From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:35:42 -0500
Subject: ./r/rascals/a_ray_of_hope.crd

                            "A Ray Of Hope"
                   (Felix Cavaliere - Eddie Brigati)

Intro	[2X]:

	Cmaj7  Em7    Dm7    G
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 1:

	Abmaj7          Bbm7
	Most people got soul, if they wanna try
	Abmaj7           Bbm7
	Let love be your goal and let it fly
	Gmaj7               Am7
	'Cause it's easy to hate, to draw a line
	Gmaj7         Dm7      Dm7/G    Cmaj7
	But errin' is human, forgivin's divine

	(Cmaj7) Em7                 Dm7        G
	           I know a lot of people who think like me
	Cmaj7      Em7              Dm7                      G
	That this world could be a place that's filled with harmony
	Fmaj7           Em7              Dm7
	First there's a lot of things we got to rearrange
	Fmaj7           Em7           Dm7               Dm7/G
	So put 'em into headlines so peace can come and truth shall reign

Chorus 1:

	C  C/B      Am
	As long as there is a ray of hope
	Fmaj7    Em7       Dm7           Dm7/G
	Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work
	C  C/B      Am
	Light up the way to brotherhood
	Fmaj7      Em7       Dm7               Dm7/G
	Help us to make his dream [2: make it] understood

Verse 2:

	Sometimes the road gets a little rough
	Your strength is all gone, you had enough
	But there's people who win without making fists
	This old world won't survive 'less we think like this

	I can't imagine any greater need, no, no
	Than to treat each other just like we'd like to be
	It's a gas just knowin' what is yet to come
	Not unless we get together, got to get together one by one

Chorus 2:

	As long as there is a ray of hope
	Lord, I don't mind goin' out and doin' my work
	Light up the way to brotherhood
	Fmaj7       Em7                      Dm7/G
	   I got to keep on searching, gonna keep on searchin' 'til I find out
	(Keep on searchin') 'Til I find out
	(Keep on searchin') Gonna take a long look way down inside
	                                     (Cmaj7)
	Got to find out, Lord, why I'm alive, yeah

Instrumental break:

	organ and horns over intro chord progression [3X]

Verse 3 [first four lines only]:

	We'll pray for a day when all men can be free, yeah
	And people can live like they're meant to be
	Meanwhile it's all up to you and me
	Start workin' together towards this dream

	[repeat chorus 1]

Chorus 3:

	As long as there is a ray of hope
	I got to wait my turn, wait my turn 'til I can vote
	As long as there is a ray of hope
	Gimme, gimme hope, yeah

Coda:   [fade out while repeating chorus chord progression; LP version ends
	 with excerpt from "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (ahh, 1968...)]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers