High Hopes

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Am               C             F
   Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
Am                C           F
   In a world of magnets and miracles
Am                       C              F
   Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
     Am               C                 F
The ringing of the division bell had begun

F             G            E
   Along the long road and on down the causeway
F                       G           E
   Do they still meet there by the cut

Am              C               F
   There was a ragged band who followed in our footsteps
Am                 C                     F
   Running before time took our dreams away
Am                            C                  F
   Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
Am               C               F
   To a life consumed by slow decay

                Am    Em    F    G
The grass was greener
                Am    Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
The light was brighter
                 Am   Em    F    G
When friends surrounded
               Am     Bm>C   Dm   E
The nights of wonder

Am                    C           F
   Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
Am                  C                      F
   To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Am              C             F
   Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Am                 C                   F
   Dragged by the force of some inner tide

F              G               E
   At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
F                  G                      E
   We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world


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Am               C          F
   Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
Am                   C           F
  There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Am             C           F
   Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Am                   C                       F
   Though down this road we've been so many times


                Am    Em    F    G
The grass was greener
                Am    Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
The light was brighter
                Am    Em    F    G
The taste was sweeter
               Am     Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
The nights of wonder

                 Am   Em    F    G
With friends surrounded
                Am    Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
The dawn mist glowing
            Am        Em    F    G
The water flowing
             Am       Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
The endless river

            Am        Em    F    G
Forever and ever...
            Am        Bm>C   Dm   Em>F
...
            Am        Em    F    G
...
            Am        Bm>C   Dm   E


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