Between the Cracks (3:00 am)
John Mark McMillan
Hope Anthology Volume 1
This is the acoustic version from his first album
Verse 1:
G
Hope grows between cracks in the asphalt
Em7
In the downtown ghetto streets that contour
C G
The government housing intentions of my heart
G
And no one notices the daisies don't care
Em7
About gang related violence
C
As long as they get enough air and water and sun
D
They're all just fine
Chorus:
Em7 G
Who would've thought it but life is finding a way
D
Through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain
Em7
There's a man down here somewhere between
G
The Saturday cartoons and the dirty magazines
D
He's raising the dead in the graveyards
C
Where we've laid down our dreams
G
His name is Hope
Verse 2:
G
Hope stands high on the fifteenth floor
Em7
On a Christmas tree perched about the ledge of a fortress
C G
Of steel that's trying too hard to be somebody's home
Em7
As it sees my attention from I-85 though the throws of the day
Were still writhing inside
C
I lifted my head as I drove home that night and knew
D
Everything was gonna be fine
Chorus:
Em7 G
Who would've thought it but life is finding a way
D
Through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain
Em7
There's a man down here not worried or afraid
G
That some politician forgot all the promises he made
D
And he's raising the dead in the graveyards
C
Where we've laid down our dreams
G
His name is Hope
Verse 3:
G
Can you hear him outside he's been singing all night
Em7
He's saying when you gonna come out from behind
C D
These paper thin walls, your cardboard box realities
Chorus:
Em7 G
Who would've thought it but life is finding a way
D
Through this wasteland of cynics, concrete, and pain
Em7
There's a man down here not worried or afraid
G
That some politician forgot all the promises he made
D
And he's raising the dreams in the graveyards
C
Where we've laid down our DEAD
G
His name is Hope
CHORDS:
G Em7 C D
3 3 3 2
3 3 3 3
0 0 0 2
0 2 2 0
2 2 3 x
3 0 x x
