Vampire Weekend – Hope (Guitar)

    C
The bull has gored the matador

    Dm
The U.S. Army won the war

    Am
The meaning died in metaphor

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The phoenix burned but did not rise

    Dm
Now half the body's paralyzed

        Am
There's no one left to criticize

  Gsus4              C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

Dm
Hope you let it go

    Am
The enemy's invincible

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The prophet said we'd disappear

    Dm
The prophet's gone, but we're still here

    Am
His prophecy was insincere

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The righteous rage was foolish pride

    Dm
The conquerors did not divide

    Am
The call keeps coming from inside

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

Dm
Hope you let it go

     Am
Your enemy's invincible

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

     C
When everyone who lived it died

    Dm
The files were declassified

    Am
The slobs still called it suicide

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The signatories broke the pact

    Dm
The surfer sacked the quarterback

     Am
Your bag fell down onto the tracks

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

Dm
Hope you let it go

    Am
The enemy's invincible

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The embassy's abandoned now

    Dm
The flag that flew is on the ground

    Am
The painting burned, the statue drowned

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The moving train accelerates

     Dm
It's always fast and always late

   Am
It never leaves the Empire State

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

Dm
Hope you let it go

    Am
Our enemy's invincible

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

    C
The sentencing was overturned

    Dm
The killer freed, the court adjourned

  Am
A hope betrayed, a lesson learned

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

  C
I did the things you asked me to

  Dm
I testified what wasn't true

    Am
But now I lost my faith in you

  Gsus4             C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

Dm
Hope you let it go

    Am
Our enemy's invincible

  Gsus4            C
I have to let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

  Dm                 Am   Gsus4 C
I hope you let it go

  C
I hope you let it go

  Dm                 Am   Gsus4 C
I hope you let it go