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{title: Helplessly hoping} {artist: Crosby, Stills & Nash} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 73} {key: G} {meta: author FWieP, 2026-05-27} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YFMH98WFM} {comment: 4/4, 4 = 73} [G] {start_of_part: Intro} [Am7] [C] [G] [Gsus] [G] [D] [D2] [D] [D2] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Am7]Helplessly hoping [C2/B]her [C]harle[C/G]quin [C]hovers Near[G]by, [C/G] a[G]wai[C/G]ting a [D]word [D2] [D] [D2] [Am7]Gasping at glimpses [C2/B]of [C]gen[C/G]tle [C]true spirit He [G]runs [C/G] [G]wishing [C/G]he could [D]fly [D2] [D] [D2] only to [Am7]trip at the [C2]sound of good[G]bye [D] [D2] [D] [D2] {end_of_verse} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} [Am7]Wordlessly watching [C2/B]he [C]waits [C/G]by the [C]window And [G]wonders [C/G] at the [G]empty [C/G]place in[D]side [D2] [D] [D2] [Am7]Heartlessly helping [C2/B]him[C]self [C/G]to her [C]bad dreams He [G]worries [C/G] did [G]he hear [C/G]a good[D]bye [D2] [D] [D2] Or [Am7]even [C2] hel[G]lo [Gsus] {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} They are [G]one [Gsus]person, they are [G]two a[Gsus]lone, They are [G]three to[Gsus]gether, they are [G]for [G7/F] each-[C]other [G] [C/G] [G] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Am7]Stand by the stairway [C2/B]you'll [C]see [C/G]something [C]certain To [G]tell you [C/G] con[G]fusion [C/G]has its [D]cost [D2] [D] [D2] [Am7]Love isn't lying, [Csus2/B]it's [C]loose [C/G]in a [C]lady who [G]lingers, [C/G] [G]saying [C/G]she is [D]lost [D2] [D] [D2] and [Am7]choking [C2] on hel[G]lo [Gsus] {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2}