Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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Let me tell a tale
I beg you all to listen
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I think you’ll recognize that every word is true.
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It’s the story that I tell about my brother
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The brother that I loved but hardly knew.
Verse 2:
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We were forced to live so far from one another
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But it was more than distance keeping him from me.
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While I had the right to lead the life I’d chosen
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All he yearned for was the day that he’d be free.
Chorus:
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How I dreamed that one day we could be together
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Doing all the things that brothers do.
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But I feared that I would have to dream forever
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For only dreamers still believe that dreams come true.
Verse 3:
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I fought with all my strength to gain his freedom
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And challenged those who dared keep us apart.
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I pleaded for compassion, “he’s my brother,”
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But there’s no mercy when the soul is cold and dark.
Verse 4:
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The years and decades followed one another
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And I worried what they must have done to him.
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Though the flame that made us brothers was still burning
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I knew that tiny spark was growing dim.
Chorus:
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How I dreamed that one day we could be together
G# minorG#m E MajorE BB
Doing all the things that brothers do.
F#F# E MajorE G# minorG#m
But I feared that I would have to dream forever
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For only dreamers still believe that dreams come true.
Verse 5:
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But He who rules the world heard our prayers
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How I wept the day they set my brother free.
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And I wondered, would he find faith with his freedom
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In my heart I knew that it was up to me.
Verse 6:
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Oh I realized the first time that I embraced him
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He’s a stranger who feels awkward and alone.
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But I have just what it takes to make him welcome
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A augmentedA brother’s love to make him feel at home.
Chorus:
G# minorG#m E MajorE F#F#
How I dreamed that one day we could be together
G# minorG#m E MajorE BB
Doing all the things that brothers do.
F#F# E MajorE G# minorG#m
But I feared that I would have to dream forever
F#F# E MajorE BB
For only dreamers still believe that dreams come true.
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How I dreamed that one day we could be together
G# minorG#m E MajorE BB
Doing all the things that brothers do
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Now that day has come and it will last forever.
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For I know and I believe, yes I know and I believe
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I’m a dreamer who believes that dreams come true.