[Intro]
[C] [Csus2] [C] [Csus2/B] [Am7] [G7sus4]
[Fmaj7] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C] [G7sus4] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]If there'[C]s one thing that I [Em7/B]know
[Csus2]It is that [C]two shades of [Fmaj7]hope
[C]One the enlightening [Csus2/B]soul
And the [Am7]other is more like a [G6sus4]hangman's rope
[Pre-Chorus]
Well it's [Fmaj7]true, you may reap what you[G7sus4] sow
But not that des[Am7#5]pair is the all-time low
[Chorus]
[G7sus4]Baby, [C]hope deals the the [G7sus4]ha- ard[Csus2]est bl[C]ows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]There was [C]once someone I [Em7/B]loved
And his [C]heart overflowed his [Fmaj7]cup
[F]And his [C]shoes got covered in [Csus2/B]blood
Oh but [Am7]he never knew
Cause he [G6sus4]only looked up
[Pre-Chorus]
Well [Fmaj7]he was a troubled [G7sus4]soul
And he saw [Am7#5]pain more than most I [Csus2/B]know[G6sus4]
[Chorus]
Yet it was [C]hope that dealt the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest bl[C]ows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]And [C]too the girl that [Em7/B]holds the hand
Of a [C]somewhat distant [Fmaj7]man
[F]Though she'[C]d do everything sh[Csus2/B]e can
Still his [Am7]heart set sail for a [G6sus4]distant land
[Pre-Chorus]
And she [Fmaj7]wonders sometimes if he [G7sus4]knows
How she feels [Am7#5]like a trampled [G6sus4]rose
[Chorus]
Baby, [C]hope deals the the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Instrumental]
[C]Oooh,[Csus2/B] oh oh[Am7][G7sus4]
[Fmaj7]Oooh, oh[G7sus4] oh[Csus2][C][G7sus4][C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]Well some [C]people think their [Em7/B]sins
Cause the [C]cancer that's eating [Fmaj7]into them
[F]And the [C]only way they can [Csus2/B]win
Is by the [Am7]healing of somebody's [G6sus4]hands on their skin
[Pre-Chorus]
And [Fmaj7]pra-a-[G7sus4]yin, but when the [Am7#5]cancer does not [G6sus4]go
[Chorus]
Surely [C]hope dealt the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]And now [C]all these truths are [Em7/B]sold
With [C]foundations be[Fmaj7]low them
[F]That were [C]dug out in winter's[Csus2/B] cold
[Bridge]
When the world st[Am7#5]ole our young and [G6sus4]prayed on the [Fmaj7]old[F][G7sus4][Am7#5]
[Outro]
Well [C]hope deals in the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
Yet I cannot [Csus4]help mys[G6sus4]elf but [C]hope
[G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[C]I guess that's [Fmaj7]why love hurts
[G7sus4]And heartache stings
And desp[Am7#5]air is never worse
Than the des[G7sus4]pair that it brings
But [C]hope deals the [G7sus4]ha- ardest [Am7#5]blows, dear
The [C]ha-[G7sus4]ardest [Fmaj7]blows, dear
The [G7sus4]ha-arde[Csus2]st [C]blows[G7sus4]
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[C] [Csus2] [C] [Csus2/B] [Am7] [G7sus4]
[Fmaj7] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C] [G7sus4] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]If there'[C]s one thing that I [Em7/B]know
[Csus2]It is that [C]two shades of [Fmaj7]hope
[C]One the enlightening [Csus2/B]soul
And the [Am7]other is more like a [G6sus4]hangman's rope
[Pre-Chorus]
Well it's [Fmaj7]true, you may reap what you[G7sus4] sow
But not that des[Am7#5]pair is the all-time low
[Chorus]
[G7sus4]Baby, [C]hope deals the the [G7sus4]ha- ard[Csus2]est bl[C]ows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]There was [C]once someone I [Em7/B]loved
And his [C]heart overflowed his [Fmaj7]cup
[F]And his [C]shoes got covered in [Csus2/B]blood
Oh but [Am7]he never knew
Cause he [G6sus4]only looked up
[Pre-Chorus]
Well [Fmaj7]he was a troubled [G7sus4]soul
And he saw [Am7#5]pain more than most I [Csus2/B]know[G6sus4]
[Chorus]
Yet it was [C]hope that dealt the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest bl[C]ows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]And [C]too the girl that [Em7/B]holds the hand
Of a [C]somewhat distant [Fmaj7]man
[F]Though she'[C]d do everything sh[Csus2/B]e can
Still his [Am7]heart set sail for a [G6sus4]distant land
[Pre-Chorus]
And she [Fmaj7]wonders sometimes if he [G7sus4]knows
How she feels [Am7#5]like a trampled [G6sus4]rose
[Chorus]
Baby, [C]hope deals the the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Instrumental]
[C]Oooh,[Csus2/B] oh oh[Am7][G7sus4]
[Fmaj7]Oooh, oh[G7sus4] oh[Csus2][C][G7sus4][C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]Well some [C]people think their [Em7/B]sins
Cause the [C]cancer that's eating [Fmaj7]into them
[F]And the [C]only way they can [Csus2/B]win
Is by the [Am7]healing of somebody's [G6sus4]hands on their skin
[Pre-Chorus]
And [Fmaj7]pra-a-[G7sus4]yin, but when the [Am7#5]cancer does not [G6sus4]go
[Chorus]
Surely [C]hope dealt the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[Verse]
[G6sus4]And now [C]all these truths are [Em7/B]sold
With [C]foundations be[Fmaj7]low them
[F]That were [C]dug out in winter's[Csus2/B] cold
[Bridge]
When the world st[Am7#5]ole our young and [G6sus4]prayed on the [Fmaj7]old[F][G7sus4][Am7#5]
[Outro]
Well [C]hope deals in the[G7sus4] ha- ar[Csus2]dest b[C]lows
Yet I cannot [Csus4]help mys[G6sus4]elf but [C]hope
[G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]
[C]I guess that's [Fmaj7]why love hurts
[G7sus4]And heartache stings
And desp[Am7#5]air is never worse
Than the des[G7sus4]pair that it brings
But [C]hope deals the [G7sus4]ha- ardest [Am7#5]blows, dear
The [C]ha-[G7sus4]ardest [Fmaj7]blows, dear
The [G7sus4]ha-arde[Csus2]st [C]blows[G7sus4]
[C] [G7sus4] [Csus2] [C]