Cory Asbury – Dream I Never Had (Guitar)

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As recorded by Cory Asbury (2025 release) [Intro] D Em G D Em G [Verse 1]
D                                              G
Daddy, when you were a little kid what did you dream you'd be

G
When you grew up

    D                                                G
And daddy, did you think that you'd play ball in the major leagues

G
Cranking home runs

            Em
And did you want to be an astronaut

D
Maybe the president

   G
Or maybe not grow up at all like Peter Pan
[Chorus]
           Bm                 A                   G
Well son I dreamt that I'd be big and strong like Superman

                        Bm
Or a better man than him

             A                      G                                       D
Thought that I'd get rich and get a big old house on a big old piece of land

                Em                G
Then you showed up and wrecked my life

                     Bm        A               G                         D      Em G
Son you helped me realize that being dad to you is a dream I never had come true
[Verse 2]
D                                               G
Son, don't ever lose sight of that little boy inside of you

G
When you grow up

D                                             G
Son, hope you always hear your mama's voice reminding you

G
Where you come from

       Em
If you ever feel like giving up

              D
Like you're a million miles away

  G
Remember all those innocent dreams and they'll all fall into place
[Chorus]
       Bm               A                   G
If you dream of growing big and strong like Superman

                            Bm
You be a better man than him

           A                      G                                        D
If one day you get rich and get a big old house hope you think of your old man

                  Em                 G
When a girl shows up and wrecks your life

             Bm          A                 G                                D       Em G
Makes you realize what a grown man's gotta do when the dream he never had comes true

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Dream he never had comes true
[Bridge]
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Well I never was an astronaut

      D
Never met the president

G
Watching you grow up has been my best accomplishment
[Out-Chorus]
  Bm                  A                   G
I thought that I'd be big and strong like Superman

                            Bm
But we both know I ain't him

           A             G
And I have fallen down a time or two but I get back up again

D                Em                G
Since you showed up and wrecked my life

                     Bm                A             G
Son you helped me realize I still have growing up to do

Bm7    A               G                            D      Em G
My son growing up with you is a dream I never had come true

                    D      Em G
Dream I never had come true