Rhythm Of Hope chords by Queensrÿche

Chords with lyrics

Rhythm of Hope
Written by Chris DeGarmo / Geoff Tate

A augmentedA great song from Queensryche's Tribe album. The version tabbed out here is
transcribed from their "Art of Live" DVD. The song sort of recalls older
classics such as "Silent Lucidity" and especially "Real World" (compare the
two chord progressions), but this song has a much more uplifting feel to it.

Intro

E MajorE |--------------------|
A augmentedA |---2--------2-------|
D MajorD |----2-4------2-4----|
G+G |-------0--------0-2-| then go directly to strumming an open E minorEm chord.
BB |--------------------|
E MajorE |--------------------|

Verse 1:

E minorEm
Lying here awake again, minutes before dawn
A minorAm                        E minorEm
I hear your breathing, your heartbeat is just a song,
E minorEm
Lately I've been feeling less than good,
A minorAm                          E minorEm
But seeing things for the first time like I never could,

Chorus:
G+G
I've had my head down against the door,
C majorC
Trying to get to something I couldn't find before,
G+G
That special something, that feeds my soul,
C majorC          A minorAm       (play the Intro riff, then back to E minorEm)
Is a rhythm to live by, a rhythm of hope...

Verse 2, same progression:
E minorEm
Something drives us onward, something gives us strength,
A minorAm
What makes us falter is the questions - we think:
E minorEm
"Who am I to fly so high? What gives me the right,"
A minorAm
"To dream of what could be, keep reaching for the light?"

Chorus, same progression:
G+G
And I've been standing in front of that door,
C majorC
Basing my happiness on what I knew before,
G+G
Searching for something that would move my soul,
C majorC                   G+G and now on to the solo.....
A augmentedA rhythm to hold to, a rhythm to live to.....

Solo: Play G, Em, C majorC and change quickly to A minorAm twice. I haven't tabbed out the
solo, as it's played on a lap steel, but it's not too hard to figure out.
Slide guitar would do equally fine. Then end on G.

Final chorus, same progression:
G+G
Have you been down like this before?
C majorC                               G+G
I guarantee there's something waiting for you, just open that door
G+G
A augmentedA rhythm to live by, that holds your soul,
C majorC
A augmentedA rhythm that holds you, a rhythm to live to,
G+G
And if there's one thing we all need now,
C majorC             A minorAm       Play intro 3 times
It's a rhythm to live by, a rhythm of hope.....

End on an E minorEm chord strummed with an upstroke.

That's it! May you all find something waiting for you behind that door! - G.