River Of Hope chords by Big Country

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Dm

   Intro:

C   Dm    C   Dm    C    Dm
A   C     Dm  C




Verse 1:
Dm
High above the forest in an unseen place
                      Am7                Dm   Am7
Where the clouds will gather on another race
Dm
In the dungeon depths of an unknown cave
                      Am7            C     Dm C   Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
There’s a stream that springs with a world to save
Dm
And it gathers up strength as it rolls along
                  Am7      Dm      Am
And it gathers up hope for everyone
Dm
But it runs to plains where the farmlands weep
                      Am7           C    Dm  C    Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
Through the brand new gardens where rich men sleep

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


   Verse 2:
Dm
Past the chemical plant where the junk flows in
                       Am7                Dm  Am7
By the nuclear project where the children swim
Dm
Under bridges in a city where the bodies float
               Am7             C     Dm C   Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
And the summer smell keeps the flies remote


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


   Instrumentsal:
    Dm                    B5            C
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0-2--2--0-----0------------------------------|
D|-------------3-----3--0----0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A|-------------------------3----------3----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

   Dm                     B5            C
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2--2--0-----5--2--0-------------------------|
D|-------------3-------------0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A|------------------------3-----------3----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|


   Verse 3:
Dm
Through the swamp of a ghetto where the mission was lost
                       Am7            Dm  Am7
Where the dope is king and the silver boss
Dm
Past the trash and wreckage from the garbage trucks
             Am7             C    Dm   C     Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
Past the oil slick where the jail boat docks
Dm
To a home in some sea at the nations end
                       Am7       Dm     Am7
Where the submarine is freedom’s friend
Dm
If we need that river like we did before
                            C     Dm C   Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
There can be no need for it lives no more


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


   Outro:
F            Bb    F  C   F Bb       C       F
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears
         Bb    F  C     F        Bb       C        Dm    C   Dm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years


Mark W