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If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Elvis Presley
If I Can Dream (1968)
(Walter Earl Brown)
From "Elvis: TV Special"
Now on: "Elvis 2nd to None" and
"The Complete '68 Comeback Special- The 40th Anniversary Edition"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3
Bb/C x-3-3-3-3-x
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0
C/E x-x-2-0-1-0
F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1
F#dim 2-x-1-2-1-x
E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0
Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3
A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-0
G#dim 4-x-3-4-3-x
D/A x-0-x-2-3-2
G/A x-0-5-4-3-x
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INTRO
| C | Am | C | Am |
| C | Am | C | Am |
VERSE
C Am F Gsus4
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
C Em Am Em Dm G
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
C Bb/C C7
If I can dream of a better land
F E7 Am
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
C/G Am F Dm7 C/E Am Dm G F/G G
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true oh, why
VERSE
C Am F Gsus4
There must be peace and understanding sometime
C Em Am Em Dm G
Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear
C Bb/C C7
If I can dream of a warmer sun
F E7 Am
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
C/G Am F Dm7 C/E G C F C C7
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear
MIDDLE 8
F F#dim C/G C7
We're lost in a cloud with too much rain
F F#dim C C7
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain
F F#dim C/G E/G# Am
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
Dsus4 D F/G G A
He can redeem his soul and fly (He can fly)
VERSE (+ coda)
D Bm G A7sus4
Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
D F#m Bm F#m Em A7sus4
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's gonna come somehow
D G G#dim
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah
D/A Bm
And while I can think, while I can talk
D/A Bm
While I can stand, while I can walk
G Em G/A [break]
While I can dream, please let my dream come true, oh
D Bm
Right now,
D Bm
Let it come true right now
D G D
Oh yeah
