Originally written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice for the 1968 musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Intro -x2-: Db Gb Db Ab
Verse:
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I close my eyes, threw back the curtain
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To see for certain, what I thought I knew
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Far far away, someone was weeping
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But the world was sleeping
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Any dream will do
Verse:
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I wore my coat -I wore my coat- with golden lining
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Bright colours shining, wonderful and new
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And in the east -And in the east- the dawn was breaking
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And the world was waking
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Any dream will do
Chorus:
Gb
a crash of drums, a flash of light
Ab
My golden coat flew out of sight
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Colours faded into darkness
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I was left alone
Verse:
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May I return, -May I return- to the beginning
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The light is dimming and the dream is to
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The world and I, -The world and I- we are still waiting
Db Ab
Still hesitating, Any dream will do
Interlude: -Instrumental Verse-
Chorus:
Gb
a crash of drums, a flash of light
Ab
My golden coat flew out of sight
Db
Colours faded into darkness
Ab Gb
I was left alone
Verse:
Db Gb
May I return, -May I return- to the beginning
Db Ab
The light is dimming and the dream is to
Db Gb
The world and I, -The world and I- we are still waiting
Db Ab
Still hesitating, Any dream will do
Outro: Db
