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