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| E | B | A | C#m | B | |
| When I was a young m | an, | I found an old d | ream |
| E | B | A | C#m | B | |
| It was as battered and w | orn a one, | as you have ever | seen |
| E | B | A | C#m | B | |
| I invented s | ome new wings, | and I painted a | nose |
| E | B | A | C#m | A | |
| I wished so h | ard, up in the a | ir, I | ro-o-o | se, singing |
| E | D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, c | arry me, | above the wo | rld |
| D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, c | arry me |
| E | B | A | C#m | B | |
| And I once loved | a girl, | she was younger than | me |
| E | B | |
| Her parents kept her l | ocked, up in their lives |
| A | C#m | B | |
| And she was c | rying, she was wishing she c | ould be free |
| E | B | |
| Of course I m | ostly remember her laughing |
| A | C#m | B | |
| Standing there and watching us | play |
| E | B | A | C#m | A | |
| For a while th | en, the m | usic, would | take her away and sh | e'd be singing |
| E | D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, c | arry me, | above this wo | rld |
| D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, c | arry me, | above the wo | rld |
| E | B | A | |
| Then there was m | y mother, | she was lying in white sheets there |
| C#m | B | |
| And she was | waiting to die |
| E | B | A | |
| She said if you just reach | underneath this bed, and unt | ie these weights |
| C#m | B | |
| I could s | urely fly |
| E | B | |
| She's still smiling b | ut she's tired |
| A | C#m | B | |
| She'd like to hear that | last bell ring |
| E | B | A | C#m | A | |
| You know if she still | could she would, st | and up, | she would s | ing |
| E | D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, c | arry me, | above the wo | rld |
| D | A | D | A | D | A | E | |
| Carry me, carry me, o | o-ooh, o | o-ooh, o | o-ooh, o | o-ooh, o | o-ooh, o | o-ooh, o | oh |
