Artist: Son Volt (Jay Farrar) Song: Blind Hope Album: Wide Swing Tremolo Tuning: Open G (DGDGBe - not quite Open G but a close derivative) Riff: Dsus4 / D Dsus4 / D G / Gsus2 G / Gsus2 e |-----3p2-3p2-|-----3p2-3p2-|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-------| B |-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-------| G |-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----4p2-4p2-|-----4p2-4p2-|-------| D |-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-----0---0---|-------| G |-------------|-------------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-----| D |-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-------------|-------------|-------| Bridge Chords: E - 2x2100 Esus4 - 2x2200 G - x00033 Gsus2 - x00233 INTRO: [Riff] VERSE 1 (Riff 2x as so): [D] Spend A [Dsus4 D Dsus4 D] million dream days [D] Shook the [Dsus4 D Dsus4 D] hand of time, served Gods [G] Waited [G Gsus2 G Gsus2] around the display [G] Saw no [G Gsus2 G Gsus2] revelation No [D] good to [Dsus4 D Dsus4 D] go feet first All dis-[D]-traction and [Dsus4 D Dsus4 D] hesitation With A [G] bucket [G Gsus2 G Gsus2] for the leakage [G] Brackish [G Gsus2 G Gsus2] feelings to bail out INSTRUMENTAL: [Riff] VERSE 2 (Riff 2x): Living it up on the downside Living out what's inside Taking it at full stride Taking it Here's one for you Leave one for me Don't mind and don't regret it Forget what's gone and here's your warning BRIDGE: [E] Bring it [Esus4] down and [E] break it [Gsus2] in [G] CHORUS (Riff 2x): Casting it out Reeling it in Living on blind hope Again Casting it out Reeling it in Living on blind hope Again INSTRUMENTAL (over spoken word): [Riff] (8x) --crookedpath