Hope Dies Last

	  		



Intro: Am  F  C    Am  F  C 

verse 1 
     Am                F                  C 
The alarm goes off and you hit the shower first 
Am                        F               C 
I make the coffee, it’s a routine we’ve rehearsed 
         F                                           C     G 
Turn the radio on and they’re wishing us a happy new year 
    Am               F           C   Am  F  C 
But nothing much has changed here 


verse 2 
        Am                F                    C 
Another suicide bomb at a market in the Middle East 
    Am                   F           C 
The authorities estimate 28 dead, at least 
     F                                       C      G 
Sand soaked with martyr’s blood and mothers’ tears  
    Am               F            C   Am  F  C 
But nothing much has changed here 


verse 3 
          Am                      F                 C 
The whole country’s holding those coalminers in its prayers 
Am                F                         C 
Counting down how long they’ve gone without air 
      F                             C        G 
The reporter does his best to sound sincere  
    Am               F            C 
But nothing much has changed here 


verse 4 
              Am                F                     C 
Now there’s a man of God saying something ‘bout New Orleans 
        Am                      F                 C 
How the Mississippi River gonna wash them sinners clean 
       F                               C     G 
Oh the righteous prey on ignorance and fear  
   Am               F            C 
Oh nothing much has changed here 


              G     C         F 
And there’s a storm coming up fast 
       G                    C  
Better lash yourself to the mast 
       Em                F 
But of all that comes to pass 
Bb        G7 
Hope dies last 



Verse 5 
    Am               F                        C 
Politicians pointing fingers like they always do 
               Am              F                 C 
When there’s a scandal looming larger in the rearview 
     F                                   C     G 
When elections may be closer than they appear 
   Am               F            C 
Oh nothing much has changed here 


Verse 6 
       Am                    F               C 
In the eyes of the President citizens are enemies 
     Am                           F              C 
He’d rather talk to Jesus than to anyone who disagrees 
        F                                        C     G 
But the phones are bugged and Big Brother is all ears  
   Am               F            C 
Oh nothing much has changed here 


 
              G     C         F 
And there’s a storm coming up fast 
       G                    C  
Better lash yourself to the mast 
       Em                F 
But of all that comes to pass 
Bb        G7 
Hope dies last 



Verse 7 
    Am                  F              C 
Sometimes it’s all that you can do to avert your eyes 
       Am                      F             C 
If you let too much in it will leave you paralysed 
       F                                   C     G    Am  F  C 
It's a world where all you love could disappear  


Verse 8 
     Am             F                         C 
So I take you in my arms before you leave for work 
        Am              F                  C 
I got a love for you so fierce and true it hurts 
    F                                         C    G 
You smile at something that I whisper in your ear  
Am          F  
Nothing has changed 
Am          F  
Nothing has changed 
          Am         F            
Nothing’s ever gonna change here 


Outro: Am  F  C    Am  F  C