I Had My Hopes Up High Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[A][D]

[Verse 1]
Well, I [D]left my home out on
the great High Plains
Headed for some new terrain
Standin' on the highway with my
coffee cup
A-wonderin' who who
was [A]gonna pick [D]me up
I had my [A]hopes up [G]high,
I never thought that [D]I
Would ever [A]wonder why I ever said good-by
I I had my hopes up [D]high

[Verse 2]
Well, [D]the first ride I got was in
a dynamite truck
The driver kept a-tellin' me
me his bad luck
As we swerved around the curves
I began to shout
Hey-ey mister mister would [A]you let [D]me out?
I [A]had my [D]hopes up [G]high,
I never though that [D]I
Would ever [A]wonder why I ever said good-by
I I had my hopes up [D]high

[Interlude 1]
[D][A]
[D][G][D]
[A]
[D]

[Verse 3]
And [D]the next ride I got was
with a man in trouble
The beard on his face was
all in a stubble
Runnin' from the law he
was goin' ninety-nine
I I said hey-ey mister, mister,
you're [A]out [D]of your mind
[A]I had[D] my hopes up hig[G]h,
[Gm]I never thou[G]ght that I[D]
Would ever [A]wonder why I ever said good-by
I I had my hopes up [D]high

[Verse 4]
Oh, [D]the next ride I got was
with a preacher man
Told me that the wicked would
be buried in sand
Don't know why I did it
but I lost control
Hey-ey papa, papa, would you save my soul?
I had my hopes up [G]high,
[Gm]I ne[G]ver th[Gm]ought [G]that I[Gm][D]
Would ever [A]wonder why I ever said good-by
I I had my hopes up [D]high

[Interlude 2]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 5]
And [D]I finally got a ride on a carnival train
Nearly blew away in a hurricane
I got to thinkin' 'bout that preacher
down in Louisianne
Sittin' on the Delta [A]Siftin' sand
I had my [D]hopes up [G]high,
[Gm][G][D]
[A]I[D]
never [A]thought that I
Would ever wonder why I ever said good-by
I I had my hopes up [D]high