Hopin’ for Hope

©2019 Garrett Clevenger

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F A lazy, hazy afternoon

F in a forest facin’ doom

Eb F from the cost of modern life

Bb Eb C intended to ease our strife.

C From the north a storm blows in

C shakin’ every leaf and limb.

Bb C An endless wind circles the globe.

F Bb G I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

F Drop by drop falls on me.

F Seems like a great mystery.

Eb F How does the rain get up there,

Bb Eb C in the clouds floatin’ in the air?

C From the storm a sound comes through.

C Thunder rumbles out a tune.

Bb C The pitter-patter raindrops keepin’ time.

F Bb G It calms the rollin’ in my mind.

Chorus:

Bb F G Still I can’t help but think of them.

Bb C G All the creatures roamin’ the land.

Bb C D They’ve been here way before modern man.

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F My thoughts are of the eons passed

F unspoiled by man-made gas

Eb F that now pollutes the atmosphere.

Bb Eb C Makes me wish the air was still clear.

C How will nature cope

C with our waste? I’m losin’ hope.

Bb C Every day we wait to change our way

F Bb G means another species fades away.

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F The storm blows by. The sun returns.

F Still despair in my mind burns.

Eb F I hear a roarin’ jet high above.

Bb Eb C A metal beast lackin’ love.

C I pack my things to head home.

C I find my car and drive alone.

Bb C Another human takin’ a toll.

F Bb G I wonder, “What’s my life’s goal?”

Chorus:

Bb F G ‘Cause I can’t help but think of them.

Bb C G All the creatures who roam the land.

Bb C D They’ve been here way before modern man.

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F I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

F I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

Eb F I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

Bb Eb C I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

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