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George Washington

Hope Of The States

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This is a great song, from Hope of the State's first album.

The timing is a bit off, but its quite easy to pick up if you listen to the song. 

A reasonable starting strumming pattern for the chord sections is D D D U 
(D=Down, U=Up)

Many thanks to the person who produced ver 1 (in_your_world@hotmail.co.uk)

Tuning; Standard

Into / "Chorus" (played with a slightly bouncy rhythm)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-9-7-11-11-11-9-7-9-4-4-4-7-4-2-2-2-0-0-| x2
D|-0-0-0-0-0-0 -0 -0 -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Verse 1

D                 Bm           A
I am burning in a smoke-choked house but
D                   Bm             A
Tonight is empty of warm glows and whispered good nights
D               Bm      A        D            Bm       A
Riot, disorder. Set the banks on fire.


Pre Chorus

D, Bm, A, G


Then Play Chorus


Verse 2

D                 Bm      A
Some old war song used to play here
D                       Bm                A
Once I heard it and the sound it made was sad but hopeful
D                    Bm      A      (straight into pre-chorus)
Stand up be counted, no-ones buying me

Pre Chorus

D, Bm, A, G x 2 then D... (let ring)


Break

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------5-7-0--|
G|-------------4---------------4---4-7-4-7-4-7-4---4-7-4-7-4-7--------|
D|-4-7-4-7-4-7---7-4-7-4-7-4-7---7---------------7--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Instrumental / Outro

D, Bm, A, G, x2 then D... (let ring)

Hope this helps.

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George Washington

Hope Of The States