I Dreamed a Dream

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab


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 I dreamed a dream in time gone by

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When hope was high and life worth liv-ing

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 I dreamed that love would ne-ver die

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 I dreamed that God would be for-giv-ing



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Then I was young and un-a-fraid

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And dreams were made and used and wast-ed

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There was no ran-som to be paid

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No song un-sung, no wine un-tast-ed



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But the ti-gers come at night

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With their voic-es soft as thun-der

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As they tear your hope a- part

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And they turn your dream to   shame



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He slept a sum-mer by my side

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He filled my days with end-less won-der

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He took my child-hood in his stride

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But he was gone when au-tumn came



 
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And still I dream he'll come to me

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That we will live the years to-geth-er

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But there are dreams that can-not be

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And there are storms we can-not weath-er



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 I had a dream my life would be

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So dif-f’rent from this hell I'm  liv- ing

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So dif-f’rent now from what it seemed

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Now life has killed the dream I dreamed

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