Hope Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]A man with forty acr[G]es
plowed [D]and planted
Can[A]'t send no fourteen year-
old boy to [D]no school.
The only thing I [G]learned in the years I
[D]worked on my daddy's farm
Was, [A]"Son, you better get them
crops in when it turn[D]s cool."

[Verse 2]
In the [D]magazines, [G]I saw the naked wom[D]en.
[A]I heard about the drinkin' and the[D] bars.
If my daddy could've [G]caught me,
he'd [D]a- killed me.
He said, [A]"Y ou might run, boy,
but you ain't gonna get far."
[D]

[Verse 3]
I hit town [G]or you might say that it [D]hit me.
Next [A]mornin' there were things I
knew [D]more about.

[Verse 4]
[D]The woman who had [G]taken me in said,
[D]"Country boy, you're all right."
The [A]same way I turned her on,
she turned me [D]out.
The first law I broke,
[G]right away they got[D] me.
[A]I helped them build the country
roads for [D]awhile.
They fed me two [G]times a day and
[D]knocked me down about four.
[A]For thirty days I didn't even crack a [D]smile.

[Verse 5]
[B]I met a[E] nice girl a[A]n d she
said I was her [E]baby.
[B]She let me go and would never tell [E]me why.
I learned what it means
[A]to be somebody's bab[E]y.
[B]They let you lie in your bed by
yourself and cry.
[E]

[Verse 6]
[E]The miles were good but the [A]mileage
is turnin' my [E]hair gray.
I've [B]met some people that knew
me and call me [E]friend.
Ain't no sense [A]in wantin'
my life to live [E]over.
I'd [B]find different ways to make
those mistakes again.
[E]

[Verse 7]
So let me say this,
I nev[A]er tried to hurt any[E]body.
Though I guess [B]there's a few that
I still couldn't look in the [E]eye.
If I've got one wish,
[A]I hope it rains at my f[E]uneral.
[B]For once, I'd like to be the only one dry.