Hope Against Hope Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][Am][Em][Am][G][Am]
[D][Am][G][Am]
[Em][D][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
[D]It's all coming back to me [G]now[Am][C]
[Em]But try as I have to k[D]eep[C][G][C][G]
The taste of you [D]off [G]of my [C]tongue[G]
[D]Your face from my fitful sle[Em]ep

[Verse 2]
And I [Am]wait,
[G]hope against [D]hope like be[Am]fore[G][D]
And I [Am]wait, [Em]hope that [D]I
won't anymore
[C]

[Verse 3]
[D]
And this won't stop 'till I [Am]do
[Em]Until I learn to kill the thou[C]ght[G]
Of everything I could have [C]said[G][C][G][C]
[D]Of everything I wished I'd not
[Em]

[Verse 4]
And I [Am]wait, [G]hope again[D]st
hope like be[Am]fore[G][D]
And I [Am]wait, [Em]hope that [D]I won't anymore
[C]

[Verse 5]
Show rises up from the [D]street
And [Em]a crowd rises up to it[C]s feet
[Am]I fo[C]llowed blind after you[D]
I might know [Am]better if I'd ever wanted
[C]to

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][Am][D][Am]

[Verse 6]
[D]The painting here is still [Am]not dry
[Em]And I can smell it from the [D]door[C]
[G]It covers every mark you mad[C]e[G][C][G]
[D]The countin' days are keepin' sco[Em]re

[Verse 7]
And I [Am]wait, [G]hope again[D]st
hope like be[Am]fore[G][D]
And I [Am]wait,
[Em]hope that [D]I won't anymore
[C]

[Verse 8]
And [G]I w[Am]ait, h[G]ope agains[D]t
hope like be[Am]fore[G][D]
And I [Am]wait, [Em]hope that [D]I won't anymore

[Outro 1]
[C][D][C]