F Bb F Bb F Eb Bb

[Verse 1]

F                      Bb     F                 Bb
I'm just hoping for the best, waiting out of sight
F                    Eb                          Bb
The light is for the rest of them still on their way tonight
Bb                   F                  Eb             Dm   C
Yes and you from the front room call to someone in the hall
                     Bb
The light is for the rest of them

[Verse 2]
F                    Bb      F        Bb
The soldiers are all joking, smoking in the dark
F                    Eb               Bb
And the story of the sirens wakes one with a start,
                      F
Yes and you when talk around the table hushed
Eb                     Dm      C
Stood to leave it well enough
                     Bb
The soldiers are all smoking in the dark

[Bridge]

Dm            C
I would never ask you twice
         Bb                Gm
It would never come to mind
Dm                   C
To leave you in this night alone
   Bb               Gm
Or take it from you blind
Dm         C
Or to ever speak my peace
      Bb              Gm      Eb
To be anything but kind
                             Bb
I really wish that he was here tonight

[Verse 3]
F             Bb
I wake to the fire that falls
F                 Bb
Beside you as you sleep
F                Eb                      Bb
The faces on the wall, more company than I can keep
                   F
Yes and you hold a ribbon in your hand
     Eb                 Dm   C
In a picture from back then
                  Bb
Beside you as you sleep
                F         Bb   F
I’m just hoping for the best
Bb              F           Eb     Bb   F
I’m just hoping for the best