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I Dreamed a Dream

I Dreamed A Dream is a song from the musical Les Misérables, which is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The song is sung by the character Fantine during the first act after being abandoned by her lover and left to raise her daughter Cosette alone, leading her to reflect on her youth and lost dreams. The musical was originally released in French in 1980, with the English version premiering in London in 1985. The song has bec ... ome one of the most famous from the musical, being widely covered and performed in various media. See more [+]

Key: E

Introduction:

 Eb                         Eb/D                             Cm           Eb 
      I dreamed a dream in time gone by
 Ab                             Ab/G 
      When hope was high
                               Fm7         Bb 
And life worth living
 Bb                               Eb/D                         Cm7               Eb 
      I dreamed that love would never die
 Ab                             Ab/G                   Fm7                       Bb 
      I dreamed that God would be forgiving
 Eb                       Eb/D                   Cm                               Eb 
      Then I was young and unafraid
 Ab                                 Ab/G                           Fm7           Bb6 
      And dreams were made and used and wasted
 Eb                                                 Cm7                           Eb 
      There was no ransom to be paid
 Ab                   Ab/G                         Fm7                           Bb 
      No song unsung, no wine untasted
 C                   C/E                         Fm 
      But the tigers come at night
 C                           C7                         F                             F/A 
      With their voices soft as thunder
 Bb                 Bb/D                       Ebm 
      As they tear your hope apart
 Bb                                                           Eb     Fm     Eb     Ab     Bb 
      And they turn your dream to shame
 Eb                       Eb/D                 Cm                                 Eb 
      He slept a summer by my side
 Ab                           Ab/G                           Fm7                 Bb6 
      He filled my days with endless wonder
 Eb                       Eb/D                           Cm7                     Eb 
      He took my childhood in his stride
 Ab                       Bb6                             Eb     Bb/D     Bbm6     C 
      But he was gone when autumn came
 F                           F/E                                 Dm7               F/C 
      And still I dream he'll come to me
 Bb                           Bb/A                           Gm7                 C 
      That we will live the years together
 F                               F/E                               Dm7             F/C 
      But there are dreams that cannot be
 Bb                               Bb/A                       Gm7                 C     F     F/E 
      And there are storms we cannot weather
 Dm7                 F/C                               Bb                         Bb/A 
      I had a dream my life would be
 Gm7                         Bb/C             C               F 
      So different from this hell I'm living
                           F/E                             Dm7                       F/C 
So different now from what it seemed
 Bb                           C                                     F 
      Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

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