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If I Can Dream

If I Can Dream was written by Walter Earl Brown and famously performed by Elvis Presley. It was inspired by the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, symbolizing a call for hope and change in turbulent times. It was featured in the 68 Comeback Special.

Key: C

Introduction:

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               C                Am         F          G7 
There Must Be Lights Burn-ing Bright-er Some-where
           C              Am              Dm        G7 
Got To Be Birds Fly-ing High-er In The Sky More Blue 
          C           C7                   F                     E7       Am 
If I Can Dream Of A Bet-ter Land, Where All My Brothers Walk Hand In Hand,
         C         Am        F    Dm7          C       Am    Dm7       G7 
Tell Me Why - Oh Why - Oh Why Can' t My Dreams Come True? Oh Why.

               C                 Am         F          G7 
There Must Be Peace And Un-der-stand-ing Some-time,
                 C                   Am              Dm7        G7 
Strong Winds Of Pro-mise That Will Blow A-way The Doubt And Fear,
 G7        C           C7                 F                       E7       Am 
If I Can Dream Of A Warm-er Sun Where Hope Keeps Shin-ing On Ev-er-y-one,
         C         Am        F               C    G7  C     F   C   C7 
Tell Me Why - Oh Why - Oh Why Won' t That Sun Ap-pear?

 F                F#º  C                 C7 
We' re Lost In A Cloud With Too Much Of Rain
 F                   F#º  C                      C7 
We' re Trapped In A World That' s Troub-led With Pain,
 F                 F#º        C         E7  Am 
But As Long As A Man Has The Strength To Dream,
           D7                G7             A 
He Can Re-deem His Soul, And Fly (He can fly)

            D                Bm         G         A7 
Deep In My Heart There' s A Trem-blin Question.
            D              Bm                Em        A7 
Still I Am Sure That The Ans-wer' s Gon-na Come Some-how.
                  D                           G        G#º 
Out There In The Dark There' s A Beck-on-ing Can-dle Oh Yeah
                 D                   Bm 
And While I Can Think, While I Can Talk,
             D                   Bm 
While I Can Stand, While I Can Walk,
             G                       Em            A 
While I Can Dream, - Please let My Dream - Come True
       D    Bm 
Right NOW
                        D      Bm 
Let it come true right now