Guitar chords 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 ... See more [+]

Key:  D
Introduction:
D
  
D/C#
  
Bm
  
Bm/A
  
G
  
A
  
D
              
D/C#
              
Bm
   
Bm/A
 
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
G
                
G/F#
 
When hope was high
               
Em7
     
A
 
And life worth living
D
                 
D/C#
            
Bm7
      
Bm/A
 
I dreamed that love would never die
G
                 
G/F#
             
Em7
           
A
 
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
D
              
D/C#
            
Bm
           
Bm/A
 
Then I was young and unafraid
G
                  
G/F#
                  
Em7
      
A
 
And dreams were made and used and wasted
D
               
D/C#
         
Bm7
              
Bm/A
 
There was no ransom to be paid
G
             
G/F#
           
Em7
              
A
 
No song unsung, no wine untasted

B
                         
Em
 
But the tigers come at night
B
              
B7
             
E
 
With their voices soft as thunder
A
                          
Dm
 
As they tear your hope apart
A
                               
D
   
Em/D
   
F#m/D
   
G/D
   
A
 
And they turn your dream to shame
D
              
D/C#
        
Bm
    
Bm/A
 
He slept a summer by my side
G
                
G/F#
             
Em7
       
A
 
He filled my days with endless wonder
D
              
D/C#
            
Bm7
        
Bm/A
 
He took my childhood in his stride
G
             
A4
         
A
      
D
    
A/C#
   
Am/C
   
B
 
But he was gone when autumn came
E
              
E/D#
                
C#m7
        
C#m/B
 
And still I dream he'll come to me
A
                
A/G#
            
F#m7
         
B
 
That we will live the years together
E
                
E/D#
               
C#m7
       
C#m/B
 
But there are dreams that cannot be
A
                 
A/G#
            
F#m7
         
B
   
E
  
E/D#
 
And there are storms we cannot weather
C#m7
        
C#m/B
              
A
    
A/G#
 
I had a dream my life would be
F#m7
            
B
                  
E
 
So different from this hell I'm living
             
E/D#
             
C#m7
            
C#m/B
 
So different now from what it seemed
A
               
B
                  
E
 
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
E/D#
   
C#m7
   
C#m/B
   
A
   
B
   
E