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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CM
E@
A@
CM
Beyond the horizon of the
E@
place we lived when
A@
we were young
CM
In a world of ma
E@
gnets and
A@
miracles
CM
Our thoughts strayed c
E@
onstantly and wi
A@
thout
boundary
CM
The ringing of the di
E@
vision bell had b
A@
egun
CM
Along the l
A@
ong road and
G
on down the causeway
CM
Do they still m
A@
eet there by the
G
cut
CM
There was a r
E@
agged band that fo
A@
llowed in our footsteps
CM
Running before ti
E@
me took our dreams a
A@
way
CM
Leaving the my
E@
riad small creatures tr
A@
ying to tie us to the ground
CM
To a life cons
E@
umed by slow d
A@
ecay
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@
CM
Looking beyond the embers of
E@
bridges glowing
A@
behind
us
CM
To a glimpse of how g
E@
reen it was on the
A@
other
side
CM
Steps taken fo
E@
rwards but sl
A@
eepwalking back again
CM
Dragged by the
E@
force of some i
A@
nner
tide
CM
At a higher a
A@
ltitude with f
G
lag
unfuried
CM
We reached the di
A@
zzy heights of that dre
G
amed of world
EM
F!(x4)
C
C/G
CM
E@
A@!(x2)
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
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
CM
ng
GM
A@
B@
The endless rive
CM
r
E@
FM
A@
Forever and eve
CM
r
GM
A@
B@
CM
E@
FM
A@!(x2)
CM
GM
A@
B@
CM
E@
FM
A@!(x10)
CM
GM
A@
B@
CM
E@
FM
G
A@
CM
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