Em    C                Am  C
Here I stand amid the roar
Em  C                Am   C
Of a surf tormented shore
Em   C              Am    C
And I hold within my hand
Em    C           Am     C       
Grains of a golden sand
Em  C               Am     C
How few how yet they creep
Em        C              Am    C
Through my fingers to the deep

[Chorus]

      Em C Am C
While I weep...   x2

[Verse 2]

Em  C           Am     C
Oh God can I not grasp
Em  C             Am     C
One with a tighter clasp
Em  C           Am    C
Oh God can I not save
Em  C                Am    C
One from the pitiless wave
Em  C                Am    C
Is all that we see or seem
Em   C              Am     C
But a dream within a dream

[Chorus]

    Em C Am C
But a dream...   x4

[Instrumental]

Em C Am C   x10

[Verse 3]

Em       C             Am    C
Take this kiss upon the brow
Em    C                Am    C
And in parting from you now
Em    C              Am     C
Is all that we see or seem
Em   C              Am     C
But a dream within a dream

[Chorus]

    Em C Am C
But a dream...   x8