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I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle (Les Miserables)
[Intro]
C    C/B    Am    C/E     F    F/G      C
CI dreamed a C/Bdream in time gone Amby,    C/G   Fwhen hope was F/Ehigh, and life worth Dm7living,G  C  
CI dreamed that C/Blove would never Am7die,    C/G   FI dreamed that F/EGod would be forgDm7ivingG.C  
CThen I was C/Byoung and unaAmfraidC/G,    Fand dreams were F/Emade and used and Dm7wastedG6,C  
CThere was no C/Bransom to be Am7paid,    C/G   Fno song unF/Esung, no wine unDm7tastedG  A  
ABut the A/C#tigers come at Dmnight,  Awith their A7voices soft as Dthunder,D/F#  G  
GAs they G/Btear your hope aCmpart, Gas they turn your dream to Csha..Dm/Ca....Ca..F/Ca...Gme.
CHe slept a C/Bsummer by my Amside,    C/G   Fhe filled my F/Edays with endless Dm7wonder,G6  
CHe took my C/Bchildhood in his Am7stride,    C/G   Fbut he was G6gone when autumn Cca..G/Ba...Gm6/Bba......Ame.
DAnd still I D/C#dreamed he'd come to Bm7me,      D/A   Gthat we will G/F#live the years toEm7gether,A  D  
DBut there are D/C#dreams that cannot Bm7be;     D/A   Gand there are G/F#storms we cannot weEm7atherA.D  D/C#  Bm7  
Bm7I had a D/Adream my life would Gbe,     G/F#   Em7so diff'rent G/Afrom this Ahell I'm Dliving,
So diff'rent D/C#now from what it Bm7seemed,    D/A   GNow life has Akilled the dream I Ddreamed.
[Outro]
D/C#  Bm7  D/F#  G  A9  D

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I Dreamed A Dream

by Susan Boyle

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C/B

C/E

F/G

C/G

F/E

Dm7

Am7

A/C#

D/F#

G/B

Dm/C

F/C

Gm6/Bb

D/C#

I Dreamed A Dream – Susan Boyle (Les Miserables)

[Intro]

C C/B Am C/E F F/G C

C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm7 G C

I dreamed a dream in time gone by, when hope was high, and life worth living,

C C/B Am7 C/G F F/E Dm7 G C

I dreamed that love would never die, I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm7 G6 C

Then I was young and unafraid, and dreams were made and used and wasted,

C C/B Am7 C/G F F/E Dm7 G A

There was no ransom to be paid, no song unsung, no wine untasted

A A/C# Dm A A7 D D/F# G

But the tigers come at night, with their voices soft as thunder,

G G/B Cm G C Dm/C C F/C G

As they tear your hope apart, as they turn your dream to sha..a....a..a...me.

C C/B Am C/G F F/E Dm7 G6

He slept a summer by my side, he filled my days with endless wonder,

C C/B Am7 C/G F G6 C G/B Gm6/Bb A

He took my childhood in his stride, but he was gone when autumn ca..a...a......me.

D D/C# Bm7 D/A G G/F# Em7 A D

And still I dreamed he'd come to me, that we will live the years together,

D D/C# Bm7 D/A G G/F# Em7 A D D/C# Bm7

But there are dreams that cannot be; and there are storms we cannot weather.

Bm7 D/A G G/F# Em7 G/A A D

I had a dream my life would be, so diff'rent from this hell I'm living,

D/C# Bm7 D/A G A D

So diff'rent now from what it seemed, Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

[Outro]

D/C# Bm7 D/F# G A9 D

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