A ray
of hope
A - C#m - Bm - E (2x)
F Gm
1. Most people got soul, if
they wanna try,
F
Gm
let
love be your goal and let it fly.
E
F#m
'Cause it's easy to hate, to
draw a line,
E
Bm A
but errin' is human, forgivin's
divine.
A
Bm E
I know a lot of people who think like me,
A
Bm E
that
this world could be a place that's filled with harmony
D F#m Bm
First there's
a lot of things we got to rearrange,
D
F#m Bm E
so
put 'em into headlines so peace can come and truth
shall reign.
A - E
F#m
As long as there is a ray of hope,
D F#m Bm E
Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work.
A - E F#m
Light up the way to brotherhood,
D F#m - Bm E
help
us to make his dream understood
!
F Gm
2. Sometimes the road gets a
little rough,
F Gm
your
strength is all gone, you had enough.
E F#m
But there's
people who win without making fists,
E Bm A
this
old world won't survive 'less we think like this.
A
Bm E
I can't imagine any greater
need, no, no,
A Bm - E
than
to treat each other just like
we'd like to be.
D
F#m Bm
It's a gas just knowin' what is yet to come,
D
F#m Bm E
not
unless we get together, got to get together one by one.
A
- E F#m
As long as there is a ray of hope,
D F#m Bm E
Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work.
A
- E F#m
Light up the way to brotherhood,
D F#m Bm
E
I got to keep on searching, gonna keep on searchin' 'til I
find out.
Bm E
+ Keep on searchin' 'til I find out
Bm E
Keep on searchin',
down inside.
Bm E A
Got to find out, Lord, why I'm
alive, yeah !
+ A - C#m - Bm - E (3x)
F Gm
3. We'll pray for a day when
all men can be free, yeah,
F
Gm
and
people can live like they're meant to be.
E
F#m
Meanwhile it's all up to you
and me,
E
Bm A
start
workin' together towards this dream.
A
- E F#m
As long as there is a ray of hope,
D F#m Bm E
Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work.
A
- E F#m
Light up the way to brotherhood,
D
F#m - Bm
E
help
us to make his dream make it
understood !
A E
F#m
+ As long as there is a ray of hope,
D F#m Bm E
I got to wait my turn, wait my
turn 'til I can vote.
A E F#m
As long as there is a ray of
hope,
D - F#m - Bm - E
gimme, gimme ho.......................pe !
+ A - E - F#m - D - F#m - Bm - E - F - G …
(orig. = capo 3rd) (The
Rascals)