Hope & Glory Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]The pre -recorded message
said she's 16th in line
To talk to the doctor for the
second time today
The appointments [G]are all taken,
understaffed and underpaid
But that's [A]not the only problem
she's got on her mind [D]today
Her oldest daughter has retreated
inside herself again
Glued to the screen, terrified of everything
She [G]wrapped up a double shift at 2am
And [A]then a three -year -old that she loved
so much woke her up at dawn [D]again
And all the birds were singing when
they sat down to eat
Breakfast from the food bank,
seven days a week
Out[G]side the window,
a magpie lands on a fence
And for [A]a split second of beauty,
she forgets about the [D]rent
And she thinks,
[G]how much does it [A]cost to live a [D]good life?
[G]How much is the [A]cost of living
[D]gonna rise?
That second passes quickly,
and now she's washing up
Worrying about how old the
bills are stacking up
But she can't [G]think about
that right now
She's gotta get the kids to school
And then [A]run round to her mum's house
To be sure she took her [D]pill
Not that they're ever
gonna stop the cancer
But it's the only way that she knows
To show her that she loves her
She think[G]s back to the family shop
When she was a little kid
[A]Sat in the seat of a
Tesco trolley
With food piled high for [D]the week
And she thinks, [G]how much does it [A]cost
To live [D]a good life?
[G]How much is the [A]cost of
living [D]gonna ride?
She gets on with her ex -boyfriend
But he drives her crazy
Certified
Sparky who got treated like a baby and
[G]there's no joy left in the building site
Now manager's orders,
he [A]kind of died inside and became a slave to [D]boredom
She set up shop in the
shadow of a student loan
A teaching qualification she
achieved all on her own
Just to [G]find out that the salary
of a teacher's assistant
Was [A]less than she was earning pulling
pints down at the [D]fountain
And she thinks,
[G]how much does [A]it cost to live [D]a good life?
[G]How much is the [A]cost of
living [D]gonna rise?
How [G]much does it [A]cost to live [D]a good life
[G]How much is the [A]cost of
living gon[D]na rise
The kids are snuggled up in bed and
she's reading them a story
About what's really important,
about hope and glory
About [G]sharing your toys
About right and wrong
And she won[A]ders if there are
lessons we are ever gonna learn