Adam Melchor – The Hopefuls (Guitar)

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[Intro] G [Verse 1]
G              D/F#
Back in my daredevil years

Em                          D
  Making jumps that I could barely clear

C                         B7
  Sticking landings and I felt no fear

    Em            Dsus4 D
All revved up and riled

G                  D/F#
  I was just about halfway out

Em                            D
  When you called me from the halfway house

C                             B7
  You said it's better if you get out now

    Em           D
And stop running wild
[Chorus]
C                  G
  I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

C               G
  A dying breed among all the locals

C                      G
  I can dance with the Devil

           D                      Am
To take my chance to make it out alive

C                G
  How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

C                         G
  I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

C                            G
  Don't wanna dance with the Devil

      D                  Am
Oh, I wanna make it out alive

       C
And I'm hopeful
[Verse 2]
G                     D/F#
  Barely even knew my jacket size

Em                     D
  For the vigil in the candlelight

C                          B7
  It was more than I could handle

         Em          D
I walked out with no warning

G                               D/F#
  Yelled at God, if You're just testing us

Em                          D
  Why'd You go and take the best of us?

C                          B7
  Was it something for the rest of us

   Em           D
To learn in the mourning?
[Chorus]
C                  G
  I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

C               G
  A dying breed among all the locals

C                      G
  I can dance with the Devil

           D                      Am
To take my chance to make it out alive

C                G
  How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

C                         G
  I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

C                            G
  Don't wanna dance with the Devil

      D                  Am
Oh, I wanna make it out alive

        C
And I'm hopeful
[Bridge]
D        Em       C         G
  Bullet dodging, tightrope jogging

D            Em
Buried me by twenty-three

  C
I did all that I could

D        Em        C       G
Turnpike dreaming, finding reasons

D                 Em
Burning sticks on forty-six

    C       D        Em       D
I'm hopeful now that I'll get out
[Chorus]
C                  G
  I'm trying to be one of the hopefuls

C               G
  A dying breed among all the locals

C                      G
  I can dance with the Devil

           D                      Am
To take my chance to make it out alive

C                G
  How do I fix a heart that's totaled?

C                         G
  I need a quote, draw me up a proposal

C                            G
  Don't wanna dance with the Devil

      D                  Am
Oh, I wanna make it out alive

       C
And I'm hopeful
[Outro]
          C
Yeah, I'm hopeful

        C
Oh, I'm hopeful

        C
Oh, I'm hopeful
C Am I?