Key: C major
Verse 1
Dm
G
Shutters on the window,
D
G
no light at all
A
Dm
Damp on the floor,
Dm
C
F
They're trying to get you crazy,
F
C
They feed you scraps,
and they feed you lies
G
D
G
A
Dm
No compromise, nothing you can do.
A
Dm
The day can be long.
C
F
Your mind is working overtime.
C
F
Your body's not too strong.
D
G
Hold on.
Dm
A
Dm
Hold on.
F
C
F
C
Hold on.
F
C
Hold on.
Hold on.
Ebm
G
Hold on. hold on.
A
F
They put you in a box
Dm
A
Dm
so you can't be hurt.
C
F
Let your spirit stay unbroken.
C
F
May you not be deterred.
G
A
Hold on.
C
G
Dm
G
C
You have gambled with your own life,
Am
A
G
and you face the night alone,
A
C
Em
F
Dm
C
while the builders of the cages
F
G
A
sleep with bullets, bars, and stone.
C
F
Dm
They do not see your road to freedom
F
G
That you build with flesh and bone!
C
Ab
They take you out,
Dm
Eb
G
To the talking room,
Dm
G
C
A
it's no surprise.
A
Dm
clean white coats,
C
F
Their eyes are all as hidden
C
F
Db
behave as their guest.
Dm
G
You want to resist them,
you do your best.
A
Dm
They take you to your limits,
A
Bb
they take you beyond.
Dm
C
Db
F#
For all that they are doing,
Db
C
Db
Hold on!
Ebm
Ab
Hold on, hold on,
Bb
Ebm
Bb
Ebm
Gb
Db
hold on.
Gb
Db
Gb
Ebm
Db
Ebm
Hold on, hold on, hold on,
Ab
Eb
Ab
on, please hold on.
Bb
Ebm
They put you in a box,
Bb
Ebm
so you can't be heard.
Ebm
Db
Gb
Db
May you not be deterred.
Ab
Bbm
Though you may dis appear,
Db
Ebm
you're not forgotten here.
Gb
Ab
I will do what I can do.
Though you may disappear,
Db
Ebm
you're not forgotten here.
Db
Gb
Ab
And I will say, I will do what I can do,
Db
Fm
Db
Bb
you're not forgotten here.
Db
Gb
Ab
I will do what I can do.
Hold on. you
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