Key: C
Introduction:
C
(Pick yourself up, kid, ooh)
F7+
(Pick yourself up, kid, ooh)
Verse: 1
C
Pick yourself up, kid
F7+
I can't bare the weight
Pick your mood up, friend
C
We don't have the time
When you find someone
F7+
We don't run away
Pick yourself up, kid
C
All those books in your head
F7+
Is that all this really was?
Just a role you played
C
You could hide behind
Is it what you want?
F7+
To bury yourself away
Before your time goes?
Am C G F7+
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C G F7+
I don't want a life that I can't have
C
'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes
F7+
Like a key to a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
F7+
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
Verse: 3
C
So pick yourself up, kid
F7+
I can't bare the weight
Let the light back in
C
'Cause you've been walkin' blind
Now it's all on you
F7+
Don't you let it fade
Before your time goes
Am C G F7+
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C G F7+
I don't want a life that I can't have
C
'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes
F7+
Like a key to a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
F7+
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
The world moves
Am
It's been a little while since we've
C
Been together, it's
F7+
Been a long time since we were
Dm
Young and wild, remember?
Am C
When we were friends, remember?
F7+ C
When we were lovers, it's
F7+ C
Not too late, it was
F7+ Dm
Never too late
Instrumental
Am G F7+ Am G
C
People need a melody to open their eyes
F7+
To a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
F7+
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
C
People need a melody to open their eyes
F7+
To a memory frozen in time
Pre-Chorus
Am C G F7+
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C F7+
I don't want a life that I can't have
Am C G F7+
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C G F7+