I Had My Hopes Up High chords by Randy Rogers & Wade Bowen

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Verse 1
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Well I left my home out on the
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great high planes
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Headed for some new terrains
Standin' on the highway with
my coffee cup
Wonderin' who's gonna pick me up

Verse 2

I had my hopes up high

I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye

I had my hopes up high

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Verse 3

Well the first ride I got was in

a dynamite truck

The driver kept tellin' me his bad luck

As we swerved around the curves,

I began to shout

I said, "Hey, mister would you let me out?"

Verse 4
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I had my hopes up high
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I never thought that I
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Would ever wonder why
I ever said goodbye
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I had my hopes up high

Interlude 1
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And  the next

Verse 5
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ride I got was
with a man in trouble
Beard on his face was all
and a stubble
Runnin' from the law, he was goin' 99
I said, "Hey,
mister you're out of your mind"

Verse 6

I had my hopes up high

I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye

I had my hopes up high

Verse 7
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And the next ride I got was
with a preacher man
Told me that the wicked
would be buried in sin
I don't know why I did it
but I lost control
I said, "Hey,
papa would you save my soul?"

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I had my hopes up high

I never thought that I

Would ever wonder why I ever said goodbye

I had my hopes up high

Interlude 2

Well I

Verse 9
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fi nally got a ride
on a carnival train
Nearly blew away in a hurricane
I got to thinkin' 'bout the preacher
down in Louisiana
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Now I'm sittin' on the Delta siftin' sand