High Hopes

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Awesome song by Pink Floyd! This is the version from the Live at Robert Wyatt’s Meltdown. Here’s the guitar chords of High Hopes.

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Intro (4x):

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E@  
 
A@  
Verse A:

CM  
Beyond the horizon of the  
E@  
place we lived when  
A@  
we were young
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In a world of ma
E@  
gnets and  
A@  
miracles
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Our thoughts strayed c
E@  
onstantly and wi
A@  
thout 
 
boundary
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The ringing of the di
E@  
vision bell had b
A@  
egun
  
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Along the l
A@  
ong road and  
G  
on down the causeway
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Do they still m
A@  
eet there by the  
G  
cut
Verse B:

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There was a r
E@  
agged band that fo
A@  
llowed in our footsteps
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Running before ti
E@  
me took our dreams a
A@  
way
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Leaving the my
E@  
riad small creatures tr
A@  
ying to tie us to the ground
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To a life cons
E@  
umed by slow d
A@  
ecay
Chorus:

 
The grass was g
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reener 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The light was bri
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ghter 
 
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
 
With friends surr
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ounded 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The night of won
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der 
 
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
Verse A:

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Looking beyond the embers of  
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bridges glowing  
A@  
behind 
 
us
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To a glimpse of how g
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reen it was on the  
A@  
other 
 
side
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Steps taken fo
E@  
rwards but sl
A@  
eepwalking back again
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Dragged by the  
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force of some i
A@  
nner 
 
tide
  
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At a higher a
A@  
ltitude with f
G  
lag 
 
unfuried
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We reached the di
A@  
zzy heights of that dre
G  
amed of world
Solo:

EM  
 
F!(x4)  
C  
 
C/G  
CM  
 
E@  
 
A@!(x2)  
Verse B:

CM  
Encumbered 
 
f
E@  
orever by  
A@  
desire and ambition
CM  
There’s a hunger  
E@  
still 
 
unsat
A@  
isfied
CM  
Our weary e
E@  
yes still  
A@  
stray to the horizon
CM  
Though down this road we’ve b
E@  
een so many  
A@  
time
Chorus:

 
The grass was g
CM  
reener 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The light was bri
CM  
ghter 
 
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
 
With friends surr
CM  
ounded 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The night of won
CM  
der 
 
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
  
 
With friends sur
CM  
rounded 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The dawn mist g
CM  
lowing 
 
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
 
The water flowi
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ng 
 
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
The endless rive
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E@  
 
FM  
 
A@  
 
Forever and eve
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GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
CM  
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@!(x2)  
Solo:

CM  
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
CM  
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
A@!(x10)  
CM  
 
GM  
 
A@  
 
B@  
 
CM  
 
E@  
 
FM  
 
G  
 
A@  
 
CM  
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%3/1.5/3.5/4.3/1.3/1.3/1[Gm]
%X/X.6/4.5/3.3/1.4/2.3/1[Eb]
%4/1.6/3.6/4.5/2.4/1.4/1[Ab]
Fm
Em
%3/1.5/3.5/4.4/2.3/1.3/1[G]
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%3/3.3/4.2/2.0.1/1.X/X[C/G]

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