[Intro]
C Am C Am 
C Am C Am
[Estrofe]
              C              Am      
There must be lights burning brighter
 F         G 
 somewhere 
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere 
          C    E7      Am     G   
Got to be birds flying higher in a
 F        G 
 sky more blue 
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue 
         C          C7 
If I can dream of a better land 
      F                    E7     
Where all my brothers walk hand in
 Am 
 hand 
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand 
        C       Am 
Tell me why, oh why? 
    F            C      Am   Dm  G
Oh, why can't my dreams come true?
 
 Oh, why?
Oh, why can't my dreams come true? Oh, why?
[Estrofe]
             C               Am      
There must be peace and understanding
 F        G 
 sometime 
There must be peace and understanding sometime 
               C      E7         Am  
Strong wind of promise that will blow
      G   F         G 
 away the doubt and fear 
Strong wind of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear 
         C          C7 
If I can dream of a warmer sun 
      F                     E7   Am 
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
 
Where hope keeps shining on everyone 
        C       Am      F   Dm   
Tеll me why, oh why, oh why won't
      E7  G  C   F C 
 that sun appear
Tеll me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear
[Refrão]
F                F#   C 
 We'rе lost in a cloud with too much
 rain 
 We'rе lost in a cloud with too much rain 
F                   F#   C 
 We're trapped in a world that's
 troubled with pain 
 We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain 
F                 F#m        
 But as long as a man has the
 G        E7 Am 
 strength to dream 
 But as long as a man has the strength to dream 
         Dm                G    A 
He can redeem his soul and fly, oh
[Estrofe]
           D                Bm       
Deep in my heart, there's a trembling
 G        A 
 question 
Deep in my heart, there's a trembling question 
            D   F#m       Bm 
Still, I am sure that the answer's 
         E              A 
Answer's gonna come somehow 
                 D   D7         
Out there in the dark, there's a
           G     G# 
 beckoning candle, yeah
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle, yeah
[Outro]
                A                 
And while I can think, while I can
 Bm 
 talk 
And while I can think, while I can talk 
            A                  Bm 
While I can stand, while I can walk 
            G 
While I can dream, oh 
              E          A        
Please let my dream come true, oh,
       D    Bm  D Bm 
 right now 
Please let my dream come true, oh, right now 
D G       D 
Oh, right now