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#Artist: They Might Be Giants
#Song: Hopeless Bleak Despair
#Album: Mink Car
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#Verse 1:
[E]I never knew what every[B]body meant
By [Amaj9/C#]endless, hopeless, b[B]leak despair
[Cdim7]Until one day when I found [E/B]out
[B]The [F#maj7/A#]first time I ever left my [B]house
It [G#7/C]saw me and followed me h[C#m]ome
And st[F#m]ayed with me for my whole [Bsus4]life[B]
Pre Chorus:
For ye[A]ars and [E]years I w[B]andered the [E]earth
Con[A]demned to a l[E]ife of bl[B]eak des[E]pair
[G#m]Then, [A]one [C#m]day, [F#m]I looked ar[A]ound
And fou[E]nd it had[B] disappe[E]ared
Chorus:
Hopeless ble[B]ak despa[E]ir
It was alw[B]ays ther[E]e
And [A]then, one [E]day, it d[B]isappeared [E]
In a [B]puff of smo[E]ke
In an [G#]unceremonious way[A]
One day[E], it d[B]isappear[E]ed
Verse 2:
All I had ever wanted in my life
Was only to be free of it
It drove away my family
It made me lose my job
Whenever anybody saw it
They'd say "get out of here"
Pre Chorus:
For years and years I wandered the earth
Sick of my life, looking forward to death
Then, one day, I looked around
And found it had disappeared
Chorus:
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Bridge:
[B]Hopeless bleak despair
[E]Hopeless bleak despair
[C#]Hopeless bleak despair(arpeggios: F# A# B, E A# B, B F# B B)
Pre Chorus:
For years and years I wandered the earth
Until I died and went to hell
But my despair had ascended to heaven
That's how I finally got rid of it
Chorus:
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Amaj9/C# X47454 ... Cdim7 8910810X... F#maj7/A# 69866X ...G#7/C 891089X
The chord diagrams above are produced automatically from the chord names submitted and are perhaps not always the best positions for this song (their Cdim7 is just plain the WRONG chord!). You'll have to figure it out for yourself, but this might help: The song's exotic chords, written out for you directly above this paragraph, are a big hint-- don't be afraid to go up the neck for a few barre chords. First position chords will work pretty well too, in most cases, but I don't think JF (or Dan?) is playing very many of those-- at least not for the first verse on the Mink Car version, although in one concert clip I can see Dan playing first position chords on the first verse. Two notes on chord substitutions: The Amaj9/C# seems to be what's played, but good ol' C#m works very well in its place; The F#maj7/A# was from the concert version I referred to above, but the record seems to be just an F#maj. Yeah, I've combined the two versions a bit. So sue me.
#Artist: They Might Be Giants
#Song: Hopeless Bleak Despair
#Album: Mink Car
#
#Verse 1:
[E]I never knew what every[B]body meant
By [Amaj9/C#]endless, hopeless, b[B]leak despair
[Cdim7]Until one day when I found [E/B]out
[B]The [F#maj7/A#]first time I ever left my [B]house
It [G#7/C]saw me and followed me h[C#m]ome
And st[F#m]ayed with me for my whole [Bsus4]life[B]
Pre Chorus:
For ye[A]ars and [E]years I w[B]andered the [E]earth
Con[A]demned to a l[E]ife of bl[B]eak des[E]pair
[G#m]Then, [A]one [C#m]day, [F#m]I looked ar[A]ound
And fou[E]nd it had[B] disappe[E]ared
Chorus:
Hopeless ble[B]ak despa[E]ir
It was alw[B]ays ther[E]e
And [A]then, one [E]day, it d[B]isappeared [E]
In a [B]puff of smo[E]ke
In an [G#]unceremonious way[A]
One day[E], it d[B]isappear[E]ed
Verse 2:
All I had ever wanted in my life
Was only to be free of it
It drove away my family
It made me lose my job
Whenever anybody saw it
They'd say "get out of here"
Pre Chorus:
For years and years I wandered the earth
Sick of my life, looking forward to death
Then, one day, I looked around
And found it had disappeared
Chorus:
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Bridge:
[B]Hopeless bleak despair
[E]Hopeless bleak despair
[C#]Hopeless bleak despair(arpeggios: F# A# B, E A# B, B F# B B)
Pre Chorus:
For years and years I wandered the earth
Until I died and went to hell
But my despair had ascended to heaven
That's how I finally got rid of it
Chorus:
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Hopeless bleak despair
It was always there
And then, one day, it disappeared
In a puff of smoke
In an unceremonious way
One day, it disappeared
Amaj9/C# X47454 ... Cdim7 8910810X... F#maj7/A# 69866X ...G#7/C 891089X
The chord diagrams above are produced automatically from the chord names submitted and are perhaps not always the best positions for this song (their Cdim7 is just plain the WRONG chord!). You'll have to figure it out for yourself, but this might help: The song's exotic chords, written out for you directly above this paragraph, are a big hint-- don't be afraid to go up the neck for a few barre chords. First position chords will work pretty well too, in most cases, but I don't think JF (or Dan?) is playing very many of those-- at least not for the first verse on the Mink Car version, although in one concert clip I can see Dan playing first position chords on the first verse. Two notes on chord substitutions: The Amaj9/C# seems to be what's played, but good ol' C#m works very well in its place; The F#maj7/A# was from the concert version I referred to above, but the record seems to be just an F#maj. Yeah, I've combined the two versions a bit. So sue me.
