Hopeful Chords & Lyrics - Josh Ritter

Capo 2

[C] [Em] [Dm] [G]

[C]Supposedly it was a wise wise man
[Em]who said it's better to have loved and lost
[Dm]Than never to have loved at all,[G] never to have loved.
[C]How many times does the truth that you take to be true
[Em]Is just truth falling apart at the same speed as you
U[Dm]ntil it all comes away in a million degrees
[G]And you're just a few pieces of fallin' debris

[C]And she's hopeful. Hop[Am]eful. For me. [Dm]
[G7]I'm coming out of the dark clouds

[C]She went away and she packed all her lovin'
[Em]I could not believe it how little there was
[Dm]I stood in the cold kitchen with nothin' to say
[G]Who'd keep the whole world spinning when she went away yeah'

[C]She kept telling me about the good things I deserve
[Em]That I wanted somebody I'd mistaken for her
[Dm]But one look in my eyes and she'd know she was wrong
[G]So she wouldn't look back at me until she was gone

[C]How many times did you give all your love
[Em]And find out it was so far from far from enough'
[Dm]I followed her out into the street in the rain
[G]And the whole world stopped spinning and just went up in flames

And she's ho[C]peful. Hop[Am]eful. For me. [G7]
[G]I'm coming out of the dark clouds
She's ho[C]peful. H[Am]opeful, for me.[G7]
[G]She says it to me often

[C] [Em] [Dm] [G] [G7]

[C]The sunlight corroded and the days started to fail
[Em]The rocks in the road sharpened shadows to nails
[Dm]The fencepost were empty and so were the trees
[G]Had the bluebird of use on its' last tune for me

[C]I've seen her around now with someone new I don't know
[Em]She likes greed-eyed boys who are haloed in hope
[Dm]But I know the look in his eyes and I know all the old signs
[G]Just a couple more curves before his own road unwinds

[C]These days I'm feelin' better about the man that I am
[Em]There's some things I can change and there's others I can't
[Dm]I met someone new now I know I deserve
[G]I never met someone who loves the world more than her

[C]She has been through her own share of hard times as well
[Em]And she has learned how to tear out the heaven from hell
[Dm]Most nights I'm alright still all rocks roll down hill
[G]But she says I'll get better, she knows that I will

And she's ho[C]peful. Hop[Am]eful, for me [G7]
[G]I'm coming out of the dark clouds
She's ho[C]peful. H[Am]opeful, for me [G7]
[G]Comin' out of the dark clouds, Comin out of the dark clouds

[C] [Am] [Dm] [G] [G7]

[C]The word is as the world is
[Em]Everybody's gonna hurt like hells [Dm]some times[G] [G7]
[C]The word is as the world is
[Em]Everybody's gonna hurt like hells [Dm]some times some [G]times

[C] [Am] [Dm] [G] [G7] [C]