Hope chords by Shinedown

🎸 Intro:

D   Bm   D   Bm



🎸 Verse 1:
 D                       Bm
Look at the battle we're in
       D                                   Bm
I was never one to pick a fight I couldn’t win
 D                      Bm
Look at the secrets we keep
      D                              Bm
They terrorize me every night in my sleep

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 G
Afternoon tea with the impending doom
  G
Counting the elephants here in this room

🎸 Chorus:
D          Em       G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
         D             Em         G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
         D            Em           G            A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
    Bm    F#m        G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
                          D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Interlude:
D   Bm


🎸 Verse 2:
 D              Bm
Put on a happy face
 D                                  Bm
Make a scene and leave a permanent trace
 D                   Bm
Show me that rebel inside
            D                         Bm
Where the leader of the revolution resides

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 G
Afternoon tea with the impending doom
G
Counting the elephants here in this room

🎸 Chorus:
              D          Em       G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
         D             Em         G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
         D            Em           G            A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
    Bm    F#m        G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
                          D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Instrumental:
Bm   G   D

Bm   G   D


🎸 Bridge:
Bm                            G
Careful, you might catch yourself goin’ under
 D
Careful, you might lose your breath like the others
G                             A
Careful, you might slip and never recover
Bm            F#m            G
Careful, you might burn to death like the others

🎸 Chorus:
              D          Em       G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
         D             Em         G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
         D            Em           G            A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
    Bm    F#m        G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
                          D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Outro:
D   Bm

D   Bm