[Verse 1]

E         G#         C#
Hope is a dangerous thing
A              E         G#   B
When there is nothing to hope for
E             G#     C#
Bird with one broken wing
         A           E
And the sky slamming shut like
   G#   B
An old door
G#5                         A5
   But when I call you, you listen
G#5                        A5
   And you try to talk me down
G#5                         A5
   But these heights are my prison
           F#5         G#5
And now I know how it feels
          A5        B5      C#
When you, y'are not around


[Bridge]
C#                   C#5 B5 A5  E5   G# - C#
Like the countryside after the war
                    C#5 B5  A5  E5    G# - C#
Advertisements from boarded up stores
                        C#5 B5   A5   E5
Like a stray dog that's outside your door
G#5    F#5        A5 G#5   B5
Like a sail full of wind of a
A5            Bb5 B5
Ship that's been moored


[Verse 2]
E         G#         C#    B5 - C#5
Hope is a dangerous thing
A             E          G#   B
When there is nothing to hope for
  E             G#        C#    B5 - C#5
A cure for this empty feeling
   A           E            G#
A machine to fuse all these parts
        B
In one whole
G#5                          A5
    But when I call you, you listen
G#5                     A5
    And you hear what I say
G#5
    But I no, I no
                A5
Longer have to question
         F#5      G#5
See the permit expired
    A5           B5
And now there's no hope


E         G#         C# X4