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Hold Your Head High

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Intro:   G#    F#    G#  F#  
Don’t G#cry little girl cause he don’t F#walk with you now
And he don’t Cmtalk with you now
Well you got to C#take it somehoD#7w
Now don’t G#cry little girl cause he’s not F#with you today
You know you Cmcan’t run away
He’s gonna C#need you somedaD#7y
Chorus:
So hold your head G#high when he passes Fmyou by
You know he’s Bbyour guy
Bb7So hold your head D#7high  
Come on and smile little girl, you’ve got to put on a show
And don’t let any one know
Just how he’s hurt you so
Chorus
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Hold Your Head High

by Jackie DeShannon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

D#7

Bb7

G# F# G# F#

Intro:

G# F#

Don’t cry little girl cause he don’t walk with you now

And he don’t talk with you now

C# D#7

Well you got to take it somehow

G# F#

Now don’t cry little girl cause he’s not with you today

You know you can’t run away

C# D#7

He’s gonna need you someday

Chorus:

G# Fm

So hold your head high when he passes you by

You know he’s your guy

Bb7 D#7

So hold your head high

Come on and smile little girl, you’ve got to put on a show

And don’t let any one know

Just how he’s hurt you so

Chorus

Instrumental verse + chorus

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