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.
Jam through complete verse
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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