Chords
People Need A Melody

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+