I Believe written by: Tamyra Gray, Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello as performed by Fantasia Barrino on American Idol, 26th of May 2004
Text submitted by: Shannon Adapted to match performance of Barrino 26th of May 2004 by: Wolf Schweitzer
Chords transcribed from audio by: Wolf Schweitzer, this version June 5th 2004. Version history: June 6th 2004 - released ; June 8th 2004: revised. End of transcription marked with "End of transcription".
The tune is recorded by Fantasia Barrino (and also by Diana DeGarmo) in the key of G# major.
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For playability on guitar, chords are noted in E major, which means, that if the original key is required, capodaster should be mounted at the fourth fret. Or just transpose the chords to whatever your instrument requires.
The chords are designed to show up right under the syllable in the text where that particular word is sung on what would practically be beat one. In reality, some of the chords are played in anticipation of the beat 1 already on the last eigth of the previous chord; in order to reproduce such detail correctly, I would kindly point you to the recorded song. (For this alignment of text under syllables to work on your computer, this file needs to be displayed or printed in a monospaced font, such as Courier or Monaco for the chords to be printed in the correct location.)
In accordance with some typical song books, each chord is represented by a letter; alternative chords or changing chords are indicated by a slash without going into further detail. The song is played in a 4/4 measure. For each single measure, you can expect one letter for a chord to be printed - i.e., if B is printed twice, it means, play B for two measures. You will have to refer to a recorded version of the song for all further details.
If you have an amendment or correction, I would greatly appreciate if you could obtain the text file (as I am also going to put up a PDF version of this), and mail be the corrected version back to:
Released on: http://www.swisswuff.ch > main website > downloads Versions: .txt and .pdf
Thank you. - WS ======I Believe - as performed on American Idol 2004 ======
Have you ever reached your rainbows end A A E E
Did you find your pot of gold A / F#m A/F#m E E
Ever catch a shooting star A A E E
Tell me how high did you soar C#m C#m B B
Ever felt like you were dreaming just to find that you're awake D A E B
And the magic that surrounds you can lift you up and guide you on your wayyy.. D A C D
..yy - I can see it in the stars across the sky E A B B sus4
Dreamed a hundred thousand dreams before, Now I finally realize E A C#m B
You see I've waited all my life For this moment to arrive A B G# C#m
And finally yea-hh yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah A A B B
I believe in the im-possible If I reach deep within my heart yeah A E C#m B
Overcome any obstacles won't let this dream fall apart A E C#m B
You see I strive to be the very best Shine my light for all to see A E C#m B
Cause any----thing is possib-----le When you be-- D A C D lieve I can see it in the stars across the sky (Yeah) E A B B sus4
Dreamed a hundred thousand dreams before Now I finally realize (Now I finally realize) E A C#m B
You see I've waited all my life For this moment to arrive A B G# C#m
And Finally, I A A B B believe I said I ... A A E E ;--- remark: from hereon downwards, notation provides text for ;--- solo singer in brackets (), choire without brackets.
.. beli---- eve (o--hh yeah yeah) Love keeps lifting me D A E E
high------er (Love keeps lifting me higher) Love keeps lifting me (You ought to-- D A E E
(try it for yourself) (Lifting me higher) high------er Love keeps lifting me D A E E
(Yeah.. Love keeps lifting me higher) high------er Love keeps lifting me D A E E
(Higher, higher, higher, high, high----er) high------er Love keeps lifting me D A E E
(Love keeps lifting, love keeps lifting me higher) high------er Love keeps lifting me D A E E
(Yeah.. High------er Oh yeah.. high------er D A E E
-- End of transcription.