Tift Merritt - Hopes Too High Chords

CAPO: 1st Fret



INTRO: C

Listen baby, I won't leave no trace

Gonna light out of here for some cleaner place
       D
I'll be sitting in the backseat with my hair in my face
                              G
Gone fast, as freedom on good wind


CHORUS:
N.C.        F     ~   G
If I got my hopes too high
           C            F
This is no easy kind of life
~          Dm          F                G
Here in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
N.C.           C
I can't keep from trying



No place to run for a girl like me

Whole lot of used to's and supposed to be's
         D
I want to burn like August, shine like gold dust
                                G
Where everyday living can't hold me


CHORUS:
N.C.        F     ~   G
If I got my hopes too high
           C            F
This is no easy kind of life
~         Dm          F                G
See in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
N.C.           C
I can't keep from trying


INSTRUMENTAL: Dm   Em   Dm   Am   Dm   Em   F   G


N.C.     C
So when I reach for you from some way down place

Don't be a stranger who won't show his face
 D
I got no promise, but these words I say
                       G
I carry you, you carry me


CHORUS:
N.C.        F     ~   G
If I got my hopes too high
           C            F
This is no easy kind of life
~         Dm          F                G
See in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
               C
I can't keep from trying
               Dm          F                G
I see it in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
N.C.           C
I can't keep from trying