High Hopes Live chords by David Gilmour

Standard Tuning EADGBe


(Note, there are a few changes between the studio version on
the Pink Floyd album and his solo live version of the track)


Intro:

  Cm     Cm7    G#

E|--15--15-----18--18-----11--11--|
B|--13--13-----16--16-----9----9--|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Cm      Cm7      G#
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
Cm       Cm7       G#
In a world of magnets and miracles
Cm           Cm7      G#
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
Cm           Cm7       G#
The ringing of the division bell had begun


Post-Verse 1:

Cm       Bb     G7         Bm Cm
Along the long road and on down the causeway
Cm       Bb      G7
Do they still meet there by the cut?


Verse 2:

Cm        Cm7         G#
There was a ragged band who followed in our footsteps
Cm       Cm7         G#
Running before time took our dreams away
Cm          Cm7         G#
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
Cm        Cm7     G#
To a life consumed by slow decay....


Chorus 1:

         Cm  Gm  G#  Bb
The grass was greener...
         Cm (D) Eb  Fm (G) G#
The light was brighter...
         Cm  Gm  G#  Bb
When friends surrounded...
         Cm  (D) Eb  Fm G
The nights of wonder...


Verse 3:

Cm         Cm7     G#
Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
Cm         Cm7         G#
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Cm     Cm7       G#
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Cm        Cm7        G#
Dragged by the force of some inner tide


Post-Verse 2:

Cm       Bb     G7      Bm Cm
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
Cm       Bb           G7
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world


[Instrumental Break]

[Play intro]


Verse 4:

Cm           Cm7       G#
Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
Cm      Cm7         G#
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Cm    Cm7          G#
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Cm       Cm7         G#
Go down this road I've been so many times...


Chorus 2:

         Cm Gm G# Bb
The grass was greener...
         Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
The light was brighter...
         Cm  Gm G# Bb
The taste was sweeter...
         Cm Eb (D) Fm (G) G#
The nights of wonder...
         Cm Gm G# Bb
With friends surrounded...
         Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
The dawn mist glowing...
       Cm Gm G# Bb
The water flowing...
       Cm (D) Eb  Fm (D) G#
The endless river...
       Cm Gm G# Bb
Forever and ever...


Outro (with solo over it):

Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#
Cm Gm G# Bb
Cm (D) Eb Fm (G) G#






(till fade)