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Version 1 Version 2--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I Can Dream - Elvis Presley --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Walter Earl Brown From "Elvis: TV Special" (1968) Now on: "Elvis 2nd to None" and "The Complete '68 Comeback Special - The 40th Anniversary Edition" Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-E Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-3 Bb/C x-3-3-3-3-x C7 x-3-5-3-5-x (after Bb/C) C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 C/E x-x-2-0-1-0 F/G 3-x-3-2-1-1 F#dim 2-x-1-2-1-x E/G# 4-x-2-1-0-0 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-0 G#dim 4-x-3-4-3-x D/A x-0-4-2-3(2) G/A x-0-5-4-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | C | Am | C | Am | | C | Am | C | Am | [Verse] C Am F Gsus4 There must be lights burning brighter somewhere C Em Am Em Dm G Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue C Bb/C C7 If I can dream of a better land F E7 Am Where all my brothers walk hand in hand C/G Am F Dm7 C/E Am Dm G | F/G G | Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true oh, why [Verse] C Am F Gsus4 There must be peace and understanding sometime C Em Am Em Dm G Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear C Bb/C C7 If I can dream of a warmer sun F E7 Am Where hope keeps shining on everyone C/G Am F Dm7 C/E G | C F | C C7 | Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear [Middle 8] F F#dim C/G C7 We're lost in a cloud with too much rain F F#dim C C7 We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain F F#dim C/G E/G# Am But as long as a man has the strength to dream Dsus4 D F/G G A He can redeem his soul and fly (He can fly) [Verse] (+ coda) D Bm G A7sus4 Deep in my heart there's a trembling question D F#m Bm F#m Em A7sus4 Still I am sure that the answer, answer's gonna come somehow D G G#dim Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah D/A Bm And while I can think, while I can talk D/A Bm While I can stand, while I can walk G Em G/A [break] While I can dream, please let my dream come true, oh | D | Bm | Right now, | D | Bm | Let it come true right now | D G | D Oh yeah