G (320003@1)           
Hope grows between cracks in the asphault
       EmIn (022000@1)the downtown ghetto streets that contour 
     D (xx0232@1)                                GThe (320003@1)government housing intentions of my heart

No one notices the daisies don't care
      EmAbout (022000@1)gang related violence
                           DAs (xx0232@1)long as they get enough air and water and sun
                  CThey're (x32010@1)all just fine



Em (022000@1)                                          GWho (320003@1)would've thought it but life is finding a way
                                                 DThrough (xx0232@1)this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain
           EmThere's (022000@1)a man down here somewhere between
    GThe (320003@1)Saturday cartooons and the dirty magazines
      DHe's (xx0232@1)raising the dead in the graveyards
      CWhere (x32010@1)we've laid down our dreams 
            GHis (320003@1)name is Hope



GHope (320003@1)stands high on the 15th floor
      EmOn (022000@1)a Christmas tree perched about the ledge of a fortress
   D (xx0232@1)                                           Gof (320003@1)steel that's trying to hard to be somebody's home
                                               EmAs (022000@1)it sees my attention from I-85 though the throws of the day

Were still writhing inside
  DI (xx0232@1)lifted my head as I drove home that night and knew
CEverything (x32010@1)was gonna be fine



Em (022000@1)                                          GWho (320003@1)would've thought it but life is finding a way
                                                 DThrough (xx0232@1)this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain
           EmThere's (022000@1)a man down here not worried or afraid 
           GThat (320003@1)some politician forgot all the promises he made
          DAnd (xx0232@1)he's raising the dead in the graveyards
      CWhere (x32010@1)we've laid down our dreams 
             GHis (320003@1)name is Hope



CHis (x32010@1)name is Hope        
                      DEverybody (xx0232@1)needs a little         x2

CHis (x32010@1)name is Hope        
                      DEverybody (xx0232@1)wants a little          x2

CHis (x32010@1)name is Hope        
                      DEverybody (xx0232@1)needs a little

Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1)EmThere's (022000@1)a man down here not worried or afraid 
           GThat (320003@1)some politician forgot all the promises he made
          DAnd (xx0232@1)he's raising the dead in the graveyards
      CWhere (x32010@1)we've laid down our dreams 
             GHis (320003@1)name is Hope



GCan (320003@1)you hear him outside he's been singing all night
            EmHe's (022000@1)saying when you gonna come out from behind
      D (xx0232@1)                                    CThese (x32010@1)paper thin walls, your cardboard box realities

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