Chords for The Impossible Dream - Cynthia Erivo

_ _ [G] _ _ Art is to nourish [C] the roots of our culture.
[Cm] Society must set the artist free
[G] to follow his [Bm] vision wherever it takes him.
[C] _ [Cm] Art knows no national boundaries.
[G] Genius can speak in any tongue
and the entire world will hear it and listen.
To dream the impossible dream
_ [C] To fight the unbeatable foe
[D] To bear with [C] unbearable sorrow
To _ run where the [D] brave dare not go
[G] To ride the unrideable brawl
_ [C] _ To love pure and [Am] chaste from [C] afar
[D] To [Bm] try when your [C] arms are too weary
[Em] To [Am] reach [C]
the [D] unreachable star
This [G] is my quest, _
_ [Em] _ _ no matter [Bm] how bleak
No matter [C] _ how far, to [Em] fight for me
Without [D#] question or pause
To be a [G] willing [D#] [Em] martyr to help
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ Then [Am] my heart will [F#] lie peaceful and calm
When I'm [A] laid to my rest
And the [G] world will be [Bm] better for _ this
[C] That one man, scorned and [F#] covered with scars
Still [D] _ strove with his last
[C] _ _ To [G] _ reach the [A] unreachable, the unreachable, the unreachable [G] star _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] The future of our [C] country and our [D] civilization
And full recognition of the [C] place of the artist
Yes [G] I [A] am the [G] impossible dream, _
[A] _ [Em] _ _ [Cm] the [C] unreachable _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ [N] _ _
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