Hopin’ for Hope

©2019 Garrett Clevenger

 

{F        } x2                      

{Eb        }

{F        }      

{Bb    Eb    }

{F        }      

 

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.

 

{F        } x2                      

{Eb        }

{F        }      

{B    Eb    }

{F        }                 

 

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.

 

{F        } x2                      

{Eb        }

{F        }      

{B    Eb    }

{F        }      

 

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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