Hopeful chords by Josh Ritter

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Difficulty: Novice

Josh Ritter
Hopeful
The Beast in its Tracks

Capo 2

C majorC E minorEm DmDm G+G

C majorC
Supposedly it was a wise wise man
E minorEm
who said it’s better to have loved and lost
DmDm               G+G
Than never to have loved at all, never to have loved.
C majorC
How many times does the truth that you take to be true
E minorEm
Is just truth falling apart at the same speed as you
 DmDm
Until it all comes away in a million degrees
G+G
And you’re just a few pieces of fallin’ debris

C majorC           A minorAm          DmDm
And she’s hopeful. Hopeful. For me.
G7G7
I’m coming out of the dark clouds


C majorC
She went away and she packed all her lovin’
E minorEm
I could not believe it how little there was
DmDm
I stood in the cold kitchen with nothin’ to say
G+G
Who’d keep the whole world spinning when she went away yeah?


C majorC
She kept telling me about the good things I deserve
E minorEm
That I wanted somebody I’d mistaken for her
DmDm
But one look in my eyes and she’d know she was wrong
G+G
So she wouldn’t look back at me until she was gone

C majorC
How many times did you give all your love
E minorEm
And find out it was so far from far from enough?
DmDm
I followed her out into the street in the rain
G+G
And the whole world stopped spinning and just went up in flames


      C majorC     A minorAm          G7G7
And she’s hopeful. Hopeful. For me.
G+G
I’m coming out of the dark clouds
    C majorC    A minorAm       G7G7
She’s hopeful. Hopeful, for me.
G+G
She says it to me often


C majorC    E minorEm   DmDm   G+G    G7G7


C majorC
The sunlight corroded and the days started to fail
E minorEm
The rocks in the road sharpened shadows to nails
DmDm
The fencepost were empty and so were the trees
G+G
Had the bluebird of use on its’ last tune for me


C majorC
I’ve seen her around now with someone new I don’t know
E minorEm
She likes greed-eyed boys who are haloed in hope
DmDm
But I know the look in his eyes and I know all the old signs
G+G
Just a couple more curves before his own road unwinds


C majorC
These days I’m feelin’ better about the man that I am
E minorEm
There’s some things I can change and there’s others I can’t
DmDm
I met someone new now I know I deserve
G+G
I never met someone who loves the world more than her


C majorC
She has been through her own share of hard times as well
E minorEm
And she has learned how to tear out the heaven from hell
DmDm
Most nights I’m alright still all rocks roll down hill
G+G
But she says I’ll get better, she knows that I will


      C majorC     A minorAm        G7G7
And she’s hopeful. Hopeful, for me
G+G
I’m coming out of the dark clouds
    C majorC    A minorAm       G7G7
She’s hopeful. Hopeful, for me
G+G
Comin’ out of the dark clouds, Comin out of the dark clouds


C majorC A minorAm DmDm G+G G7G7


C majorC
The word is as the world is
E minorEm                DmDm    G+G  G7G7
Everybody’s gonna hurt like hells some times
C majorC
The word is as the world is
E minorEm                DmDm       G+G
Everybody’s gonna hurt like hells some times some times

THE END!