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With Hope

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[Intro]
  Gmaj7    Em7    Gmaj7/C    G/D   Cx2
[Verse 1]
D4This is not at C2all
Bm7How we thought it Am7was supposed to G2be
We had D/F#so many pEm7lans for you
We had so many C2dreams
And D4now you've gone aC2way
And Bm7left us with the Am7memories of youG2r smile
And nothing D/F#we can Em7say
And nothing we can C2do
Can take D/Caway the Cpain
The D/Cpain of losing C2you, but...
[Chorus]
D/GWe can cry with Ghope
We can D/Esay goodbye with Emhope
'Cause Cmaj7we know our goodCmbye is not the eG2nd, oh nD4o
And D/Gwe can grieve with Ghope
'Cause we D/Ebelieve with Emhope
There's a Cplace where we'll Cmsee your face aGmaj7gainEm7  
We'll see your Gmaj7/Cface again
[Verse 2]
D4And never have I C2known
Bm7Anything so harAm7d to underG2stand
And neD/F#ver have I queEm7stioned more
The wisdom of God's C2plan
But D4through the cloud of C2tears
I Bmsee the Father's Amsmile and say well G2done
And I D/F#imagine Emyou
Where you wanted most to Cbe
Seeing aD/Cll your dreams come tCrue
'Cause noD/Cw you're home
And now you're fCree, and...
[Chorus]
D/GWe can cry with Ghope
We can D/Esay goodbye with Emhope
'Cause Cmaj7we know our goodCmbye is not the eG2nd, oh nD4o
And D/Gwe can grieve with Ghope
'Cause we D/Ebelieve with Emhope
There's a Cplace where we'll Cmsee your face aF2gain
[Bridge]
     F2      G2We'll see you F2face again
     F2      G2We'll see you F2face again
    EmWe have this G/Dhope as an anchor
'Cause Amwe believe that C/Geverything
God Fmaj7promised us is true, so...
[Chorus]
D/GWe can cry with Ghope
We can D/Esay goodbye with Emhope
'Cause Cmaj7we know our goodCmbye is not the eG2nd, oh nD4o
And D/Gwe can grieve with Ghope
'Cause we D/Ebelieve with Emhope
There's a Cplace where we'll Cmsee your face aGmaj7gainEm7  
We'll see your Gmaj7/Cface again
[Outro]
So D/Gwe can cry with G2hopeD/E  Em7  
And say gD/Coodbye with ChopeD  C  D  C  
We Dwait with Chope
And we Dache with Chope
We D/Chold on with ChopeD/C  C  D/C  C  
We D/Clet go with ChopeD/C  C  D  C  

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With Hope

by Steven Curtis Chapman

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj7

Em7

Gmaj7/C

G/D

Bm7

Am7

D/F#

D/C

D/G

D/E

Cmaj7

C/G

Fmaj7

[Intro]

Gmaj7 Em7 Gmaj7/C G/D C

[Verse 1]

D4 C2

This is not at all

Bm7 Am7 G2

How we thought it was supposed to be

D/F# Em7

We had so many plans for you

We had so many dreams

D4 C2

And now you've gone away

Bm7 Am7 G2

And left us with the memories of your smile

D/F# Em7

And nothing we can say

And nothing we can do

D/C C

Can take away the pain

D/C C2

The pain of losing you, but...

[Chorus]

D/G G

We can cry with hope

D/E Em

We can say goodbye with hope

Cmaj7 Cm G2 D4

'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no

D/G G

And we can grieve with hope

D/E Em

'Cause we believe with hope

C Cm Gmaj7 Em7

There's a place where we'll see your face again

Gmaj7/C

We'll see your face again

[Verse 2]

D4 C2

And never have I known

Bm7 Am7 G2

Anything so hard to understand

D/F# Em7

And never have I questioned more

The wisdom of God's plan

D4 C2

But through the cloud of tears

Bm Am G2

I see the Father's smile and say well done

D/F# Em

And I imagine you

Where you wanted most to be

D/C C

Seeing all your dreams come true

D/C

'Cause now you're home

And now you're free, and...

[Chorus]

D/G G

We can cry with hope

D/E Em

We can say goodbye with hope

Cmaj7 Cm G2 D4

'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no

D/G G

And we can grieve with hope

D/E Em

'Cause we believe with hope

C Cm F2

There's a place where we'll see your face again

[Bridge]

F2 G2 F2

We'll see you face again

F2 G2 F2

We'll see you face again

Em G/D

We have this hope as an anchor

Am C/G

'Cause we believe that everything

Fmaj7

God promised us is true, so...

[Chorus]

D/G G

We can cry with hope

D/E Em

We can say goodbye with hope

Cmaj7 Cm G2 D4

'Cause we know our goodbye is not the end, oh no

D/G G

And we can grieve with hope

D/E Em

'Cause we believe with hope

C Cm Gmaj7 Em7

There's a place where we'll see your face again

Gmaj7/C

We'll see your face again

[Outro]

D/G G2 D/E Em7

So we can cry with hope

D/C C D C D C

And say goodbye with hope

D C

We wait with hope

D C

And we ache with hope

D/C C D/C C D/C C

We hold on with hope

D/C C D/C C D C

We let go with hope

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