I Can Dream, Can't I?

Words by Irving Kahal, Music by Sammy Fain, 1937
Recorded by The Andrews Sisters, 1949


D      D9                Gm           A
I can see, no matter how near you'll be

        A7      DM7    D6
You'll never belong to me,

          B7     Cdim  B7
But I can dream, can't I?

 Em        B+             F#           F#7
Can't I pretend that I'm locked in the bend 

    Bm
Of your embrace?

     Bm7       Bm7-5      E7
For dreams are just like wine,

          Em7-5      A7
And I am drunk with mine.



D    D9                 Gm     A
I'm aware my heart is a sad affair;

         A7        DM7     D6
There's much disillusion there,

           B7    Cdim  B7
But I can dream, can't I?

 Em      Fdim
Can't I adore you, 

     D          DM7       Am     B7
Although we are oceans apart?

   Em           Em7         Gm
I can't make you open your heart

           A9   Gdim   D    A7
But I can dream, can't I?


(Repeat second verse)


(Last Time)

   Em            Em7        Gm
I can't make you open your heart

           A9    Gdim  D
But I can dream, can't I?

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