Hopin’ for Hope

©2019 Garrett Clevenger

 

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E                   A lazy, hazy afternoon

E                   in a forest facin’ doom

D        E       from the cost of modern life

A    D    B    intended to ease our strife.

 

B                   From the north a storm blows in

B                   shakin’ every leaf and limb.

A        B       An endless wind circles the globe.

E    A    F#   I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

 

E                   Drop by drop falls on me.

E                   Seems like a great mystery.

D        E       How does the rain get up there,

A    D    B    in the clouds floatin’ in the air?

 

B                   From the storm a sound comes through.

B                   Thunder rumbles out a tune.

A        B       The pitter-patter raindrops keepin’ time.

E    A    F#   It calms the rollin’ in my mind.

 

Chorus:

A    E    F#             Still I can’t help but think of them.

A    B    F#             The other creatures roaming the land.

A    B    C#             They’ve been here way before modern man.

 

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{D        }

{E        }      

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E                   My thoughts are of eons passed

E                   unspoiled by man-made gas

D        E       now pollutin’ the atmosphere.

A    D    B    Makes me wish the air was still clear.

 

B                   How will nature cope

B                   with our waste? I’m losin’ hope.

A        B       Every day we wait to change our way

E    A    F#   means another species fades away.

 

Jam through complete verse

 

E                   The storm blows by. The sun returns.

E                   Still despair in my mind burns.

D        E       I hear a roarin’ jet high above.

A    D    B    A metal beast lacking love.

 

B                   I pack my things to head home.

B                   I find my car and drive alone.

A        B       Another human takin’ a toll.

E    A    F#   I wonder, “What’s my life’s goal?”

 

Chorus:

A    E    F#             ‘Cause I can’t help but think of them.

A    B    F#             The other creatures who roam the land.

A    B    C#             They’ve been here way before modern man.

 

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{D        }

{E        }      

{A    D    }

{E        }      

 

E                   I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

E                   I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

D        E       I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

A    D    B    I breath the air, hopin’ for hope.

 

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