{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1990387,"song":"Hope Dies Last","artist":"Mark Erelli","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11445201-hope-dies-last-chords-by-mark-erelli/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1990387?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Mark Erelli - Hope Dies Last\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe alarm goes off and you hit the shower first[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI make the coffee, it’s a routine we’ve rehearsed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTurn the radio on and they’re wishing us a happy new year[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnother suicide bomb at a market in the Middle East[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe authorities estimate 28 dead, at least[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSand soaked with martyr’s blood and mothers’ tears [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe whole country’s holding those coalminers in its prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCounting down how long they’ve gone without air[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe reporter does his best to sound sincere [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow there’s a man of God saying something ‘bout New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHow the Mississippi River gonna wash them sinners clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the righteous prey on ignorance and fear [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s a storm coming up fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBetter lash yourself to the mast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut of all that comes to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHope dies last[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPoliticians pointing fingers like they always do[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen there’s a scandal looming larger in the rearview[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen elections may be closer than they appear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the eyes of the President citizens are enemies[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe’d rather talk to Jesus than to anyone who disagrees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut the phones are bugged and Big Brother is all ears [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh nothing much has changed here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there’s a storm coming up fast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBetter lash yourself to the mast[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut of all that comes to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nHope dies last[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSometimes it’s all that you can do to avert your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you let too much in it will leave you paralysed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a world where all you love could disappear [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I take you in my arms before you leave for work[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got a love for you so fierce and true it hurts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou smile at something that I whisper in your ear [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nNothing has changed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] \r\nNothing has changed[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]           \r\nNothing’s ever gonna change here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Mark Erelli - Hope Dies Last\n\n\nCAPO: 4th fret\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nAm  F  C    Am  F  C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  F  C    Am  F  C","chords":["Am","F","C","G","Em","Bb","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}