This is the chord progression of Hope Is A Dangerous Thing For A Woman Like Me To Have – But I Have It by Lana Del Rey on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse 1]
Am G D
I was reading Slim Aarons and I got to thinking that I thought
Am G D
Maybe I\’d get less stressed if I was tested less like all of these debutantes
Am G D
Smiling for miles in pink dresses and high heels on white yachts
Am G D
But I\’m not, baby I\’m not
Am G D
No, I\’m not that, I\’m not
[Chorus 1]
C D Em C
I\’ve been tearing around in my fucking nightgown, twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath
C D Em C
Writing in blood on the walls \’cause the ink in my pen don\’t work in my notepad
C D G D/F# C
Don\’t ask if I\’m happy, you know that I\’m not, but at best I can say I\’m not sad
C G D/F#
\’Cause hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C G D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
Am G D
Am G D
[Verse 2]
Am G D
I had fifteen-year dances, church basement romances, yeah I\’ve cried
Am G D
Spilling my guts with the Bowery Bums is the only love I\’ve ever known
Am G D
Except for the stage which I also call home when I\’m not
Am G D
Servin\’ up God in a burnt coffee pot for the triad
Am G D
Hello, it\’s the most famous woman you know on the iPad
Am G D
Calling from beyond the grave, I just wanna say, \”Hi, Dad\”
[Chorus 2]
C D Em C
I\’ve been tearing up town in my fucking white gown like a goddamn near sociopath
C D Em C
Shaking my ass is the only thing that\’s got this black narcissist off my back
C D G D/F# C
She couldn\’t care less and I never cared more so there\’s no more to say about that
C G D/F#
Except hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C G D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman with my past
[Verse 3]
Am G D
There\’s a new revolution, a loud evolution that I saw
Am G D
Born of confusion and quiet collusion of which mostly I\’ve known
Am G D
A modern day woman with a weak constitution \’cause I\’ve got
Am G D
Monsters still under my bed that I could never fight off
Am G D
A gatekeeper carelessly dropping the keys on my nights off
[Chorus 3]
C D Em C
I\’ve been tearing around in my fucking nightgown, twenty-four seven, Sylvia Plath
C D Em C
Writing in blood on your walls \’cause the ink in my pen don\’t look good in my pad
C D G D/F# C
They write that I\’m happy, they know that I\’m not but at best, you can see I\’m not sad
C G D/F#
But hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C G D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
[Outro]
C G D/F#
Hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have
C G D/F#
But I have it, yeah I have it
C G D/F# C
Yeah, I have it, I have
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