A Million Dreams Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my A Million Dreams Chord Chart by Pink from the movie The Greatest Showman. Pink is by far one of my my favorite singers. The power she has is phenomenal.
This is a great song for beginners because it’s all of my favorite beginner guitar chords - G, D, Em, C. Except in the bridge, we change keys so we get some trickier chords. But the rest of it is very nice and simple.
Now in the chart, you are going to see the D/F# chord (pictured below) which pops in and if you are familiar with how to play that, go right ahead and throw that in. My guitar teacher always yelled at me for playing the bass note with my thumb, but I always found that the most comfortable, so that’s how I go about it.
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A Million Dreams Strumming Patterns:
Most of the song is pretty straight forward. Lots of down and up strums using only the lower notes of the chord. So these are very short strums, highly the bass notes. Once we jump into the Chorus, the songs ‘slows’ down and opens up. So we are going to transition to cut time with our counting. Different tempo, but same overall timing. So while the faster strumming is counted at about 148bpm, the chorus is counted at 74bpm. I need, fun huh?
There is some 16th notes variations and flurries in the chorus if you listen for them, but the ‘crazier’ strumming pattern below should suffice as an overall pattern. It’s one of my favorite strumming patterns to use for parts like this.
If you want to learn more about 16th note strumming and improve on your playing? Check out Lauren’s Guitar Course.
Most Strumming:
1 + 2+ 3+ 4+
DU DU DU DU
If you into finger picking, you could use block picking for this part as well.
Chorus Strumming Easier:
1 2 3 4+
D D DU
Chorus Strumming Crazier:
1 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
D D D U U U D U DU
A Million Dreams Guitar Lesson:
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A Million Dreams Chord Chart:
Intro: G D/F# Em C, G D/F# C C
Verse:
G D/F# Em
I close my eyes and I can see
C G
The world that's waiting up for me
D/F# C C
That I call my own
G D/F# Em
Through the dark, through the door
C G
Through where no one's been before
D/F# C C
But it feels like home
Pre-Chorus:
D/F# |Em D | C C
They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
D/F# |Em D | C C
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
D/F# |Em D | C C
I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy
D/F# |Em D | C C
We can live in a world that we design
Chorus: (cut time counting)
. G
'Cause every night I lie in bed
D/F#
The brightest colors fill my head
Am C
A million dreams are keeping me awake
G
I think of what the world could be
D/F#
A vision of the one I see
Am C
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
N.C.
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make
G D/F# Em C
Verse:
G D/F# Em C G
There's a house we can build Every room inside is filled
D/F# C C
With things from far away
G D/F# Em C G
The special things I compile Each one there to make you smile
D/F# C C
On a rainy day
Pre-Chorus:
D/F# |Em D | C C
They can say, they can say it all sounds crazy
D/F# |Em D | C C
They can say, they can say I've lost my mind
D/F# |Em D | C C
I don't care, I don't care, so call me crazy
D/F# |Em D | C C
We can live in a world that we design
Chorus: (cut time counting)
. G
'Cause every night I lie in bed
D/F#
The brightest colors fill my head
Am C
A million dreams are keeping me awake
G
I think of what the world could be
D/F#
A vision of the one I see
Am C
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
N.C.
A million dreams for the world we're gonna make
Bridge: All Downs 8th Notes
Em B7 G
However big, however small
A C
Let me be part of it all
C G G
Share your dreams with me
Em B7 G
We may be right, we may be wrong
A C
But say that you'll bring me along
C G
To the world I see
B Am Am
To the world I close my eyes to see
D D D
I close my eyes to see
Outro Chorus: Strum on 3 + 4 + 1
. G
'Cause every night I lie in bed
D/F#
The brightest colors fill my head
Am C
A million dreams are keeping me awake
(A million dreams, a million dreams)
G
I think of what the world could be
D/F#
A vision of the one I see
Am C
A million dreams is all it's gonna take
C
A million dreams for the world we're gonna
|C G| |D/F# Em|
make
For the world we're gonna make
G D/F# C (hold)
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