The Impossible Dream chords

Jack Jones

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  			    A9   A        A9        A6    A 
To dream   the impossible dream,  
 
    D9    D        D9      D 
To fight    the unbeatable foe, 
 
    C#m        C#m7      D6 
To bear with unbearable sorrow,  
 
    Bm           Bm7/E          E7 
To run where the brave dare not go. 
 
   A9      A       A9         A6   A 
To right    the unrightable wrong, 
 
   D9   D                       D9      D 
To love   pure and chaste from afar, 
 
   C#m           C#m7          D6 
To try when your arms are too weary 
 
    Bm         Bm7/E      E7 
To reach the unreachable star. 
 
Bm7/5-        A                   F#m 
This is my quest, to follow that star, 
 
              C#m                      D6 
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far, 
 
                 F#m                          F 
To Fight for the right, without question or pause, 
 
       A+          A         A+         F#m        G 
To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause; 
 
        Bm                  G                      C# 
And I know, if I'll only be true to this glorious quest, 
 
        D6                           B7 
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm 
 
          Dm        Bm7/5-  E7 
When I'm laid to my rest. 
 
          A9   A           A9         A 
And the world     will be better for this, 
 
         D9  D               D9           D 
That one man,   scorned and covered with scars, 
 
       C#m             C#m7          D6 
Still strove with his last ounce of courage 
 
    A   F#m           D    D9  Bm7/5-   A 
To reach   the un - reach - a - ble  star.