Chords for BeBe Winans - I have a dream

_ _ _ _ Five score _ _ years ago, a great American, a great American [F#] signed and proclaimed, you know,
the [B] emancipation that brought a beacon light of hope.
_ Many of slaves who had been sheer caught Negro,
_ [C#] flame of injustice and now hundreds [F#] have passed.
[C#] And [F#] now today we must [C#] face the true [A#m] tragic fact,
[C#] and we who still not feel [B] the impossibilities, _ _ _ _
[C#] I have a [F#] dream.
_ [B] _ _ [C#] _
The Constitution [F#] reads, and gives the promise that [C#] all men be [D#m] guaranteed,
_ [C#] pursuit [D#m] of happiness, [G#m] right of life and liberty,
_ a check of [B] independence, cash and decree.
[C#] But it is obvious, Americans [F#] of all,
[C#] _ [F#] foreknow these promises, [C#] great citizens [D#m] of all,
[C#] and now we must demand [G#m] our right to be free.
[B] _ Cause I [C#] have a [F#] dream.
[G#m] _ _ [C#] I have a [F#] dream.
_ [C#] _ _ A [A#m] dream that one _ [D#m] day,
black boys and [G#m] black girls will join hands,
white [B] boys and girls and we'll [C#] stand,
sisters and [F#] brothers.
[B] I still have a dream.
Cause [C#] I have a [F#] dream.
_ _ [C#] A dream [A#m] that one day,
[D#m] _ _ mountains [G#m] and hills be made known,
[B] and all the world is told,
the [C#] creek is being [F#] made straight.
[C#] _ [D#] Till this [G#m] glorious day,
_ [B] _ _ _
[C#] I have a [F#] _ [B] dream.
It would be fatal to [F#] overlook the _ _ urgency,
it would be fatal to [D#m] deny equality,
[D#] the [D#m] autumn of freedom, the [G#m] year 1963,
_ _ but I begin, [B] I begin, what will [C#] be.
For there is one thing I must say to my [F#] people,
who stand on the threshold [D#] into the palace where we [C#] go,
must not be guilty [G#m] of violence and wrong [C#] deeds,
cause I have a dream.
[F#] I have a [G#m] dream.
I [B] _
[C#] have a [F#] dream.
_ _ [C#] _ A dream [A#m] that one day,
[D#m] this nation will rise up,
this nation [B] will rise up and see,
the truth of this [C#] greed and equal all men [F#] will be.
[B] They say [C#] I have a [F#] _ _ dream.
A dream [A#m] that one day,
[D#m] _ _ with [G#m] a new meaning we will sing,
[B] my country, dear Southie,
[C#] sweet land of [F#] liberty,
_ [D#] _ _ freedom [G#m] will _ ring,
[B] will ring, cause I [C#] have [F#] a dream.
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[C#] _ [F#] I _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
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[C#] have a [D#m] dream.
_ [C#] _ _ A [A#m] dream that one [D#m] day,
black boys [G#m] and black girls will join hands,
white boys and [B] girls and we'll stand,
[C#] sisters and [F#] brothers.
_ [B] _ Yes, I [C#] have a [F#] _ dream.
_ A dream, a dream that one [D#m] day,
_ mountains [G#m] and hills be made low,
and [B] all the world is told,
the [C#] crooked spin [F#] they [D#] strayed,
till it's glory [B] is seen,
is seen.
I [C#] have [F#] a dream.
[D#] _ _ [G] _
[G#m] Freedom will ring,
will [B] ring, cause I [C#] have [F#] a dream.
[D#] _ _ _
[G#m] Impossible it seems.
[B] _ _ I [F#] have a dream.
Sons of former slaves and the sons of [D#] former slaves,
[D#m] will they be [C#] able to sit [D#m] down together at the table [G#m] of brotherhood?
I have a dream.
Yes, I dream, [B] for the rich and [D#] for the men.
_ [C#] _ Oh, I have a dream.
[F#] When [C#] all the poor, children, [F#] black men and white [C#] men,
Jews and [D#m] Gentiles, [D#] Protestants and Catholics,
[D#m] will be able to join [G#m] hands and sing in the words of the Holy Ghost Spirit,
free at [B] last, free at last,
that God Almighty [C#] will free at last.
Oh, _ my [F#] poor little children,
_ one day [D#] live in a nation where [D#m] they will not be judged by the color of their skin,
but by the content of their character.
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