High Hopes   
Frank Sinatra (James Van Heusen & Sammy Cahn, 1959)


Intro
| [C] [Gdim7] | [Dm] [G7] |
| [C] [Gdim7] | [Dm] [G7] |   

| [C↓] Next time you're found  
With your | [Gdim7↓] chin on the ground  
There's a | [Dm↓] lot to be learned [Dm↓] | [G7↓]
So look a- | [C] round [Am] | [Dm] [G7] |

| [C] Just what makes that | [F] little old ant |   
| [G7] Think he'll move that | [C] rubber tree plant |     
| [C] Anyone [Gdim7] knows an | [Dm↓] ant, [Cdim7↓] can't |   
| [G7↓] Move a rubber tree | [C] plant but [C7] he's got |

Chorus
| [F] high | hopes, he's got |   
| [C] high | hopes, he's got |     
| [D7] high apple | pie in the |   
| [G7] ...sky | hopes  

So any | [C↓] time you're gettin' low |   
| [C7↓] 'Stead of lettin' go, |
| [F↓] just remember that | [Cdim7↓] ant... |   
| [C] Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] rubber tree |
| [C] (plant) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] rubber tree |
| [C] (plant) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] rubber tree |
| [C] plant [Gdim7] | [Dm] [G7] |

| [C↓] When troubles call and your |
| [Gdim7↓] back's to the wall  
There's a | [Dm] lot to be learned [Dm↓] | [G7↓]
That wall could | [C] fall [Am] | [Dm] [G7] |
  
| [C] Once there was a | [F] silly old ram |   
| [G7] Thought he'd punch a | [C] hole in a dam |     
| [C] No one could make that | [Dm↓] ram, [Cdim7↓] scram |   
| [Dm↓] He kept buttin' that | [C] dam 'cause [C7] he had |

| [F] high | hopes, he had |   
| [C] high | hopes, he had |     
| [D7] high apple | pie in the |   
| [G7] ...sky | hopes  

So any | [C↓] time you're feelin' bad |   
| [C7↓] 'Stead of feelin' sad |
| [F↓] just remember that | [Cdim7↓] ram... |   
| [C] Oops, there [Gdim7] goes a | [Dm] billion [G7] kilowatt |
| [C] (dam) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes a | [Dm] billion [G7] kilowatt |
| [C] (dam) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes a | [Dm] billion [G7] kilowatt |
| [C↓] dam... | [C7↓]... |

Instrumental (Whistle Chorus)
| [F]   | [F]   |   
| [C]   | [C]   |     
| [D7] | [D7] |   
| [G7] | [G7↓]

A problem's | [C↓] just a toy balloon |   
| [C7] They'll be bursting soon |
| [F] they're just bound to go | [Cdim7↓] pop... |
  
| [C] Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] problem ker- |
| [C] (plop) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] problem ker- |   
| [C] (plop) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] problem ker- |     
| [C] (plop) Oops, there [Gdim7] goes an- | [Dm] other [G7] problem ker- | [C↓] plop
Ker-plop!

#Capo on 3rd fret to play with original. Still not perfectly in tune.

#Also try playing along with this version.

#Last Updated 01/18/21 JJ
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