Key: A minor
Intro 1
G#m
A
G#
C#
G#
A
D
G#m
Verse 1
G#m
As the sun comes up,
as the moon goes down
E
These heavy notions creep around
G#m
G#
G#m
E
It makes me think, long ago
G#m
G#
I was brought into this life a little lamb
G#m
E
A little lamb
G#m
Courageous, stumbling
G#
G#m
E
Fearless was my middle name
G#m
But somewhere there I
C#
lost my way
B
Everyone walks the same
C#
Expecting me to step
B
The narrow path they've laid
They claim to
D#m
F#
Walk unafraid
D#m
F#
I'll be clumsy instead
D#m
F#
C#
Hold my love me or leave me high
Verse 2
C#
G#
Say "keep within the boundaries
E
if you want to play"
G#
G#m
Say "contradiction only
E
makes it harder"
G#m
G#
D#m
How can I be
E
G#m
What I want To be?
G#
E
When all I want to do is strip away
These stilled constraints
C#
And crush this charade
B
Shred this sad masquerade
C#
I don't need no persuading
B
I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and
D#m
Walk unafraid
F#
D#m
F#
I'll be clumsy instead
D#m
F#
Hold my love me or leave
C#
me high
Interlude 1
C#
G#
G#m
E
C#
G#m
Verse 3
G#m
E
G#m
If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go
G#
G#m
G#
G#m
E
B
I just want to hold my head up high
G#m
G#
I don't care what I
G#m
E
B
have to step over
G#m
E
I'm prepared to look you in the eye
Look me in the eye
C#
And if you see familiarity
B
C#
Then celebrate the contradiction
B
Help me when I fall to
D#m
Walk unafraid
F#
D#m
F#
I'll be clumsy instead
D#m
F#
C#
Hold my love or leave me high
D#m
Walk unafraid
F#
D#m
F#
I'll be clumsy instead
D#m
F#
C#
Hold my love me or leave me high
Outro 1
C#
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
D#m
F#
C#
A
D
C#
A
D
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