Hope And Wire chords by The Eastern
Verse 1
D
Well, Jackie spent her twenties
as a junkie in Belmaire
A
Now she's teaching painting,
G
but the nights they feel the same
D
Said, if that all that you got
that I can't hang on to
A
She said, you ain't hanging,
G
D
you'll get yourself stuck like I do
Bm
Well, times are changing,
D
she said, that's all right
A
They ain't ever changing back,
G
well, at least not tonight
D
Bm
I've never been sadder,
D
and she said, you're a liar
A
Put yourself back together
D
Em
G
with hope, and why
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
with old and white
Well, Richard went to sea
when he was just thirteen
A
And he grew up along
the coastlines
G
D
and he grew up lame
He lost his good looks with a cricket bat
A
But he died with his fists up,
G
D
how about that?
Bm
Well the times they're changing,
D
he said that's alright
A
They ain't ever changing back,
G
well at least not tonight
D
Bm
I've never been sadder
D
and he said you're a liar
A
Put yourself back together
D
G
with hope and why?
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
with hope in your eyes
Well, then there was a
Russian man
who found himself south
after being a refugee
A
He'd been shipping rifles
in the harbor mouth
G
Bm
right across the Black Sea
D
Then they put him on the snow
without a bullet,
he didn't understand
A
Till he killed his first German
G
D
with the palm of his hand
Bm
I said, time's a -changin',
D
he said, that's alright
A
It ain't ever gonna change you back,
G
D
well at least not to night
Bm
I've never been sadder
D
and he said, you're a liar
A
Put yourself back together
D
G
with your old man, why?
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
with hope and why
Well here in Christchurch city
it's Christmas time around the corner
A
There ain't many lights a -shinin'
G
D
there's despair across the water
And then I crashed my car
into the mongomop fella
who was drivin' with his daughter
A
Oh, when he raised his hand,
had nothing to fear
G
When he stopped and wished
me
a Merry Christmas
D
And a Happy New Year, bro
Bm
Well, the times keep changing,
D
he said, that's alright
A
They ain't never changing back,
G
D
well, at least not to night
Bm
I've never been sadder,
D
and he said, you're alive
A
Put yourself back together
D
G
with hope and why
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
with hope and why
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
with hope and why
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
when you're home, and you're wild
Bm
Put yourself back together
A
D
when you're home, and you're wild
Bm
Put yourself back together,
A
me and the home,
D
me and the wife.
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