![]() Presley was just six years younger than King, and both were born and raised in the Deep South (King in Georgia and Elvis in Mississippi), where they were surrounded by institutionalized racism. He recorded the song “If I Can Dream” just two months after the murder, and the emotional intensity with which he delivers it still brings back the shock and grief that gripped America in the wake of King’s murder. And in the aftermath of his assassination, millions of people paid tribute to his courage, his eloquence and his determination.Įlvis Presley was one of them. In the months that followed, younger and more militant members of the civil rights movement grew increasingly frustrated with King’s caution and his commitment to non-violent resistance, but King pushed on. ![]() ![]() D D7 G Out there in the dark there's a beckoning candle, Gm o yeah, D Bm And while I can think, while I can talk, D Bm While I can stand, while I can walk, G While I can dream, Em Oh please let my dream G Come true.Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech. C C7 If I can dream of a better land F F7 Where all my brothers walk hand in hand, C Am F Em Dm Tell me why, oh why, oh why, can't my dream come true? G (oh why) There must be peace and understanding sometime, Strong winds of promise that will blow away the doubt and fear, If I can dream of a warmer sun, Where hope keeps shining everyone C Am F G C C7 Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear? F F7 C C7 We're lost in a cloud with too much rain, F F7 C C7 We're trapped in a world that's troubled with pain, F F7 C Am But as long as a man has the strength to dream F G A He can redeem his soul and fly, (he can fly) D Bm G A Deep in my heart there's a trembling question, D Bm C A Still I am sure that the answer, answer's going to come somehow. ![]() ![]() C Am F G There must be lights burning brighter somewhere, C Am F G Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue. ![]()
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