Guitar chords I Dreamed a Dream

I Dreamed A Dream is a song from the musical Les Misérables, which is based on the 1862 novel of the same name by Victor Hugo. The song is sung by the character Fantine during the first act after being abandoned by her lover and left to raise her daughter Cosette alone, leading her to reflect on her youth and lost dreams. The musical was originally released in French in 1980, with the English version premiering in London in 1985. The song has bec ... See more [+]

Key:  E 
Eb
  
Eb/D
  
Cm
  
Eb/G
  
Ab
 
Eb
                        
Eb/D
                            
Cm
          
Eb
 
      I dreamed a dream in time gone by
Ab
                            
Ab/G
 
      When hope was high
                              
Fm7
        
Bb
 
And life worth living
Bb
                              
Eb/D
                        
Cm7
              
Eb
 
      I dreamed that love would never die
Ab
                            
Ab/G
                  
Fm7
                      
Bb
 
      I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Eb
                      
Eb/D
                  
Cm
                              
Eb
 
      Then I was young and unafraid
Ab
                                
Ab/G
                          
Fm7
          
Bb6
 
      And dreams were made and used and wasted
Eb
                                                
Cm7
                          
Eb
 
      There was no ransom to be paid
Ab
                  
Ab/G
                        
Fm7
                          
Bb
 
      No song unsung, no wine untasted
C
                  
C/E
                        
Fm
 
      But the tigers come at night
C
                          
C7
                        
F
                            
F/A
 
      With their voices soft as thunder
Bb
                
Bb/D
                      
Ebm
 
      As they tear your hope apart
Bb
                                                          
Eb
    
Fm
    
Eb
    
Ab
    
Bb
 
      And they turn your dream to shame
Eb
                      
Eb/D
                
Cm
                                
Eb
 
      He slept a summer by my side
Ab
                          
Ab/G
                          
Fm7
                
Bb6
 
      He filled my days with endless wonder
Eb
                      
Eb/D
                          
Cm7
                    
Eb
 
      He took my childhood in his stride
Ab
                      
Bb6
                            
Eb
    
Bb/D
    
Bbm6
    
C
 
      But he was gone when autumn came
F
                          
F/E
                                
Dm7
              
F/C
 
      And still I dream he'll come to me
Bb
                          
Bb/A
                          
Gm7
                
C
 
      That we will live the years together
F
                              
F/E
                              
Dm7
            
F/C
 
      But there are dreams that cannot be
Bb
                              
Bb/A
                      
Gm7
                
C
    
F
    
F/E
 
      And there are storms we cannot weather
Dm7
                
F/C
                              
Bb
                        
Bb/A
 
      I had a dream my life would be
Gm7
                        
Bb/C
            
C
              
F
 
      So different from this hell I'm living
                          
F/E
                            
Dm7
                      
F/C
 
So different now from what it seemed
Bb
                          
C
                                    
F
 
      Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
F/E
    
Dm7
    
F/A
    
Bb
    
C
    
F