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Hopelessly Hopeful

Asking Alexandria

MetalAdvanced for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

CmDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: Cm Eb 
 
Verse 
Bb                     Ab 
Staring eyes wide open gazing into nothing 
Cm                        Bb 
Running in place again, going through the motions 
Ab                         Cm 
In and out as the oceans, repeating 
Bb                           Ab 
Numb to the silence, to the absence of emotion 
    Cm 
The sum of the script, nothing but a click in the rotation 
Bb                             Ab 
Sick of the peace of mind that goes along with keeping on 
             Cm 
And I can't keep on going on 
 
                          Bb                       Ab 
Inside it feels like I'm stuck here, suspended, at best 
Underwhelming 
         Cm 
What's wrong with me? 
    Bb                            Ab                         Cm 
My conscious is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked up to be 
     Bb   Ab    Cm                   Bb 
I'm hopelessly hopeful that I'm not stuck here suspended 
      Ab                     Cm 
In a world I pretended was right for me 
 
Instrumental 
Bb Ab Cm 
Bb Ab Cm 
 
Verse 
Bb 
Strung out on the same old 
        Ab 
Got an itch for something painful 
     Cm 
To feel something real once 
To remind myself it's not in my head 
Bb                                Ab                      Cm 
Sick of the calm coinciding with sticking in and with the line 
And I can't keep on going on 
 
                          Bb                       Ab 
Inside it feels like I'm stuck here, suspended, at best 
Underwhelming 
         Cm 
What's wrong with me? 
    Bb                            Ab                         Cm 
My conscious is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked up to be 
     Bb   Ab    Cm                   Bb 
I'm hopelessly hopeful that I'm not stuck here suspended 
      Ab                     Cm 
In a world I pretended was right for me 
 
Instrumental 
Bb Ab Cm 
Bb Ab Cm 
Bb Ab Cm Bb 
Bb Eb Ab Cm 
 
                          Bb                       Ab 
Inside it feels like I'm stuck here, suspended, at best 
Underwhelming 
         Cm 
What's wrong with me? 
    Bb                            Ab                         Cm 
My conscious is calling but the world isn't all it's cracked up to be 
     Bb   Ab    Cm                   Bb 
I'm hopelessly hopeful that I'm not stuck here suspended 
      Ab                     Cm      Ab 
In a world I pretended was right for me

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Chord set

Cm · Eb · Bb · Ab

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.