I Dreamed A Dream

I dreamed a dream in days gone (Dm)(F)by (Bb)when hope was high and life worth (Gm7)living.

(F)I dreamed that love would never (Dm)(F)die.

(Bb)I dreamed that God would be (Gm)(C7)forgiving.

(F)Then I was young and (Dm)(F)unafraid (Bb)and dreams were made and used and (C7)wasted.

(F)There was no ransom to be (Dm)(F)paid,

(Bb)no song unsung, no wine (Gm)(C7)untasted.

(D)But the tigers come at (Gm)night,

(D)with their voices soft as (G)thunder,

(C)as they tear your hope (Fm)apart,

(C)as they turn your dream to (F)shame.

(F)He slept a summer by my (Dm)(F)side.

(Bb)He filled my days with endless (C7)wonder.

(F)He took my childhood in his (Dm)(F)stride.

(Bb)But he was (C)gone when autumn (F)came.

(G)And still I dreamed he'd come to (Em)(G)me,

(C)that we would live the years (D7)together.

(G)But there are dreams that cannot (Em)(G)be,

(C)and there are storms we cannot (D7)weather.

(Em)I had a (G)dream my life would (C)be

(Am7)so diff'rent (D7)from this hell I'm (G)living,

so diff'rent now from what it (Em7)(G)seemed.

(C)Now life has (D)killed the dream I (G)dreamed.