Hope Fell Down Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

D You’re banging your Em7drum

  You blow your own Ctrumpet G

D Your ship came Em7in

  And your fanfare Csunk it G

D The tide has Em7turned, our love’s gone forFever, Gever

Em7 I stand on the F♯m7shore

  As it floats down the Griver, G/Ariver

Chorus

D/F♯I had such F6hopes

 I had such visions A♯planned G G/A

 The D/F♯frames were F6shot

 But now our future’s A♯canned G G/A

A6 I had my hopes so high they fell right G9down

A6 I had my hopes so high they fell right G9down

Verse

DI’m banging my heEm7ad

CYou watch without malGice

(You watch with no interest at all)

DI bet all your frEm7iends

CCompare this to “DallGas”

(I might as well talk to a brick wall)

DSo under the armEm7 I feel the colFd shouldGer

Em7So I’ll once again F♯m7

 have to play theG wild rovG/Aer

REPEAT CHORUS:

Instrumental

D/F♯ G C/A C/B G/D G/E

D/F♯ G C/E C/A G G A

D/F♯Do I F6need all this A♯pressure G G/A

D/F♯Do I F6bury my A♯temper G G/A

D/F♯ I had my hopes so high they fell right F6down

A6 I had my hopes so high they fell right G9down

D/F♯ F6 A6 G9

(Ad lib vocals)

D/F♯ F6 A6 G9

Coda

D/F♯ G C/A C/B G/D G/E

D/F♯ G C/E C/A G/D D

(slow tempo to finish)