Live In Hope Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays384

Live In Hope by Mick Flannery is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, F#m, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Verse  
D                 A              D                 A 
I walk the streets alone here, I go with head hung down 
   F#m               G                   Bm              F#m 
The heavens laugh so hard at me that I cannot bear the sound 
   D             A          D           A 
A home to every lonely, an ear to every cry 
  F#m           G            Bm              F#m 
An eye to every suffering and lost to reasons why 

D                    A 
And of all the awful things I’ve heard 
Bm                     F#m 
The worst must be those terrible words 
   G               A 
If I don’t do it, that man will 
   G         A         A 
Be it steal, rape or kill 

verse 2   
   D             A           D                 A 
I strive to be a good man, I know it serves me well 
   F#m                   G                Bm             F#m 
'Though how and when this start was made, I truly cannot tell 
 D                    A              D             A 
I’ve loved and I have been loved, I was not always true 
    F#m                 G                Bm             F#m 
And at times I feel to stay alone, Is the honest thing to do 

D                 A 
Still in all I’ve best conceived 
Bm                F#m 
That I did fall in fleshy need 
 G               A 
And taking water laced with sin 
   G               A         A 
Seen what love is up against 

Interlude 
D               A         D           A 
F#m             G         Bm         F#m 

verse 3 
    D               A         D           A 
My mind is full of worry, and wonder at itself 
 F#m                   G          Bm         F#m 
I search all day for answers, and nothing ever helps 
 D                    A         D            A 
I don’t believe the stories of high and holy ghosts 
 F#m                   G            Bm                F#m 
And if anything should matter, then what should matter most? 
 
D                 A 
To the thought I will abide 
Bm                    F#m 
That hate is foolish, love is wise 
G               A 
Words the old man softly spoke 
G               A         A 
Left the world to live in hope 

outro 
D               A         D           A 
F#m             G         Bm         F#m 
D               A         D 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante