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Losing Hope

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Changed all D chords to Dm...
The fingerpicking in this one is pretty simple..
otherwise just bash out the chords, listen to the song
Am   X 0 2 2 1 0
C    X 3 2 0 1 0
G    3 2 0 0 3 3
F    1 3 3 2 1 1
D    X 5 7 7 6 5
C/B  X 2 2 0 1 0
           Am     C   Grepeat
AmI got a faulty parachute
I got a Cstranger's Gfriend
An Amexciting change in
My Cbutchers bleGnd
A Amsymbol on the ceiling 
With the Cflick of a Gswitch
AmYeah my new found hero
And the Cenemy's Gditching
F
AmWell somebodies something was Cleft in a Groom
AmAnd now that its gone well of Ccourse we Gassume
AmSomebody else needed Csomething so Gbad
AmThey took everything Csomebody Ghad
F
CLosing C/Bhope is Ameasy
DmWhen your only Gfriend is gone
And Dmevery time you Glook around
DmWell, it all, it Gall just seems to CchangeC/B  
Am    C  G
AmThe mark was left 
Man it's Cnever the Gsame
Next Amtime that you shoot
Make Csure that Gyou aim
AmOpen windows with Cpassing Gcars
AmA brand new night
With the Csame Gold Fstars
CLosing C/Bhope is Ameasy
DmWhen your only Gfriend is gone
And Dmevery time you Glook around
DmWell, it all, it Gall just seems to CchangeC/B  
Am    C G
Feed the Amfool
CA Gpiece of the Ampie
CMake a Gfool of his Amsystem
CMake a Gfool of his Ammind
CGive him Gbottles of Amlies
CAnd maybe Ghe'll fiAmnd
CHis Gplace in Amheaven
CCause he Gmight just Amdie
F
CLosing C/Bhope is Ameasy
DmWhen your only Gfriend is gone
And Dmevery time you Glook around
DmWell, it all, it Gall just seems to CchangeC/B  
CBut C/Bhanging on is Ameasy
DmWhen you've got a Gfriend to call
DmWhen nothings making Gsense at all
DmYou're not the only Gone that's afraid of CchangC/Be
Amrepeat [Cx2] Gthen bass outro

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Losing Hope

by Jack Johnson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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C/B

Changed all D chords to Dm...

The fingerpicking in this one is pretty simple..

otherwise just bash out the chords, listen to the song

Am X 0 2 2 1 0

C X 3 2 0 1 0

G 3 2 0 0 3 3

F 1 3 3 2 1 1

D X 5 7 7 6 5

C/B X 2 2 0 1 0

Am C G

repeat

I got a faulty parachute

C G

I got a stranger's friend

An exciting change in

C G

My butchers blend

A symbol on the ceiling

C G

With the flick of a switch

Yeah my new found hero

C G

And the enemy's ditching

Am C G

Well somebodies something was left in a room

Am C G

And now that its gone well of course we assume

Am C G

Somebody else needed something so bad

Am C G

They took everything somebody had

C C/B Am

Losing hope is easy

Dm G

When your only friend is gone

Dm G

And every time you look around

Dm G C C/B

Well, it all, it all just seems to change

Am C G

The mark was left

C G

Man it's never the same

Next time that you shoot

C G

Make sure that you aim

Am C G

Open windows with passing cars

A brand new night

C G F

With the same old stars

C C/B Am

Losing hope is easy

Dm G

When your only friend is gone

Dm G

And every time you look around

Dm G C C/B

Well, it all, it all just seems to change

Am C G

Feed the fool

C G Am

A piece of the pie

C G Am

Make a fool of his system

C G Am

Make a fool of his mind

C G Am

Give him bottles of lies

C G Am

And maybe he'll find

C G Am

His place in heaven

C G Am

Cause he might just die

C C/B Am

Losing hope is easy

Dm G

When your only friend is gone

Dm G

And every time you look around

Dm G C C/B

Well, it all, it all just seems to change

C C/B Am

But hanging on is easy

Dm G

When you've got a friend to call

Dm G

When nothings making sense at all

Dm G C C/B

You're not the only one that's afraid of change

Am C G

repeat [x2] then bass outro

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