Main Riff/Intro:

e-------------------------------------------|

b-----7----6--6----7--7---6--6---7--7---6--6|

g-----8----8--8----8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8|

d-------------------------------------------|

a-------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------|



Intro:

 C#m		        A

 Warm yourself by the fire son,

         E                 B

 And the morning will come soon.

 C#m		            A

 I'll tell you stories of a better time,

       E                  C#m

 And a place that we once knew.



 Verse 2:

 C#m			       A

 Before we packed our bags and left all this

   B              C#m

 behind us in the dust,

 C#m				A			

 We had a place that we could call home

	B  		C#m

 And a life no-one could touch.



 Chorus:

	       C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                   

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A                

 You won't let me down, down, down.

	      C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                    

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                 

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A               

 You won't let me down, down, down, dowwwwwwn..





Repeat Intro Riff



 Verse 3:

C#m			   A

 We are the angry and the desperate,

     E              B

 The hungry and the cold.

 C#m			     A

 We are the one's who kept quiet,

            E                C#m

 And always did what we were told.



 Verse 4:

 C#m				  A

 But we've been sweaty when you slept so calm,

        E              C#m

 In the safety of your home.

 C#m			    A

 We've been pulling out the nails that hold up,

 B		   C#m

 Everything you've known.



 Chorus:

	       C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                   

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A                

 You won't let me down, down, down.

	      C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                    

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                 

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A               

 You won't let me down, down, down, dowwwwwwn..



C#m	      B		       A         C#m

 So open your eyes, child lets be on our way,

		    E         A           C#m

 Broken windows and ashes are guiding the way.

	       E            B                C#m

 Keep quiet no longer we'll sing through the day,

		          E	        A              C#m

 All the lives that we've lost, and the lives we've re-claimed.





Solo 1:



C#m | C#m | D# | E |  x 3 then C#m for four bars.



Solo 2:



G# | E | G#, A, G#, F# x 2



F# | F# | G# | G# (let ring)







Repeat Intro Riff finish on C#m





Chorus:

	       C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                   

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A                

 You won't let me down, down, down.

	      C#m

 Don't hold me up now,

 	        E                    

 I can stand my own ground

 	           B                 

 I don't need your help now,

 	          A               

 You won't let me down, down, down, dowwwwwwn..



Repeat Chorus and Finish on C#m