I Had My Hopes Up High
I Had My Hopes Up High

I Had My Hopes Up High easy guitar chords by Joe Ely

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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Transpose

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    3
    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well, 
    I 
    left 
    my 
    home 
    out 
    on 

    the 
    great 
    High 
    Plains 

    Headed 
    for 
    some 
    new 
    terrain 

    Standin' 
    on 
    the 
    highway 
    with 
    my 

    coffee 
    cup 

    A-wonderin' who 
    who 

    was 
    gonna 
    pick 
    me 
    up 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high, 

    I 
    never 
    thought 
    that 
    I 

    Would 
    ever 
    wonder 
    why 
    I ever said 
    good-by 

    I 
    I had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high 

    Verse 2
    Well, 
    the first 
    ride 
    I 
    got 
    was 
    in 

    a 
    dynamite 
    truck 

    The driver 
    kept 
    a-tellin' me 

    me 
    his 
    bad 
    luck 

    As 
    we swerved 
    around 
    the curves 

    I 
    began 
    to shout 

    Hey-ey 
    mister 
    mister 
    would 
    you let 
    me 
    out? 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high, 

    I 
    never 
    though 
    that 
    I 

    Would 
    ever 
    wonder 
    why 
    I 
    ever 
    said 
    good-by 

    I 
    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 3
    And 
    the next 
    ride 
    I 
    got 
    was 

    with 
    a man 
    in 
    trouble 

    The 
    beard 
    on 
    his 
    face 
    was 

    all 
    in 
    a stubble 

    Runnin' 
    from 
    the 
    law 
    he 

    was 
    goin' 
    ninety-nine 

    I 
    I said 
    hey-ey 
    mister, 
    mister, 

    you're 
    out 
    of your 
    mind 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high, 

    I 
    never 
    thought 
    that 
    I 

    Would 
    ever 
    wonder 
    why 
    I ever 
    said 
    good-by 

    I 
    I had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high 

    Verse 4
    Oh, 
    the next 
    ride 
    I 
    got 
    was 

    with 
    a 
    preacher 
    man 

    Told 
    me 
    that 
    the wicked 
    would 

    be 
    buried 
    in sand 

    Don't 
    know 
    why 
    I did 
    it 

    but 
    I lost 
    control 

    Hey-ey 
    papa, 
    papa, 
    would 
    you save 
    my soul? 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high, 

    I 
    never 
    thought 
    that 
    I 

    Would 
    ever 
    wonder 
    why 
    I ever 
    said 
    good-by 

    I 
    I had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 5
    And 
    I finally 
    got 
    a 
    ride 
    on 
    a carnival 
    train 

    Nearly 
    blew 
    away 
    in 
    a 
    hurricane 

    I 
    got 
    to thinkin' 
    'bout 
    that 
    preacher 

    down 
    in 
    Louisianne 

    Sittin' on 
    the Delta 
    Sift
    in' 
    sand 

    I 
    had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high, 


    I 

    never 
    thought 
    that 
    I 

    Would 
    ever 
    wonder 
    why 
    I ever 
    said 
    good-by 

    I 
    I had 
    my 
    hopes 
    up 
    high 


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