The Miserables - I dreamed a dream
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I dreamed a dream
by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Les Miserables
From the original Les Miserables notes.
INTRO: F F/E F/D F/A Bb Gm/C
VERSE 1:
F I dreamed a F/Edream in time gone Dmby F/C
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C11 C7
when hope was high and life worth living.
F I dreamed that F/Elove would neverDm7 die,F/C
Bb7 Bb7/A Gm7 C11 C7
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
VERSE 2:
F Then I was yF/Eoung and unaDmfraiF/Cd
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C11 C7
when dreams were made and used and wasted.
F There was no F/Eransom to be Dm7paid,F/C
Bb7 Bb7/A Gm7 C11 C7
no song unsung, no wine untasted.
BRIDGE:
D D/F# Gm Gm/Bb
But the tigers come at night
D with their D/F#voices soft as tGhundeG/Br
C as they C/Etear your hope FmaparFm/Abt
C F Gm/F F Gm/F C
as they turn your dream to shame.
VERSE 3:
F He slept a F/Esummer by my DmsideF/C,
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C13
he filled my days with endless wonder.
F He took my F/Echildhood in his Dm7stridF/Ce
Bb7 C13 F C/E Cm6/Eb Dsus7 D7
but he was gone when autumn came.
VERSE 4:
G And still I G/F#dreamed he'd come to Emme, G/D
C that we would C/Blive the years toAm7getheD13r D7
G but there are G/F#dreams that cannot Embe G/D
C and there are C/Bstorms we cannot Am7weatheD13r. D7
ENDING:
G G/F# Em I had a G/Ddream my life would Cbe G/B
Am7 so different C11from this Dhell I'm Gliving,
so different G/F#now from what it Em7seemeG/Dd
C now life has D7killed the dream I GdreG/F#amed. Em7 G/B C D7 G