River Of Hope chords by Big Country

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: DmDm

  Intro:

C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
A augmentedA  C majorC   DmDm C majorC



Verse 1:
DmDm
High above the forest in an unseen place
           Am7Am7        DmDm  Am7Am7
Where the clouds will gather on another race
DmDm
In the dungeon depths of an unknown cave
           Am7Am7      C majorC   DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC DmDm Am7Am7 C majorC DmDm
There’s a stream that springs with a world to save
DmDm
And it gathers up strength as it rolls along
         Am7Am7   DmDm   A minorAm
And it gathers up hope for everyone
DmDm
But it runs to plains where the farmlands weep
           Am7Am7      C majorC  DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC DmDm Am7Am7 C majorC DmDm
Through the brand new gardens where rich men sleep

  Chorus:
DmDm         C majorC
I’m gonna find it
I’m gonna prove it
          DmDm         C majorC
And show the whole damned world how to use it
DmDm       C majorC
When I find it, when I prove it
         DmDm          C majorC
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it
FF      Bb majorBb  FF C majorC  FF Bb majorBb    C majorC    FF
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears
     Bb majorBb  FF C majorC   FF    Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years


  Verse 2:
DmDm
Past the chemical plant where the junk flows in
            Am7Am7        DmDm Am7Am7
By the nuclear project where the children swim
DmDm
Under bridges in a city where the bodies float
        Am7Am7       C majorC   DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC DmDm Am7Am7 C majorC DmDm
And the summer smell keeps the flies remote

  Chorus:
DmDm         C majorC
I’m gonna find it
I’m gonna prove it
          DmDm         C majorC
And show the whole damned world how to use it
DmDm       C majorC
When I find it, when I prove it
         DmDm          C majorC
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it
FF      Bb majorBb  FF C majorC  FF Bb majorBb    C majorC    FF
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears
     Bb majorBb  FF C majorC   FF    Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years


  Instrumentsal:
  DmDm          B5B5      C majorC
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|--0-2--2--0-----0------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------3-----3--0----0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------3----------3----------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|

  DmDm           B5B5      C majorC
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|-0-2--2--0-----5--2--0-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------3-------------0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A augmentedA|------------------------3-----------3----------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|


  Verse 3:
DmDm
Through the swamp of a ghetto where the mission was lost
            Am7Am7      DmDm Am7Am7
Where the dope is king and the silver boss
DmDm
Past the trash and wreckage from the garbage trucks
       Am7Am7       C majorC  DmDm  C majorC   DmDm C majorC DmDm Am7Am7 C majorC DmDm
Past the oil slick where the jail boat docks
DmDm
To a home in some sea at the nations end
            Am7Am7    DmDm   Am7Am7
Where the submarine is freedom’s friend
DmDm
If we need that river like we did before
              C majorC   DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC DmDm Am7Am7 C majorC DmDm
There can be no need for it lives no more


  Chorus:
DmDm         C majorC
I’m gonna find it
I’m gonna prove it
          DmDm         C majorC
And show the whole damned world how to use it
DmDm       C majorC
When I find it, when I prove it
         DmDm          C majorC
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it
FF      Bb majorBb  FF C majorC  FF Bb majorBb    C majorC    FF
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears
     Bb majorBb  FF C majorC   FF    Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years


  Outro:
FF      Bb majorBb  FF C majorC  FF Bb majorBb    C majorC    FF
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears
     Bb majorBb  FF C majorC   FF    Bb majorBb    C majorC    DmDm  C majorC  DmDm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years


Mark W