
if can dream
Elvis Presley
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Tom : C
C Am F G
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
C Am Dm G
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
C C7
If I can dream of a better land
F E Am
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
C Am F Em
Tell me why, oh why, oh why, can't my dream come
Dm G
True?
Dm G
(Oh why)
C Am F G
There must be peace and understanding sometime
C Am Dm G
Strong winds of promise that will blow away all the doubt and fear
C C7
If I can dream of a warmer sun
F E Am
Where hope keeps shining everyone
C Am F Em Dm
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun
G7 C C7
Ap---pear?
F
F#° C C7
We're lost in a cloud with too much rain
F
F#° C C7
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain
F
F#° C E7 Am
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
D7 G A
He can redeem his soul and fly, (he can fly)
D Bm G A
Deep in my heart there's a tremblin question
D Bm
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's going to
Em A
Come somehow
D D7 G
Out there in the dark there's a beckoning candle
Ab°
O yeah
D Bm
And while I can think, while I can talk
D Bm
While I can stand, while I can walk
G
While I can dream
E7
Oh please let my dream
A
Come true
D Bm D Bm
Right now, let it come true now!
D G D
O yeah!
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