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Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 12:18:32 +0100
 From: perret@math.univ-mlv.fr (Perret Charles)
 Subject: Re:
 ******************* I HAD MY HOPES UP HIGH ********************
 written and performed by Joe Ely.
 Capo on the 1st fret.
 
 
 Verse 1:
       E
 	Well i left my home out on the great High Plains
 
 	Headed for some new terrain
 	
 	Standin' on the highway with my coffee cup
 	
 	A 'wonderin' who was gonna pick me up
 
 
 Chorus:
                            A                        E
 	I had my hopes up high,i never thought that i
                     B                 A         
 	Would ever wonder why i ever said goodbye
                   B        E 
 	I had my hopes up high
 
 
 Verse 2:
       E
 	Well,the first ride i got was in a dynamite truck
 
 	The driver kept a' tellin' me his bad luck
 
 	As we swerved around the curves i began to shout
 
 	Hey-ey mister would you let me out
 
 	
 Chorus.
 
 
 Verse 3:
       E 
 	And the next ride i got was with a man in trouble
 
 	The beard on his face was all in a stubble
 
 	Runnin' from the law he was goin' ninety-nine
 
 	I said hey-ey mister you're out of your mind
 
 
 Chorus.
 
 
 Verse 4:
       E
 	Oh,the next ride i got was with a preacher man
 
 	Told me that the wicked would be buried in sand
 
 	Don't know why i did it but i lost control
 
 	Hey-ey Papa would you save my soul
 
 
 Chorus.
 
 
 Verse 5:
       E
 	And i finally got a ride on a carnival train
 
 	Nearly blew away in a hurricane
 
 	I got to thinkin' 'bout that preacher down in Louisiane
 
 	Sittin' on the Delta siftin' sand
 
 
 Chorus.
 
       E           B
 	I never thought that i
 
 	Would ever wonder why i ever said goodbye
                            E
 	I had my hopes up high