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