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    IT'S  A  DREAM  COME  TRUE   

Time signature: 4/4   
​Tempo: ~182 bpm.                                                                                                             Isla Grant
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol = Dot ( . ) or equivalent

​Either row:  Buttons 4 - 8*
Chorus

 .4  .4*  |    .:5         .5*  |  ::5  |  :r    
It's  a      dream  come    true

    .6       .7* |  :7      .7*    .6  |  ;7*    ;6     .5*~ | ~.:  .r  |  ;r
Stand - ing   here  shar - ing  time  with  you.

 "5*  .5*  .6*  |   .6   .6     .6     .7* |   .6  .:6* | ::r | ;r 
It's   not  so      ve - ry   long    a   -  go

"4*   .4*      .5 |  .5*   .5*   .5*  .5 | .4*  .4     :4~  | ~:   :r   |  ::r  |  .r
 I  thought  I'd   ne - ver  see  a - no -ther  show

  .4  .4    .4* |     .:5     .5* |   .:5     .r  |  ;r
But  then  I     asked  my    Lord

 "5    .6    .7* |      .7       .7    .7*    .6  |   ;7*   ;6    .5*~  | ~.:  .r  |   .r
To  give  me    strength  to  face  the   world  a - gain.

 .5*  .5*       .6*  |  .6        .6     .6   .7*  |   :6     .6*    .6*~  |  ~::~  | ~.    "r
I  prayed  each   night  don't  let  the      mu - sic  end.

 "5    .5   .5* |   ;6*    "6*  .6*    .6  |  .7*  "r   "7*   .7*   .7  |  :8* 
It's  what  I     love,  It's been  my    life,       It's  what  I       do

  .7*    .7  |   .:8*      .8*  |   .7      .7*      .6          .6*   |   .:6    .r   |   ::r   |   ::r   |  :r
Give  me    hope,  and    make  my  dreams  come    true


Verse 1 (in black)  followed immediately by Verse 2 (in red)

 .4    .4*   | ;5     "5    .6      .6   |   .6       .6      .4*   .5*  |  .5*     .:5~  | ~:   .r
Ev  - ery    day    I    ask   my  -  self      if        I     am  dream - ing
Now  it's   been  a   long  hard  moun - tain  for    me     to      climb

 "5  "5   |   ;5    "5     .5    .5* |   .5     .5      .5       .4*  |   .4*       .:4~  | ~:    .r
In   my    troub-led  mind  I       try     to    find       a      mean - ing
Thoughts  of    giv - ing   up     has  hap-pened   man  - y        times

 .4  |     .5   .5     .5       .6    |  .6     .6       .4*     .5* |   .5*      .5~  ~:~  | ~.:   "r
My  world  is    filled  with      all   kinds   of     con -  fus  -  ion
But    al - ways   in     my    heart    I     guess   I       al -  ways knew

   "5    |   .5     .5    ;5    "5   |   .4*     .4*      ;4*   "4  |  .3*   .3~ ~:   |
Could    this   be  real    or      just  some   sad    ill -  us -  ion.
With  -  out     a  song  from    me  there's  noth-ing   left   to   do.

Chorus,  followed by instrumental, followed by chorus to end.

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Key: D

Tempo ~175 bpm.

Singer: Isla Grant

Posted by:   Memories64



Key:   A    from time 0 to 2:25
          Bb  from 2:26 to 3:14 (End)

Tempo:  ~185 bpm

Singer:  Noel Flynn

​Posted by:   noelflynnmusic

Key:   A    from time 0 to 2:19
          Bb  from 2:20 to 3:11 (End)

Tempo:  ~190 bpm

Singer:  Mike Denver

​Posted by:   Mike Denver - Topic

Composer:

This song was composed by Isla Grant.  To learn more about her, to check her touring schedule, or to purchase her CD's, DVD's and song book, click here.
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