Hope Of A Lifetime Chords
Hope Of A Lifetime by The Milk Carton Kids is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Dm, G, C, Am, F and Fmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Dm / Dm / G / G
C Am
There's a light that's shining now
F C
And a calm wind in the pine
C Am
For the fate of a fearsome travesty
Dm
Seems to have forgotten me
Fmaj7
Seems to have forgotten me
C Am
If it hasn't learned by now
F C
Where I've hid so very long
C Am
I'll come safely out into the silence found
Dm
In the wake of its passing on
Fmaj7
In the wake of its passing on
F C Dm G
A Spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air
F C
That's the way they used to find their own way home
Dm G
By the stars, on their own
Dm Fmaj7
By the stars, on their own
C Am
While I pray for Promised Land
F C
To replace all I have made
C Am
Darkness steals the light I bear
Dm
And the hope of a lifetime fades
Fmaj7
The hope of a lifetime fades
Bridge: Dm / Dm / G / G / C / C / F / F / Dm / G / C / C
C Am
In the newfound reverie
F C
Of quiet peace I found
C Am
Freedom comes from being unafraid
Dm
Of the heartache that can plague a man
Fmaj7
The heartache that can plague a man
F C Dm G
A Spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air
F C
That's the way they used to find their own way home
Dm G
By the stars, on their own
Dm Fmaj7
By the stars, on their own
OUTRO: Dm / Dm / G /G / C / C