Big Country – River Of Hope (Guitar)

Dm
High above the forest in an unseen place

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Where the clouds will gather on another race

Dm
In the dungeon depths of an unknown cave

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There’s a stream that springs with a world to save

Dm
And it gathers up strength as it rolls along

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And it gathers up hope for everyone

Dm
But it runs to plains where the farmlands weep

                      Am7           C    Dm  C    Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
Through the brand new gardens where rich men sleep

Dm                 C
I’m gonna find it, I’m gonna prove it

                   Dm                  C
And show the whole damned world how to use it

Dm              C
When I find it, when I prove it

                 Dm                   C
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it

F            Bb    F  C   F Bb       C       F
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears

         Bb    F  C     F        Bb       C        Dm    C   Dm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years

Dm
Past the chemical plant where the junk flows in

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By the nuclear project where the children swim

Dm
Under bridges in a city where the bodies float

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And the summer smell keeps the flies remote

Dm                 C
I’m gonna find it, I’m gonna prove it

                   Dm                  C
And show the whole damned world how to use it

Dm              C
When I find it, when I prove it

                 Dm                   C
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it

F            Bb    F  C   F Bb       C       F
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears

         Bb    F  C     F        Bb       C        Dm    C   Dm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years

   [Instrumentsal]
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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0-2--2--0-----0------------------------------|
D|-------------3-----3--0----0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A|-------------------------3----------3----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

   Dm                     B5            C
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-0-2--2--0-----5--2--0-------------------------|
D|-------------3-------------0--2--0-----0--2--0-|
A|------------------------3-----------3----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Dm
Through the swamp of a ghetto where the mission was lost

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Where the dope is king and the silver boss

Dm
Past the trash and wreckage from the garbage trucks

             Am7             C    Dm   C     Dm  C  Dm  Am7  C  Dm
Past the oil slick where the jail boat docks

Dm
To a home in some sea at the nations end

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Where the submarine is freedom’s friend

Dm
If we need that river like we did before

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There can be no need for it lives no more

Dm                 C
I’m gonna find it, I’m gonna prove it

                   Dm                  C
And show the whole damned world how to use it

Dm              C
When I find it, when I prove it

                 Dm                   C
I know that some damned fool is gonna lose it

F            Bb    F  C   F Bb       C       F
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears

         Bb    F  C     F        Bb       C        Dm    C   Dm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years

F            Bb    F  C   F Bb       C       F
For it’s the river of hope, from the pool of tears

         Bb    F  C     F        Bb       C        Dm    C   Dm
It’s the river of hope, it’s the river we lost for years