Hope chords by Shinedown

🎸 Intro:

D  Bm  D  Bm



🎸 Verse 1:
 D            Bm
Look at the battle we're in
    D                  Bm
I was never one to pick a fight I couldn’t win
 D           Bm
Look at the secrets we keep
   D               Bm
They terrorize me every night in my sleep

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 G
Afternoon tea with the impending doom
 G
Counting the elephants here in this room

🎸 Chorus:
D     Em    G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
     D       Em     G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
     D      Em      G      A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
  Bm  F#m    G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
             D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Interlude:
D  Bm


🎸 Verse 2:
 D       Bm
Put on a happy face
 D                 Bm
Make a scene and leave a permanent trace
 D          Bm
Show me that rebel inside
      D             Bm
Where the leader of the revolution resides

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 G
Afternoon tea with the impending doom
G
Counting the elephants here in this room

🎸 Chorus:
       D     Em    G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
     D       Em     G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
     D      Em      G      A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
  Bm  F#m    G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
             D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Instrumental:
Bm  G  D

Bm  G  D


🎸 Bridge:
Bm              G
Careful, you might catch yourself goin’ under
 D
Careful, you might lose your breath like the others
G               A
Careful, you might slip and never recover
Bm      F#m      G
Careful, you might burn to death like the others

🎸 Chorus:
       D     Em    G
You can be twisted but still optimistic
     D       Em     G
Be the black sheep but not a statistic
     D      Em      G      A
May not know who you are but you know what you got
  Bm  F#m    G
So hang on to the absurd
 A
Hey, have you heard?
             D
Hope's not a four-letter word

🎸 Outro:
D  Bm

D  Bm