{"id":1473,"date":"2021-05-10T17:34:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T17:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=1473"},"modified":"2026-02-16T21:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T21:43:08","slug":"all-i-have-to-do-is-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/all-i-have-to-do-is-dream\/","title":{"rendered":"All I have to do is Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is an incredibly slow version you can practice with: 7:10 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hGVBu04uLOs\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"\/images\/UKE-U.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nListen to this song sung by the Everly Brothers: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tbU3zdAgiX8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"\/images\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Recorded by the Everly Brothers &#8211; Key of C &#8211; Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant<\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea4b184088a7026462317' value='69ea4b184088a7026462317'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea4b184088a7026462317' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea4b184088a7026462317' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea4b184088a7026462317' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea4b184088a7026462317' ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">This song, which sold over a million copies, was written by Boudleaux Bryant, who was half of the world famous husband-and-wife songwriting team, Boudleaux and Felice Bryant. Together, this talented couple penned many huge hits for the Everly Brothers and other artists, including &#8220;Bye, Bye Love,&#8221; &#8220;Wake Up Little Susie,&#8221; &#8220;Bird Dog,&#8221; &#8220;Devoted to You,&#8221; &#8220;Hey Joe,&#8221; &#8220;Love Hurts,&#8221; &#8220;Raining In My Heart,&#8221; and &#8220;Rocky Top.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Phil Everly (from everlybrothers.com): &#8220;I remember hearing &#8216;All I Have To Do Is Dream&#8217; on an acetate with Boudleaux&#8217;s version on it, and I said, at the time, they could have put Boudleaux&#8217;s out and it would have been a hit. It&#8217;s just a great, great song. It&#8217;s beautiful. Boudleaux was the main man who wrote all the great songs for us, and we love him.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Chet Atkins played tremolo-style guitar chords on the song, providing an interesting musical backing to the Everly Brothers&#8217; unique vocal harmonies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Boudleaux Bryant said regarding the phrase &#8220;Only trouble is, gee whiz&#8221;: &#8220;I can&#8217;t explain why I put that in there. It was just a lucky rhyme fall.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The song reached the US charts in four straight decades:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; The Everly Brothers took it to #1 in 1958.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; Richard Chamberlain&#8217;s version went to #4 in 1963.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; Glen Campbell and Bobby Gentry reached #27 with it in 1970<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; The Nitty Gritty Band landed at #66 in 1975.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">&#8211; Andy Gibb and Victoria Principal peaked at #51 in 1981.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">According to Billboard magazine, the song took just 15 minutes to write.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>All I have to do is Dream <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hGVBu04uLOs\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"\/images\/UKE-U.png\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tbU3zdAgiX8\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"emoji\" src=\"\/images\/youtube.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[C]<\/span> Dre<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> [Am]<\/span> am, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[F]<\/span> dream, dream, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[G]<\/span> dream<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[C] Dre [Am] am, [F] dream, dream, [G] dream<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">When [C] I want [Am] you [F] in my [G] arms . . . <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">When [C] I want [Am] you [F] and all your [G] charms<\/span><\/strong> . . . <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">When- [C]\u00a0 -ever I [Am] want you, [F] all I have to [G] do is <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[C] Dre [Am] am, [F] dream, dream, [G] dream<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/C\/CH%207th.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/>When [C] I feel [Am] blue [F] in the [G] night, a<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">nd [C] I need [Am] you [F] to hold me [G] tight<\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">When- [C]\u00a0 -ever I [Am] want you, <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[F] all I have to [G] do is [C] Dre- [F or G] am [C] <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">[C7]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [F] I can make you mine, [Em] taste your lips of wine,\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/E\/CH%20minor.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/>[Dm] Anytime [G] night or [C] day.\u00a0 [C7]\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[F] Only trouble is, [Em] gee whiz,\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">I&#8217;m [D7] dreamin&#8217; my life a- [G F Em Dm] -way<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[VERSE TWO] &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; I [C] need you [Am] so [F] that I could [G] die.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">I [C] love you [Am] so [F] and that is [G] why;<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0 <strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">Whe- [C]\u00a0 -never I [Am] want you, <\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\">[F] all I have to [G] do is <\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[C] Dre [F or G]\u00a0 am [C]\u00a0 [C7]<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/robertandrews.net\/chords\/E\/CH%20minor.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16pt; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">[VERSE TWO] &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\">[C] Dre [Am] am, [F] dream, dream, [G] dream <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;\"> [C] DREAM<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an incredibly slow version you can practice with: 7:10 &#8211; Listen to this song sung by the Everly Brothers: Recorded by the Everly Brothers &#8211; Key of C &#8211; Written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant All I have to do is Dream [C] Dre [Am] am, [F] dream, &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/all-i-have-to-do-is-dream\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">All I have to do is Dream<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,133,126,219,13,145,116,117,68,131],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-chords","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-bee-gees","category-x-bill-chase","category-everly-brothers","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-love-songs","category-power-outage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29884,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1473\/revisions\/29884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}