Chords for Destinee Rea - "I Hope" (Love in Hate Nation; Joe Iconis)

_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] Every girl has seen the pictures in the [Ab] picture books
Of [Eb] the perfect _ family
[Ab] _ _
[Eb] Father, Junior, and the mother smiling [Ab] as she goes
Looking [Eb] pretty as can [Ab] be
I wish [Eb] I looked like the lady in [Ab] the picture books
Like [Eb] a blonde and blushing [Ab] bride _
Cause [Eb] if I look like the lady in [Ab] the [Eb] picture books
I could use her as my guide
[Ab] _
I'm [Db] in a trap, _ _ _ _ I [Bb] need a map _ _ _ _
Because I'm tired [Ebm] of waiting, [Ab] I'm tired [Db] of waiting
[B] And I want [Gb] to know just [Ebm] where my life [Db] will go
[Bb] I'm tired [Ebm] of [Ab] grasping and fumbling [Db] and gasping
[B] Someone help [Gb] me, just [Ebm] where my life [Db] might be
[Abm] Someone throw me a rope _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] I hope _ _
_ The role they say is normal [Ab] don't appeal to me
[Eb] Anyway it's one I'll never be able to [Ab] play
You [Eb] can pretend I'm Betty Crocker or [Ab] _
me
[Eb] As the world reminds me [Ab] every day
And [F] I wish that I _ _ could pick
Instead of one _ [Bb] predetermined [C] road
I [F] could build up my place [C] and break my bricks
But am [Db] I strong enough to carry such [Eb] a heavy _
_ [D] _ _ [Gm] thing
[C] I'm tired [F]
of waiting and I [Bb] want to know
Just where my [F] life will go
I'm [Gb] tired of [Gm] stalling
_ [F] _
[Eb] Someone help [Bb] me see my [Gm] _ [F] possibilities
[Eb] Will I be able to cope _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is the way to keep your skin
[A] _ _ [E] This is the way to get a little thinner
_ _ _ [Gb] This is the way to fit into the [B] fashion
_ _ [Gb] This is the way to keep your [B] passion
_ _ [Ab] This is the way to feel like [Db] smoke
[Ab] And the time is _ _
_ [Db] up
If you want it, [Bb] you got it, if you want it, you want it
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [Gb] _ Will [B] I be proud of the life that [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Gb] _ [E] I have
If I do [B] not win
[Abm] Will I just give in
[Eb] I'm tired [Abm] _ [Db] of keeping my [E] chances
Why am [B] I _ _ [Gb] _ _
_ [Abm] crying _ [Db] _ [Gb] now _
_ [B] _ [Abm] When my life's [Gb] worth _ _
_ _ [Db] it
_ [E] I'm tired _
_ [Abm] _ [Gb] of waiting and [Dbm] I want to know
Just _ [B] where my [E] life will go
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] I'm tired of [Db] _ _
_ [Eb] _ stalling I hope
[Db] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I [Db] hope
I _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Db] hope
[D] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _
I [Db] hope
_ _ _ [Eb] _
[Ab] I hope
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[D] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ [Fm] _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] I hope
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _