Tune strings down 1/2 step
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Guitar 1
Intro
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Then play this for verse
2x
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Guitar 2
VERSE:
(palm mute)
Em(022xxx) G5(355xxx)
Warm yourself by the fire, son,
D5(x577xx) A5(577xxx)
And the morning will come soon.
Em G5
Ill tell you stories of a better time,
D5 Em
In a place that we once knew.
(release palm mute)
Em(022000) G(3x003x)
Before we packed our bags and left all this
D(xx0230) Asus2(x02200)
behind us in the dust,
Em(022000) G(3x003x)
We had a place that we could call home,
D(xx0230) Em(022000)
And a life no one could touch.
CHORUS
Guitar 1
2x
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|--9---11-12----9---11-12----9---11-12----14--12--11--12--|
|--x---x--x-----x---x--x-----x---x--x-----x---x---x---x---|
|--7---9--10----7---9--10----7---9--10----12--10--9---10--|
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Guitar 2
Em(022000)
Dont hold me up now,
G(3x003x)
I can stand my own ground,
D(xx0230)
I dont need your help now,
Csus2(x3x03x)
You wont let me down, down, down!
(Repeat)
VERSE
(same as above)
(palm mute)
Em G5
We are the angry and the desperate,
D5 A5
The hungry, and the cold,
Em G5
We are the ones who kept quiet,
D5 Em
And always did what we were told.
(release palm mute)
Em G
But weve been sweating while you slept so calm,
D Asus2
In the safety of your home.
Em G
Weve been pulling out the nails that hold up
D Em
Everything youve known.
REPEAT cHORUS
BRIDGE:
(both guitars)
Am(x02210) G(3x003x) Am
So open your eyes child, lets be on our way.
G Am
Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.
G C/F(x33010)
Keep quiet no longer, well sing through the day,
Em(022000) Csus2(x3x03x) G D
Of the lives that weve lost, and the lives weve reclaimed.
Go!
Guitar 1
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|--9---11-12----9---11-12----9---11-12----9----7----|
|--x---x--x-----x---x--x-----x---x--x-----x----x----|
|--7---9--10----7---9--10----7---9--10----7----5----|
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|--16--12--16-17-16-14--|
|---x---x---x--x--x--x--| x2
|--14--10--14-15-14-12--|
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|--14-14--14-14-14-12-16--16--16--16--|
|---x--x---x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x--|
|--12-12--12-12-12-10-14--14--14--14--|
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while Guitar 2 plays CHORUS
Then Guitar 1 plays
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|-88-77-88-77-88-77-55--------|
|-99-99-99-99-99-99-44--------|
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REPEAT CHORUS
OUTRO
(play each chord in triplets, listen for pattern)
Em G
Dont hold me up
D Csus2
Dont hold me up
(normal strumming)
Em G
Dont hold me up!
D
Dont hold me up!
Csus2 Em
Dont let me down, down, down, down, down!
