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[Intro]
Em Am G6 Am Em
Em Am G6 Am Em
[Verse 1]
G6You hold my heart fragile in your hanAmds
These minutes count like hours nowEm  
And every day brings this clAmoseEmr
[Verse 2]
G6It took a while to clear my headAm  
Went out for hours and weptEm  
for everything that I couldn’t kAmnow yeEmt
[Verse 3]
G6As I lay this lAmife in these hands noEmw
EmDon’t you break these heAmarts of Emmine
G6And I brace Ammyself
I will brace mEmyself for everything that I don’t know AmyetG6  
[Interlude]
   Em  BmUh uh    Uh AmuhBm  
EmUh uh
[Bridge]
EmIt’s really been no time at alBml
But every hour feels like days noAmw
This is a Bmlife I’d bargain Emfor
EmUh uh
[Outro]
  G     Bm     Am    DHigher
GThese moments slip through our fingers like grains of sand
GNever to be lived again (Higher)
GMere reflections of their eternal worth
GEchoes that sound on long after we are gone (Higher)
BmAm I to believe that there is more to this
BmAs I stand before you here with open arms (You leave me holding on to higher...)
AmFacing up to nothing less than Dhigher hopes and higher hopes
  G    G       BmYou leave me Amholding on tDo higher hopes
 GHigher higher higher hopes
 GHigher higher higher hopes
      BmYou leave me Amholding on tDo higher hopes
  G  GHigher hopes
  G     Bm        AmYou leave me Dholding on
  G    G        BmYou leave me Amholding on tDo higher hopes
GHigher higher higher hopes
GHigher higher higher hopes

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Higher Hopes

by Minor Victories

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em Am G6 Am Em

[Verse 1]

G6 Am

You hold my heart fragile in your hands

These minutes count like hours now

Am Em

And every day brings this closer

[Verse 2]

G6 Am

It took a while to clear my head

Went out for hours and wept

Am Em

for everything that I couldn’t know yet

[Verse 3]

G6 Am Em

As I lay this life in these hands now

Em Am Em

Don’t you break these hearts of mine

G6 Am

And I brace myself

Em Am G6

I will brace myself for everything that I don’t know yet

[Interlude]

Em Bm Am Bm

Uh uh Uh uh

Uh uh

[Bridge]

Em Bm

It’s really been no time at all

But every hour feels like days now

Bm Em

This is a life I’d bargain for

Uh uh

[Outro]

G Bm Am D

Higher

These moments slip through our fingers like grains of sand

Never to be lived again (Higher)

Mere reflections of their eternal worth

Echoes that sound on long after we are gone (Higher)

Am I to believe that there is more to this

As I stand before you here with open arms (You leave me holding on to higher...)

Am D

Facing up to nothing less than higher hopes and higher hopes

G G Bm Am D

You leave me holding on to higher hopes

Higher higher higher hopes

Bm Am D

You leave me holding on to higher hopes

G G

Higher hopes

G Bm Am D

You leave me holding on

G G Bm Am D

You leave me holding on to higher hopes

Higher higher higher hopes

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