xI 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 F/E Dm F/C
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C11 C7
when hope was high and life worth living.
F F/E Dm7 F/C
I dreamed that love would never die,
Bb7 Bb7/A Gm7 C11 C7
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
[Verse 2]
F F/E Dm F/C
Then I was young and unafraid
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C11 C7
when dreams were made and used and wasted.
F F/E Dm7 F/C
There was no ransom to be paid,
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 D/F# G G/B
with their voices soft as thunder
C C/E Fm Fm/Ab
as they tear your hope apart
C F Gm/F F Gm/F C
as they turn your dream to shame.
[Verse 3]
F F/E Dm F/C
He slept a summer by my side,
Bb Bb/A Gm7 C13
he filled my days with endless wonder.
F F/E Dm7 F/C
He took my childhood in his stride
Bb7 C13 F C/E Cm6/Eb Dsus7 D7
but he was gone when autumn came.
[Verse 4]
G G/F# Em G/D
And still I dreamed he'd come to me,
C C/B Am7 D13 D7
that we would live the years together
G G/F# Em G/D
but there are dreams that cannot be
C C/B Am7 D13 D7
and there are storms we cannot weather.
[Ending]
G G/F# Em G/D C G/B
I had a dream my life would be
Am7 C11 D G
so different from this hell I'm living,
G/F# Em7 G/D
so different now from what it seemed
C D7 G G/F# Em7 G/B C D7 G
now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
