Chords for I Dreamed A Dream - Hayley Westenra - BBC Proms in the Park Belfast 2012

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[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[F] _ I dreamed a dream in time [Dm] gone by [F] _
_ [Bb] _ When hope was high and life [Gm] worth living
[C] I [F] _ dreamed that love would [Dm] never die _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] I dreamed that God would be [Gm]
forgiving
[C] _ [F] I was young and [Dm] unafraid _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] And dreams were made and [Gm] used and wasted
[C] [Am] There [F] _ was no ransom [Dm] to be paid _ [F] _ _ [Bb] No song unsung, no wine [Gm] [Dm] untasted
[C] _ _ [D] _
But the tigers [Gm] come at night [D] With their voices [G] soft and dead
_ [C] _ As they tear [Fm] your hope apart _ _ [C] _ As they turn [F] your dreams to [Gm] _ [F] shards
[Bb] He _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ slept a summer by [Dm] my [F] side _ [Bb] _ He filled my days with endless [Gm] wonder
[C] He [F] _
took my childhood [Dm] in his stride [F] _ _ [Bb]
But [C] he was gone when [F] autumn [C] came
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_ _ [D] _ [G] And still I dream he'll [Em] come to [G] me _ [C] That we will live the [Am] years [D] together
[G] But there are dreams that cannot be _ [C] _ _ _ _
As forever [Bm] [D] would [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] be
[Am] So [G] different [D] from [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] this kill _ tree _
[A] _ _ I [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] dreamed
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_ _ _ _ _ _ So tell me about this connection with Ennio Morricone.
He was a hugely popular man in Northern Ireland.
So how did you come to be tied up with him?
Well, about five years ago he played my album apparently and he liked my voice and so I went over to Sicily to meet him and the idea was that we were going to work on a collaboration together
and then five years or four years later we ended up doing a whole album together so it was just amazing being out in Rome with him in his studio with his orchestra and just his_
His following is extraordinary isn't it?
Yeah, no it is and it was just, you know, spending all that time with such a musical genius was just pretty surreal actually.
Did I read that you wrote the lyrics to that Gabriel's Oboe song that you sang first?
Yeah I did.
I wrote some lyrics to one of the songs and then he was like write some more so I did and then Don Black and Sir Tim Rice also contributed lyrics so the whole project was just, you know, it was pretty amazing.
And will this collaboration continue with Morricone?
Yeah, I mean I hope so.
I know he's off doing a lot of concerts at the moment and hopefully our paths will cross again but I have this wonderful album and these wonderful arrangements and pieces to carry with me so I'm very happy with that.
Now your first album which came out when you were 16 years old was I think the fastest selling classical album ever or there's some amazing statistics around it.
You're 25 now, I mean you're clearly aging.
_ [G] _
You said gallantly, you know what I mean.
But [Ab] when you look back at that 16 year old what do you think?
_ Yeah, I think from now on let's just leave the age out, you know.
But no, it was pretty, when I was younger I kind of took everything in my stride and I didn't really stop, I didn't really have time to stop and take it all in so now I'm definitely appreciating every opportunity more and just making sure I sort of take photos and remember things because otherwise…
Take time to relax basically.
Yeah, exactly.
So just kind of take it at a slightly slower pace.
And I mean you must, when it started when you were 16, you must have been like rushed off your feet the whole time.
Yeah, I spent about four years just living out of a suitcase really and so that was, yeah it was interesting, it was fun.
I miss my family of course but now I've kind of got a nice happy balance.
And you're living in Gay Paris?
I am, yes I am.
A bit of a culture shock from New Zealand?
Yeah, a little bit, yeah.
But you know it's every kind of girl's dream to live there so I'm pretty happy there.
Okay.
And we talked yesterday about your voice changes obviously as you grow, as you mature.
Let's use that expression instead.
Yes.
So how do you feel your voice progressing?
What are your musical ambitions?
Well as I'm getting older I'm able to do more with my voice so I'm kind of enjoying it more.
In my concerts I'm kind of going from classical to pop and a bit of folk.
So I'm really enjoying exploring music and then my voice is able to kind of explore that music with me so that's what I'm enjoying about.
The age.
The age. The ageing.
The music of the age.
Celia Westener, thank you very much indeed.
It's wonderful to have you back in Belfast. _ _ _ _ _ _ _