G5 Hope grows between cracks in the asphault E5 In the downtown ghetto streets that contour D5 G5 The government housing intentions of my heart No one notices the daisies don't care E5 About gang related violence D5 As long as they get enough air and water and sun C5 They're all just fine E5 G5 Who would've thought it but life is finding a way D5 Through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain E5 There's a man down here somewhere between G5 The Saturday cartooons and the dirty magazines D5 He's raising the dead in the graveyards C5 Where we've laid down our dreams G5 His name is Hope G5 Hope stands high on the 15th floor E5 On a Christmas tree perched about the ledge of a fortress D5 G5 of steel that's trying to hard to be somebody's home E5 As it sees my attention from I-85 though the throws of the day Were still writhing inside D5 I lifted my head as I drove home that night and knew C5 Everything was gonna be fine E5 G5 Who would've thought it but life is finding a way D5 Through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain E5 There's a man down here not worried or afraid G5 That some politician forgot all the promises he made D5 And he's raising the dead in the graveyards C5 Where we've laid down our dreams G5 His name is Hope C5 His name is Hope D5 Everybody needs a little x2 C5 His name is Hope D5 Everybody wants a little x2 C5 His name is Hope D5 Everybody needs a little E5 G5 D5 C5 E5 There's a man down here not worried or afraid G5 That some politician forgot all the promises he made D5 And he's raising the dead in the graveyards C5 Where we've laid down our dreams G5 His name is Hope G5 Can you hear him outside he's been singing all night E5 He's saying when you gonna come out from behind D5 C5 These paper thin walls, your cardboard box realities
