(F#)This is not at (E6/9)all
(D#m7)how we thought (C#m11)it was sup posed to be.
We had so man y plans for you; we had so man y dreams,
and (F#)now you’ve gone a (E6/9)way
and left us with (C#)our mem ’ries of your smile.
And noth ing we can say
where and noth ing we can do
can take ing a (E6/9)all way your dreams the pain, true,
’cause now the (F#)pain of los (E6/9)ing you.
When (F#)we can cry (B)with hope,
we can (F#)say good bye with (G#m11)hope,
’cause (E6/9)we know our (Em)good bye is not the end,
oh no.
And (F#)we can grieve (B)with hope,
’cause (F#)we be lieve with (G#m11)hope
there’s a (E6)place where we’ll (Em)see your face
a gain.
(G#m)We’ll see your (F#)face a gain.
And (F#)nev er have I (E6/9)known
(D#m7)an y thing (C#m11)so hard to un der stand,
and nev er have I ques tioned more the wis dom of God’s plan.
But (F#)through the cloud of (E6/9)tears
I see the Fa (C#)ther smile and say, “Well done.”
And I i mag ine you
where you want ed most to be,
can see ing a (E6/9)all way your dreams come pain, true,
’cause now you’re (F#)home and now (E6/9)you’re free.
And (F#)we can cry (B)with hope,
we can (F#)say good bye with (G#m11)hope,
’cause (E6/9)we know our (Em)good bye is not the end,
oh no.
And (F#)we can grieve (B)with hope,
’cause (F#)we be lieve with (G#m11)hope
there’s a (E6)place where we’ll (Em)see your face
a gain.
(G#m)We’ll see your (F#)face a gain.
And
We’ll see your (A)face a gain,
yeah.
We’ll see your (A)face a gain.
And we have this hope
as an an chor, ’cause (C#m)we be lieve that (E)ev ’ry thing God (Amaj7)prom ised us is true.
So (E6/9)place...
by God’s grace,
there’s a (E6/9)place
where we’ll (A9)see your face
a gain.
We’ll see your face a gain.
So (F#)we can cry (B)with hope
and say good (F#)bye with (E6/9)hope.
and We (F#)wait with (E6/9)with hope
and we (F#)ache with (E6/9)with hope.
We hold on (E6/9)with hope.
We let go (E6/9)with hope.
This page shows “With Hope” by Steven Curtis Chapman in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of B at 136 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.