IMPORTANT NOTE!!!
The tuning of the official song is half-step down..
but this tab is already transposed to normal tuning..
If you want to play it like the official... tune ur guitar half-step down
and let ultimate-guitar do the +1 transposing (so you get proper chord shapes)
At the intro I like to NOT play the low E and A string cause i dont like it..
otherwise just play 8's
I also like to continue playing intro at beginning, after each chorus, and after solo..
HAVE FUN PLAYING!
[Intro]
Ebm Ebm9 4x
E ||--6----6----6----6--||
B ||--7----7----6----6--||
G ||--8----8----8----8--||
D ||--8----8----8----8--||
A ||--------------------||
E ||--------------------||
[Verse 1]
Ebm B
Warm yourself by the fire, son
C# Ab
And the morning will come soon.
Ebm B
I’ll tell you stories of a better time,
C# Ebm
In a place that we once knew.
Ebm
Before we packed our bags
B C# Ab
And left all this behind us in the dust,
Ebm B
We had a place that we could call home,
C# Ebm
And a life no one could touch.
[Chorus]
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B
You will let me down, down, down!
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B B ~
You will let me down, down, down! Down!
[Verse 2]
Ebm B
We are the angry and the desperate
C# Ab
The hungry, and the cold,
Ebm B
We are the ones who kept quiet,
C# Ebm
And always did what we were told.
Ebm B
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm,
C# Ab
In the safety of your home.
Ebm B
We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up
C# Ebm
Everything you’re known.
[Chorus]
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B
You will let me down, down, down!
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B
You will let me down, down, down!
[Bridge]
Abm F#
So open your eyes child,
Abm
Let’s be on our way.
F#
Broken windows and ashes
Abm
Are guiding the way.
F#
Keep quiet no longer,
E
We’ll sing through the day,
Ebm
Of the lives that we’ve lost,
B F# - C#
And the lives we’ve reclaimed.
Go!
[Solo]
3x
E||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
G||--8--8--8--8--8--10--10--10--11--11--11--||--8--8--8--8--8--8--6----------------|
D||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
E|---6-----6--7--6------6------6--7--6--------------------------------6--6--6--6~--|
B|------7-----------9------7------------9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7---------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B
You will let me down, down, down!
Ebm
Don’t hold me up now,
F#
I can stand my own ground,
C#
I don’t need your help now,
B
You will let me down, down, down!
[Outro]
Ebm F#
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
C#
Don’t hold me up…
(I don’t need your help)
B
No! No! No!
Ebm F#
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
C#
Don’t hold me up!
(I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground)
B Ebm
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!
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| ~ Vibrato
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