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From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:35:42 -0500
Subject: ./r/rascals/a_ray_of_hope.crd
"A Ray Of Hope"
(Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati)
Intro [2X]:
Cmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
Abmaj7 Bbm7
Most people got soul, if they wanna try
Abmaj7 Bbm7
Let love be your goal and let it fly
Gmaj7 Am7
'Cause it's easy to hate, to draw a line
Gmaj7 Dm7 Dm7/G Cmaj7
But errin' is human, forgivin's divine
(Cmaj7) Em7 Dm7 G
I know a lot of people who think like me
Cmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G
That this world could be a place that's filled with harmony
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7
First there's a lot of things we got to rearrange
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Dm7/G
So put 'em into headlines so peace can come and truth shall reign
Chorus 1:
C C/B Am
As long as there is a ray of hope
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Dm7/G
Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work
C C/B Am
Light up the way to brotherhood
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Dm7/G
Help us to make his dream [2: make it] understood
Verse 2:
Sometimes the road gets a little rough
Your strength is all gone, you had enough
But there's people who win without making fists
This old world won't survive 'less we think like this
I can't imagine any greater need, no, no
Than to treat each other just like we'd like to be
It's a gas just knowin' what is yet to come
Not unless we get together, got to get together one by one
Chorus 2:
As long as there is a ray of hope
Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work
Light up the way to brotherhood
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7/G
I got to keep on searching, gonna keep on searchin' 'til I find out
(Keep on searchin') 'Til I find out
(Keep on searchin') Gonna take a long look way down inside
(Cmaj7)
Got to find out, Lord, why I'm alive, yeah
Instrumental break:
organ and horns over intro chord progression [3X]
Verse 3 [first four lines only]:
We'll pray for a day when all men can be free, yeah
And people can live like they're meant to be
Meanwhile it's all up to you and me
Start workin' together towards this dream
[repeat chorus 1]
Chorus 3:
As long as there is a ray of hope
I got to wait my turn, wait my turn 'til I can vote
As long as there is a ray of hope
Gimme, gimme hope, yeah
Coda: [fade out while repeating chorus chord progression; LP version ends
with excerpt from "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (ahh, 1968...)]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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