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One of my oldest songs, I wrote Hope in 1979 in an isolated trailer by a lonely lake in the piney woods of East Texas, soon after my college girlfriend broke up with me. I first recorded it c. 1984 with the Bradley Trio at Joe Danger Productions in Houston, for my 1st album, Dancin’ & Dreamin’. In 1987 it was released as the B side of my 45 rpm single, Back to Grand Rapids.

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[C]When I think of [G]hours wasted / [C]searching [C7]for that [F]perfect face
it [C]makes me want to [Am]give up looking [D]/ but I can't do [G]that [G7]
[C]evening air is [G]smelling sweeter [C]/ all I [C7]have to [F]do is meet her
I've [C]been in love be[Am]fore you know / I [D]try but can't for[G]get

chorus
And I [F]hope this [G]loneliness / is [Em]just a passing [Am]phase
'cause [F]Lord I just can't [G]stand it any[C]more [C7]
I hope I [F]find you to[G]morrow / but I [Em]give up on to[Am]day
when [F]I knock will you [G]open up your [C]door

[C]lucky ones I [G]see them kissing / [C]getting [C7]just what [F]I am missing
[C]makes me wish I [Am]had someone to [D7]play to in the [G]park [G7]
[C]thinking back to [G]girls I've [G7]known [C]/ times when [C7]I was [F]not alone
[C]makes me wish I [Am]had someone to [D]talk to in the [G]dark

{c:chorus}
And I [F]hope this [G]loneliness / is [Em]just a passing [Am]phase
'cause [F]Lord I just can't [G]stand it any[C]more [C7]
I hope I [F]find you to[G]morrow / but I [Em]give up on to[Am]day
when [F]I knock will you [G]open up your [C]door

{c:verse break on harp}
[C] [G] [C] [C7] [F]
[C] [Am] [D] [G] [G7]
[C] [G] [C] [C7] [F]
[C] [Am] [D] [G]

{c:chorus}
And I [F]hope this [G]loneliness / is [Em]just a passing [Am]phase
'cause [F]Lord I just can't [G]stand it any[C]more [C7]
I hope I [F]find you to[G]morrow / but I [Em]give up on to[Am]day
when [F]I knock will you [G]open up your [C]door
when [F]I knock please [G]open up your [C]door

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from Outstanding in his Field, released June 19, 2021
Bob Bowdon on piano, Melody Bowdon on keyboard.

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Richard Bowdon Cary, North Carolina

A prolific singer-songwriter over four decades, Richard Bowdon carries forward the best Americana traditions of country, rock, blues, and folk.

Richard was selected three times for the Kerrville New Folk songwriting competition.

Richard performs at festivals, parties, showcases, restaurants, wineries, and brewpubs in the NC Triangle area. ... more

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