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[Chords]\r\nC\/G        3 x 2 0 1 0\r\nGsus4      3 x 0 0 1 x\r\nCsus2\/B    x 2 0 0 1 x\r\nCsus2      x 3 0 0 1 x\r\n\r\nG7\/F       1 x 0 0 x x  (no 3)\r\nC\/G*       3 x 2 0 1 3  hammer on 2nd and 4th string x2\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nAm<\/span>   C<\/span>  G<\/span>            D<\/span>\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nAm<\/span>                C<\/span>                            G<\/span> C<\/span>   G<\/span> C<\/span>       D<\/span>\r\nHelplessly hoping her     harlequin hovers nearby,  awaiting a word\r\nAm<\/span>                  C<\/span>                               G<\/span>   C<\/span>   G<\/span>      C<\/span>         D<\/span>\r\nGasping at glimpses of        gentle true spirit he runs    wishing he could fly\r\n        Am<\/span>          C<\/span>            G<\/span>   D<\/span>\r\nonly to trip at the sound of goodbye\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\nAm<\/span>                  C<\/span>                                 G<\/span>      C<\/span>   G<\/span>   C<\/span>           D<\/span>\r\nWordlessly watching he        waits by the window and wonders at the empty place inside\r\nAm<\/span>                  C<\/span>                                 G<\/span>       C<\/span>   G<\/span>  C<\/span>          D<\/span>\r\nHeartlessly helping him  -  self to her bad dreams he worries did he hear a goodbye\r\nAm<\/span>   C<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\nor  even hello?\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n         G<\/span>\r\nThey are one person, they are two alone, they are three together,\r\n         G<\/span>             C<\/span>     G<\/span>   C<\/span>  *  G<\/span>\r\nthey are for     each other\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nAm<\/span>                    C<\/span>                                G<\/span>    C<\/span>   G<\/span>        C<\/span>        D<\/span>\r\nStand by the stairway you'll  see something certain to tell you confusion has its cost\r\nAm<\/span>              C<\/span>                          G<\/span>      C<\/span>   G<\/span>      C<\/span>      D<\/span>\r\nLove isn't lying it's  loose in a lady who lingers,   saying she is lost\r\n    Am<\/span>     C<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\nand choking on hello\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n         G<\/span>\r\nThey are one person, they are two alone, they are three together,\r\n         G<\/span>             C<\/span>     G<\/span>   C<\/span>  *  G<\/span>\r\nthey are for     each other\r\n
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[Chords] C\/G 3 x 2 0 1 0 Gsus4 3 x 0 0 1 x Csus2\/B x 2 0 0 1 x Csus2 x 3 0 0 1 x G7\/F 1 x 0 0 x x (no 3) C\/G* 3 x 2 0 1 3 hammer on 2nd and 4th … CLICK TO VIEW SONGHelplessly Hoping<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28873,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28872\/revisions\/28873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}