Verse 1
[C]I dreamed a dream in time gone [Am]by [C]
[F]When hope was high, and life worth [Dm7]living [C]
[G]I dreamed that love would never [Am7]die [C]
[F]I dreamed that God would be [Dm7]forgiving [G]
[C]Then I was young and [Am]unafraid [C]
[F]And dreams were made and used and [Dm7]wasted [G6]
[C]There was no ransom to be [Am7]paid [C]
[F]No song unsung, no wine [Dm7]untasted [G]
Verse 2
[A]But the tigers come at [Dm]night
[A]With their [A7]voices soft as [D]thunder
[G]As they tear your hope [Cm]apart
[G]And they turn your dream to [C]shame [Dm][Em][F][G]
Verse 3
[C]He slept a summer by my [Am]side [C]
[F]He filled my days with endless [Dm7]wonder [G6]
[C]He took my childhood in his [Am7][C]stride
[F]But he was [G6]gone when autumn [C]came [G][Gm6][A]
Change key up 1 tone to [D]—–
[D]And still I dream he’ll come to [Bm7]me [D]
[G]That we will live the years [Em7]together [A]
[D]But there are dreams that cannot [Bm7]be [D]
[G]And there are storms we cannot [Em7]weather [A][D]
Verse 5
[Bm7]I had a [D]dream my life would [G]be
[Em7]So different [G]from this [A]hell I’m [D]living
So different [D]now from what it [Bm7]seemed [D]
[G]Now life has [A]killed the dream I [D]dreamed