HOPES TOO HIGH (Tift Merritt)
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* Actually in C#; capo 6.
* Each chord is one measure.
* In the recording, the G chord in the intro has a bass line like this:
  A|----23--|2---0---|
  E|3-------|------2-|
  ...which you can easily play by switching from G to D/F# (200232)
  at the end of that phrase.  In live performances, Tift simply switches
  between G (320033) and G6(9) (302033).  I'll just write it as G*.
* In live performances, Tift often plays the A as Asus9 (x02200).


G*  G*  G*  G*   G*  G*  G*  G*
[intro]

G         G           G           G
  Listen baby, I won't leave no trace
     G              G           G          G
Gonna light out of here for some cleaner place
       A                A              A          A
I'll be sitting in the backseat with my hair in my face
    A            A                 D    D [stop]
Then gone fast as freedom on good wind

                C    C    D    D
And if I got my hopes too high
           G   G            C    C
This is no ea - sy kind of life
                    Am       Am7                D       D [stop]
But I see it in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
                     G*   G*   G*   G*
And 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
I want to burn like August, shine like gold dust
Where everyday living can't hold me

And if I got my hopes too high, this is no easy kind of life
I see it in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
And I can't keep from trying

Am7  Am7  Bm7  Bm7   Am7  Am7  Em7  Em7
[harmonica solo]
Am7  Am7  Bm7  Bm7   C   C   D   D [stop]
[harmonica solo]

So when I reach for you from some way down place
Don't be a stranger who won't show his face
I've got no promise but these words I say
I carry you, you carry me

And if I got my hopes too high
This is no easy kind of life
I see it in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
I can't keep from trying
I see it in my mind's eye, touch me real as daytime
I can't keep from trying

[repeat intro chords, end on G.]



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/