Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
by La La Land • Lesson #54 • Mar 25, 2017
Editor’s Notes
Here’s an acoustic guitar lesson for Audition (The Fools Who Dream) from the 2016 film La La Land. Using a capo on the 3rd fret, you’re able to play this song using mostly open chords — which makes for good fun. I hope you enjoy!
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Chord progressions
Capo 3 “simple” version
Verse:
D . . A . . G . . Gm . .
Bm . . D . . Em . . A7 . .
Chorus:
Em . . A7 . . D . . Dmaj7 . . x4
Bridge:
Bm . . F# . . G . . G . .
Bm . . F# . . G . . G . .
Em . . A7 . . D . . Dmaj7 . .
Em . . A7 . . D . . Dmaj7 . .
Outro:
D . . D . . B7 . . B7 . .
D . . D . . B7 . . B7 . .
G . . G . . Gm . . Gm . .
D
No capo version
Coming soon! Hint: it’s in the key of F.
Lyrics
Barefoot, she smiled... leapt without looking
And tumbled into----- the Seine
The water was freezing, she spent a month sneezing
But said she would do it again
Here's to the ones who dream
Foolish as they may seem
Here's to the hearts that ache
Here's to the mess we make
She captured a feeling, sky with no ceiling
The sunset inside a frame
She lived in her liquor, and died with a flicker
I'll always remember the flame
Here's to the ones who dream
Foolish as they may seem
Here's to the hearts that ache
Here's to the mess we make
She told me...
A bit of madness is key
To give us new colors to see
Who knows where it will lead us?
And that's why they need us
So bring on the rebels, the ripples from pebbles
The painters, and poets, and plays
And here's to the fools who dream
Crazy as they may seem
Here's to the hearts that break
Here's to the mess we make
I trace it all back to then
Her, and the snow, and the Seine
Smiling through it
She said she'd do it again
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