Hooverville Chords by The Christians

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [Am] _ Out of [G] work sends the out of work [Dm] man to city of hope and a [C] home
_ _ [Am] One door shuts [C] here another [F] to slam
Guess he's [Dm] homeless, his [G] hopeless at [C] home
[Am] Row upon row [G] of castles [Dm] in Spain
Make up a fool's [C] paradise
_ [Am] The school-born brainchild of a [G] man with [C] no brain
[Dm] A pile of box [C] babies that died
_ [F] _ And they promised [Em]
us the [Dm] _ world
[F] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] Yes, they promised [G]
us the [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ world
[G] _
_ [Am] _ Now dirty faced children sitting in the [F] road
By the shanty township they [A] call home
[Am] The comfort of [C] knowing they won't be [F] there long
It's the only [Am]
comfort they'll have
A young scream, a young [G] dream is lost in the [F] night
Along with the young with the [G]
lair
[Am] _ Along with the masses that gave up the fight
[Dm] A fight [F] for a [C] reason to live
_ [F] _ And they [Em] promised us the [Am] _ [F] world
_ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [F] _ Said the streets were [G]
painted with [D] [F] silver and gold
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] And they promised [G]
us [F] a good cup of _ wine
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] And _ _ [G] _
_ [Dm] last Wednesday
[F] _ _ [G] They _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ promised _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] us the world _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ And they promised us [Dm] the world _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Yes, _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ we believed every [G] last word they said
I believed every [C] last word you _ _ _ _ [G] said
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [F] And they promised [Em]
us [Am] a _ [F] _ good _ [G]
cup of [C] [F] wine
that the streets were [G] paved with [F] silver and gold
[C] all through the [F] years
and the promise [G]
that [Am] grew from [F] the pain
[G] in the blue [C] of the [F] air
I won't _ [G] _
_ [Dm] ask what [F] they said
[G] _
[C] The hope is so high, and when they arrive
the hope is their [D] [C] only possession in life _
Another man died, another man cried
So Mr.
[Dm] Politician, [F] open up your eyes
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