Elvis Presley

The Impossible Dream

Elvis Presley


Tom: Am

C    C

[Verse 1]
C
To dream the impossible dream.
   F
To fight the unbeatable foe.
   Em                   F
To bear with unbearable sorrow.
   Dm                           G
To run where the brave dare not go.

[Verse 2]
       C
For to write the un-writable wrong.
   F
To be better far than you are.
   Em                     F
To try when your arms are too weary.
    Dm                    G
The reach the unreachable star.

[Verse 3]
               C                     Am
Oh, this is my quest, to follow that star.
              Em                      F
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far.
                 Am                         G#
To fight for the right, without question or pause.
                 C                Am             A#
To be willing to march into hell, for a heavenly cause.

[Verse 4]
      Dm                   A#
And I know if I'll only be true.
                 E
To this glorious quest.
        F                         Dm
That my heart will I peaceful and calm
                 Fm      G
When I'm laid to my re-e-est.

[Verse 5]
C
And the world would be better for this.
         F
That one man, scorned and covered with scars.
      Em                            F
Still strove with his last ounce of courage.
Dm  C                     G#
 To reach the unreachable star.

[Outro]
        C#
And the world would be better for this.
             F#
Oh, that one man, scorned and covered with scars.
         Fm                            F#
He still strove with his last ounce of courage.
D#m      C#
There to reach..
G#                C#    C#    C#
The unreachable - star...