c             am        f            g
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
          c            am          f        g
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
         c          c7
If I can dream of a better land
      f                    f7
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
        c       am      f             em          dm        g
Tell me why, oh why, oh why, can't my dream come true? (oh why)

There must be peace and understanding sometime,
Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear,
If I can dream of a warmer sun,
Where hope keeps shining everyone
        c        am      f             em   dm  c     c7
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun ap---pear?

f               f7    c             c7
We're lost in a cloud with too much rain,
f                  f7    c                    c7
We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain,
f                f7           c           am
But as long as a man has the strength to dream
        f                  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                       g        a
Still I am sure that the answer, answer's going to come somehow,
                  d    d7                 g          ab7      
Out there in the dark there's a beckoning candle, 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
                  em
Oh please let my dream
      a
Come true
       d   bm                d               bm
Right now, let it come true now!
   d             g             d
O yeah!