F# C# C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E Abm F# Walter Raleigh Chris Columbus come a marchin out of the waves Abm F# And they claim the beach and concessions in the name of the sun tan C# B CC# slaves F# E Abm F# I wrapped their flag around me like an Errol Flynn sarong Abm F# C# C# And I laid down thinking national with dreamland coming on C# E Abm F# C# C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E Abm F# Goodtime Mary and the lady soldiers all dressed up to follow the drums Mary in a feather hulahoop misfortune Abm F# C# C# With a rose on her big game gun F# E Abm F# All saints and sinners shinning heed those trumpets all night long Abm F# C#C# Propped up on the samba beat with dreamland coming on C# E Abm F# C# C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E Abm F# Tar baby and the great white wonder talking over a glass of rum Abm F# C# BC# Burnin on the inside with a knowledge of things to come F# E Abm F# There's gambling on the terrace midnight rambling on the lawn Abm F# CC# As they lean towards temptation with dreamland coming on C# E Abm F# C# C# Dream on dreamland dreamland dreamland dream F# E Abm F# In a plane flying back to winter with shoe full of tropic sand There comes a lady draped in a foreign flag Abm F# C#C# On the arms of her Marlboro man F# E Abm F# The hawks howls in New York City six foot drifts on Myrtle's lawn Abm F# C#C# As they push the recliner buttons down with dreamland coming on C# E Abm FC# Dreamland dreamland dreamland dream SOLO Copyright @ 1975 Crazy Crow Music(BMI) From the "Cardiff Rose'' LP Columbia Records 1976