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Version 1 Version 2
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                Hope of Deliverance - Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: “Off the Ground” (1993)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Play this song with a second guitarist, one using a capo 5th fret playing 
in G (version 1), the other without capo playing in C (version 2). 
Sounds great together, enjoy!
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VERSION 1
capo: 5th fret
play: G
key: C
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Em/B      x-2-2-0-0-0
Am/G      3-x-2-2-1-0
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[Intro]
| G | Em | G | Em [break] |
[Verse]
              G  Em      Am
I will always be hoping, hoping
                G  Em    
You will always be holding 
Am
Holding my heart in your hand
            | G | Em | G | Em [break] |
I will understand
[Verse]
            G     Em       Am
I will understand someday, one day
              G     Em    
You will understand always 
Am
Always from now until then
[Bridge]
                Em      Am
When it will be right I don't know
                Em     Am
What it will be like I don't know
           C         Em/B
We live in hope of deliverance
         Am               | Am/G | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em/B
Hope of deliverance
         Am              | Am/G | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Interlude]
| G | Em | G | Em [break] |
[Verse]
               G    Em       Am
And I wouldn't mind knowing, knowing
                  G    Em    
That you wouldn't mind going 
Am
Going along with my plan
[Bridge]
                Em      Am
When it will be right I don't know
                Em     Am
What it will be like I don't know
           C         Em/B
We live in hope of deliverance
         Am               Am/G 
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
         Am              | Am/G | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Solo]
| G | Em | Am | % | 
| G | Em | Am | % | % | % |
| Em | Am | Em | Am |
| C | Em/B | Am | Am/G | % | 
[Chorus]
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em/B
Hope of deliverance
         Am               Am/G 
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
C         Em
Hope of deliverance
         Am              | Am/G | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Interlude]
| G | Em | G | Em |
[Coda]
G         Em
Hope of deliverance
G         Em                    [ G ]
Hope of deliverance  (I will understand)
G         Em
Hope of deliverance
G         Em                    [ G ]
Hope of deliverance  (I will understand)
G         Em
Hope of deliverance
G         Em            G
Hope of deliverance
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VERSION 2
no capo
play: C
key: C
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Am/E      0-x-2-2-1-0  or x-x-2-2-1-0
Dm/C      x-3-x-2-3-1
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[Intro]
| C | Am | C | Am [break] |
[Verse]
              C  Am      Dm
I will always be hoping, hoping
                C  Am    
You will always be holding 
Dm
Holding my heart in your hand
            | C | Am | C | Am [break] |
I will understand
[Verse]
            C     Am       Dm
I will understand someday, one day
              C     Am    
You will understand always 
Dm
Always from now until then
[Bridge]
                Am      Dm
When it will be right I don't know
                Am     Dm
What it will be like I don't know
           F         Am/E
We live in hope of deliverance
         Dm               | Dm/C | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am/E
Hope of deliverance
         Dm              | Dm/C | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Interlude]
| C | Am | C | Am [break] |
[Verse]
               C    Am       Dm
And I wouldn't mind knowing, knowing
                  C    Am    
That you wouldn't mind going 
Dm
Going along with my plan
[Bridge]
                Am      Dm
When it will be right I don't know
                Am     Dm
What it will be like I don't know
           F         Am/E
We live in hope of deliverance
         Dm               Dm/C 
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
         Dm              | Dm/C | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Solo]
| C | Am | Dm | % | 
| C | Am | Dm | % | % | % |
| Am | Dm | Am | Dm |
| F | Am/E | Dm | Dm/C | % | 
[Chorus]
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am/E
Hope of deliverance
         Dm               Dm/C 
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Chorus]
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
F         Am
Hope of deliverance
         Dm              | Dm/C | % |
From the darkness that surrounds us
[Interlude]
| C | Am | C | Am |
[Coda]
C         Am
Hope of deliverance
C         Am                    [ C ]
Hope of deliverance  (I will understand)
C         Am
Hope of deliverance
C         Am                    [ C ]
Hope of deliverance  (I will understand)
C         Am
Hope of deliverance
C         Am            C
Hope of deliverance