Hope Chords by Nf

[Ebm] Hope [Eb] _ _ [Bb] that I'm on my way, I'm coming.
[Ebm] _ Don't, [Bb] don't lose faith in [Bbm] me.
I [Ebm] know you've been waiting.
I [Bb] know you've been praying for my [Ebm] soul.
[Eb] Oh, _ _ [Ebm].
oh.
_ _ _ [Eb] Thirty years you've been [Bb] dragging your [Eb] feet.
Telling me I'm the reason we're [Ebm] stagnant.
Thirty years you've been [Bb] claiming [Eb] you're honest.
And promising progress, well [Ebm] where is it at?.
[Eb] I don't want you to [Bb] feel like a failure.
[Eb] I know [Ebm] this hurts.
[Eb] But I gave you your [Bb] chance to deliver.
[D] [G] Now it's [Ebm] my turn.
Don't get [Bb] me wrong.
[G] Nature at [Ebm] its greatest.
But it's [Gm] time to.
Give the [Eb] people something [Ebm] different.
So without further [Bb] ado I.
[Eb] _ Like to [Ebm] introduce my.
My album, my album, [Bb] my album, my album, my album, my album, my [N] album, my album.
[Ebm] Hope.
What's my definition of [Bb] success?.
_ Listening to what your [Ebm] heart says.
_ Standing up for what you [Bb] know is.
What will everybody else say?.
Talking that turn between [Ebm] their legs.
What's my definition of [Bb] success?.
_ Creating something no one [Ebm] else can.
Being brave enough to [Bb] dream big.
Riding when you're told to just quit.
Ain't more when you got [Ebm] nothing left.
It's a person that'll take a chance on.
Something that we told could never [Bb] happen.
It's a person that can see the bright side.
Through the dark times when there [Ebm] ain't one.
It's with someone who ain't never had nothing.
Ain't afraid to walk [Bb] away from.
More important cause they'd rather do something.
That they really love and take the [Ebm] pain.
It's a person that would never waver or change who they [Bb] are.
Just to try and gain some credibility.
So they can feel accepted by a [Ebm] stranger.
It's a person that can take the failures in their life.
And turn them into [Bb] motivation.
It's believing in yourself when no one else does.
It's [Gm] amazing what a little bit of faith can do.
If you don't even believe in [Bb] you.
Why would you think or expect anybody else that's around you [Ebm] to?.
I done did things that I regret.
I done said things I can't take [Bb] back.
Was a lost [Em] soul at a crossroad who had no hope.
But I changed [Eb] that.
I've spent years of my life holding [Bb] on to things I never should've kept.
Full of hatred.
Years of my life carrying a lot of baggage [Eb] that I should've walked away from.
Years of my life wishing [B] I was someone different.
Looking for some [Bb] validation.
Years of my life trying to [Bbm] fill a void pretending [G] I was someone else.
They get it.
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[Eb] _ it necessary, [Bb] evil, difficult to go through.
Useful, beneficial, somewhat challenging.
A mental breakdown is a negative thing which I want and I agree.
[Ebm] But on the other hand [B] it was the push I needed.
To get help and start the healing process.
See [Bb] if I didn't hit my bottom.
Would I be the person that I am today?.
I don't believe [Ebm] so.
I'm a blind devil [Eb] of what happens when you choose to not accept defeat and pass your demons.
[Bb] It took me 30 years to realize that if you wanna get that opportunity.
To be the [Eb] greatest version of [B] yourself.
Sometimes you gotta be someone you're not to hear the voice of reason.
[Bb] Having kids don't make you really take a step back [N] and look in the mirror.
At least I'm here.
_ _ _ [Ebm] Look up everyday and pick my son up.
Hold him in my arms and let him know he's [Bb] loved.
Standing by the window questioning if that is ever going to show up.
[Ebm] Isn't something he's gonna have to worry about.
Don't get it twisted, that wasn't a shot.
[Bb] Mama, I forgive you, I just don't want him to grow up thinking that he'll never be enough.
[Ebm] 30 years of running, 30 years of searching.
30 years of hurting, 30 years of pain.
[Bb] 30 years of fearful, 30 years of anger.
30 years of empty, 30 years of shame.
30 [Ebm] years broken, 30 years of anguished.
30 years of hopeless, 30 years of pain.
[Bb] 30 years of never, 30 years of maybe.
30 years of late, 30 years of fame.
30 [Ebm] years of harm, 30 years of sorrow.
30 years of darkness, 30 years of pain.
30 [Bb] years of baggage, 30 years of sadness.
30 years of stagnant, 30 years of chained.
30 [Ebm] years of bitterness, 30 years of suffering.
30 [B] years of torment, 30 [Ebm] years of hate.
30 [Bb] years of bitter, 30 years of lonely.
30 years of pushing everyone away.
You'll [Ebm] never reform, I know I can change.
We are not enough, we are not the same.
You [Bb] don't have to hurt, you don't have to strike.
You don't have to wear, you don't have to fake.
You'll [Ebm] never be loved, you'll never be saved.
Might as well give up, not running away.
You don't [Bb] have to judge, you're the one to frame.
I'm the one to judge, I'm taking up.
You don't have to take it now.
RANGE _ .