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Hope Of Deliverance chords by Paul McCartney (Official Version)

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C
Am
Dm
F
Am/E
Dm/C

Intro 1

C

Am

C

Am

Verse 1

C

Am

Dm

I will always be hoping, hoping

C

Am

Dm

You will always be holding, holding

My heart in your hand

C

Am

C

Am

I will understand

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Verse 2

C

Am

Dm

I will understand someday, one day

C

Am

You will understand always

Dm

Always from now until then

Am

Dm

When it will be right, I don't know

Am

Dm

What it will be like, I don't know

F

Am/E

We live in hope of deliverance

Dm

Dm/C

from the darkness that surrounds us

Chorus 1
F 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
F 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
F 
Am 
Hope of deliverance from the
Dm 
Dm/C 
darkness that surrounds us
C 
Am 
C 
Am 

Verse 3
C 
Am 
Dm 
And I wouldn't mind knowing, knowing
C 
Am 
That you wouldn't mind going,
Dm 
going along with my plan
Am 
Dm 
When it will be right, I don't know
Am 
Dm 
What it will be like, I don't know
F 
Am/E 
We live in hope of deliverance
Dm 
Dm/C 
from the darkness that surrounds us

Chorus 2

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance from the

Dm

Dm/C

darkness that surrounds us

Solo 1

C

Am

Dm

Dm

C

Am

Dm

Dm

Dm

Dm

Am

Dm

Am

Dm

F

Am/E

Dm

Dm/C

Chorus 3

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance from the

Dm

Dm/C

darkness that surrounds us

Chorus 4

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance

F

Am

Hope of deliverance from the

Dm

Dm/C

darkness that surrounds us

Outro 1
C 
Am 
C 
Am 
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance (I will understand)
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance (I will understand)
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
C 
Am 
Hope of deliverance
C 

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C
Am
Dm
F
Am/E
Dm/C

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: C majorBPM: 160

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
Am/E: 0-x-2-2-1-0
Dm/C: x-3-x-2-3-1

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

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This is the definitive original version of Hope Of Deliverance by Paul McCartney, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of C major. It suits players who want to learn Hope Of Deliverance the way Paul McCartney intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

Hope Of Deliverance

Paul McCartney

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