Misc Musicals – Love In Hate Nation - I Hope (Guitar)

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Every girl has seen the picture in the picture books

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Of the perfect family

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Father, junior, and the mother smiling as she cooks

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Looking pretty as can be

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I wish I looked like the lady in the picture books

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Like a blonde and blushing bride

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Cuz if I looked like the lady in the picture books

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I could use her as my guide

         B
I’m in a trap

         G#
I need a map

            G#        C#m          F#       B
Because I’m tired of waiting, I’m tired of waiting

      A       E                  C#m       B
And I want to know, which way my life will go

    G#        C#m          F#           B
I’m tired of grasping and fumbling and gasping

        A       E                 C#m        B
Someone help me see, just what my life might be

             F#m              A  G#
Will someone throw me a rope?

     C#  F# C# F#
I hope

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And the role they say is normal don’t appeal to me

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Anyway it’s one I’d never be able to play

            C#                              F#
They can pretend I’m Betty Crocker but I’ll never be

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As the world reminds me every day

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And I’m tired of waiting, I’m tired of waiting

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Oh, I want to know, which way my life will go

    C        Fm           A#           D#
I’m tired of stalling and lifting then falling

        C#       G#              Fm  D#
Someone show me, please, my possibilities

          A#m          C#  C
Will I be able to cope?

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I hope

D                                       G
This is the way that you make his dinner

D                                            G
This is the way that you get a little thinner

E                                          A
This is the way you fit in with the fashion

E                                         A
This is the way that you lose your passion

F#                                       B
This is the way that the feelings smother

F#                                B
This is the way I become my mother

Ab                                  C#
That is the pill bottle on the shelf

Eb                                                              C# F#m  B  E
What is the way to become myself, become myself, become myself

     D    A                      F#m    E     C# F#m  B  E
Will I be proud of the life that I’m allowed?

     D      A          F#m       E
If I do not win will I just give in?

             C#      F#m         B     E
Because I’m tired of waiting and deliberating

       D        A                F#m       E
I just want to know which way my life will go

     C#      F#m          B            E
I’m tired of grasping and fumbling and gasping

        D       A                 F#m        E
Someone help me see, just what my life might be

    C#       F#m        B           E
I’m tired of crying, defending, and dying

       D        A                 F#m       E
I just want to know, which way my life will go

     Bm
Do I throw in the towel?

         A
Take the easy way out?

     D
Do I rage, do I mope?

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No, I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope

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I hope