I Hope Chords
by Dixie Chicks
I Hope by Dixie Chicks is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F#m. It uses the chords F#m, E, A, D, G and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(verse 1)
F#m E A
Sunday mornin, where the preacher sits,
D
Thou shall not kill,
F#m E A
I wonder, if nothin else,
D
about killin and that it's God's will,
(pre-cho)
F#m E
Cause our children are watching us,
D
They put their trust in us,
They're gonna be like us,
F#m E
So let's learn from our history,
D
And do it differently,
A
(I hope) for more love for joy and laughter,
(D) A
(I hope) We'll have more than we'll ever need
(G) D
(I hope) we'll have more Happy ever afters,
(G) A
(I hope) we can all live more fearlessly,
E A
And we can lose all the pain and misery,
(I hope) I hope
(verse 2)
F#m E A
Oh Rosie, her man gets too rough,
D
All she can say,
F#m E A
Is he's a good man, he don't mean no harm,
D
He was brought up that way,
(pre-cho)
F#m E
Cause our children are watching us,
D
They put their trust in us,
They're gonna be like us,
F#m E
It's ok for us to disagree,
D
we can work it out lovingly,
A
(I hope) more love more joy and laughter,
(D) A
(I hope) you'll have more than You'll ever need
(G) D
(I hope) They'll be more Happy ever afters,
(G) A
(I hope) we can all live more fearlessly,
E A
And we can lose all the pain and misery,
(I hope) I hope
(bridge)
A Db D
There must be a way to change what's goin on,
A F#m D
No I don't have all the answers, But
A
(I hope) for more love for joy and laughter,
(D) A
(I hope) you'll have more than You'll ever need
(G) D
(I hope) You'll have more Happy ever afters,
(G) A
(I hope) and you can all live more fearlessly,
E (D) A
And you can lose all the pain and misery,
(I hope) (I hope)