The Impossible Dream, Diatonic

by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion · posted by grey_air

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5   6       5   -5 6 -5 5   6
To dream … the  impossible dream …

6  -6      -5   6 -6 6 -5   -6
To fight … the  unbeatable   foe …

-6  -7     5   -5 6 -6 -7   7 -5
To bear … with unbearable   sorrow …

6  -6       -4    5    -5   6   -6  -7
To run ... where the brave dare not go …

5   6       5   -5 6 -5 5     6
To right … the  unrightable wrong …

6  -6       -5    6    -6     6  -5 -6
To love ... pure and chaste from afar …

-6  -7       5    -5   6   -6  -7  7-5
To try ... when your arms are too weary …

6   -6       -5  6 -6 -7 7   -8
To reach ... the unreachable star … 


7    -8  7   8     7  7-8    7    8
This is my quest, to follow that star … 

7    7-8   7     8-7     7 -8 7    -7  -8
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far … 

-6  7   -7   -6    7     -6-7    7-7    -6   7
To fight for the right, without question or pause … 
 
7  -8  8 -8 7  8 -8 7   8    7    -8   8    -9 8   -8
To be willing to march into Hell, for  a  Heavenly cause … 


-8  8  -9   8 -8   -98  -8  -9    8  -9   8 -8 7  -7
And I know if I'll only be true, to this glorious quest, 

-7    7    -8   7   -7  -8 7 -7  -7   -8
That my heart will  be  peaceful and calm, 

7     -8   7  -7  -6  -6
when I'm laid to  my rest … 

5    -5  6     5   -5  6 -5   5   6
And the world will be better for this: 

-5    6   -6    -5     6   -6 6    -5   -6
That one man, scorned and covered with scars, 

-6      -7     5    -5  6   -6    -7  7 -5
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage, 

7   8        7    -8 8 -8 7   (78)
To reach ... the unreachable  star ...

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