Chords
High Hopes

Key: C

Introduction: C5    Eb5    Ab5    C5    Eb5    Ab5    

difficulty
intermediate |||||
Cm                                 Eb  
  Beyond the horizon
                        Ab  
Of the place we lived when we were young
Cm                                    Eb                                      Ab  
  In a world of magnets and miracles
Cm                                                      Eb  
  Our thoughts strayed constandly
                     Ab  
And without boundary
Cm                                                 Eb  
  The ringing of the division bell
                  Ab  
Had begun
Cm                            Bb  
     Along the long
  Ab/G                                                         G  
Road and on down the causeway
Cm                         Bb                                              Ab/G    G  
     Do they still meet there by the cut
Cm                                      Eb                              Ab  
  There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Cm                                              Eb                                              Ab  
  Running before time    took our dreams away
Cm                                    Eb  
  Leaving the myriad small creatures
     Ab  
Trying to tie us to the ground
Cm                                 Eb                                    Ab  
  To a life consumed by slow decay
                                          Cm      Gm    Ab    Bb  
The grass was greener
                                          Cm         Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The light was brighter
                                                Cm      Gm    Ab    Bb  
With friends surrounded
                                     Cm      Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The night of wonder
Cm                                              Eb  
  Looking beyond the embers
             Ab  
Of bridges glowing behind us
Cm                                                      Eb  
  To a glimpse of how green it was
                  Ab  
On the other side
Cm                              Eb  
  Steps taken forwards
                Ab  
But sleepwalking back again
Cm                                      Eb  
  Dragged by the force of some
                  Ab  
Inner tide
Cm                              Bb                            Ab/G                    G  
     At a higher altitude with flag unfuried
Cm                                                         Bb                              Ab/G                            G  
     We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world
 C5    Eb5    Ab5)  
 C5    Eb5    Ab5)  
Cm                                 Eb  
  Encumbered forever
                Ab  
By desire and ambition
Cm                                              Eb  
  There's a hunger still
                        Ab  
Unsatisfied
Cm                      Eb  
  Our weary eyes
                        Ab  
Still stray to the horizon
Cm                                                                         Eb  
  Though down this road we've been so
                     Ab  
Many times
                                          Cm      Gm    Ab    Bb  
The grass was greener
                                          Cm            Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The light was brighter
                                             Cm      Gm    Ab    Bb  
The taste was sweeter
                                        Cm      Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The nights of wonder
                                             Cm            Gm    Ab    Bb  
With friends surrounded
                                          Cm    Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The dawn mist glowing
                                Cm      Gm    Ab    Bb  
The water flowing
                                        Cm    Eb5    Fm    Ab  
The endless river
                                Cm  
Forever and ever
        C5    Gm    Ab    Bb  
                                                                                                (Uma oitava acima)
     (.....)