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 your 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 don't like it.
otherwise just play 8's
I also like to continue playing intro at beginning, after each chorus, and after solo.
[Intro]
D#m D#sus2 x4
e||-6----6----6----6----||
B||-7----7----6----6----||
G||-8----8----8----8----||
D||-8----8----8----8----||
A||---------------------||
E||---------------------||
[Verse 1]
D#m B
Warm yourself by the fire, son
C# G#
And the morning will come soon.
D#m B
I’ll tell you stories of a better time,
C# D#m
In a place that we once knew.
D#m
Before we packed our bags
B C# G#
And left all this behind us in the dust,
D#m B
We had a place that we could call home,
C# D#m
And a life no one could touch.
[Chorus]
D#m
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!
D#m
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]
D#m B
We are the angry and the desperate
C# G#
The hungry, and the cold,
D#m B
We are the ones who kept quiet,
C# D#m
And always did what we were told.
D#m B
But we’ve been sweating while you slept so calm,
C# G#
In the safety of your home.
D#m B
We’ve been pulling out the nails that hold up
C# D#m
Everything you’re known.
[Chorus]
D#m
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!
D#m
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]
G#m F#
So open your eyes child,
G#m
Let’s be on our way.
F#
Broken windows and ashes
G#m
Are guiding the way.
F#
Keep quiet no longer,
E
We’ll sing through the day,
D#m
Of the lives that we’ve lost,
B F# C#
And the lives we’ve reclaimed.
Go!
[Solo]
x3
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]
D#m
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!
D#m
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]
D#m 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!
D#m 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 D#m
Don’t let me down, down, down, down, down!
************************************
| ~ Vibrato
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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 your 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 don't like it. otherwise just play 8's I also like to continue playing intro at beginning, after each chorus, and after solo. [Intro] [Verse 1] [Chorus] [Verse 2] [Chorus] [Bridge] Go! [Solo] [Chorus] [Outro] (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) (I don’t need your help) (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) (I don’t need your help, I’ll stand my ground) ************************************ | ~ Vibrato ************************************
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