Intro
C
(Pick yourself up, kid, ooh)
Fmaj7
(Pick yourself up, kid, ooh)
Verse: 1
C
Pick yourself up, kid
Fmaj7
I can't bare the weight
Pick your mood up, friend
C
We don't have the time
When you find someone
Fmaj7
We don't run away
Pick yourself up, kid
Verse: 2
C
All those books in your head
Fmaj7
Is that all this really was?
Just a role you played
C
You could hide behind
Is it what you want?
Fmaj7
To bury yourself away
Before your time goes?
Pre-Chorus:
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a life that I can't have
C
'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes
Fmaj7
Like a key to a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
Fmaj7
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
Verse: 3
C
So pick yourself up, kid
Fmaj7
I can't bare the weight
Let the light back in
C
'Cause you've been walkin' blind
Now it's all on you
Fmaj7
Don't you let it fade
Before your time goes
Pre-Chorus
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a life that I can't have
C
'Cause people need a melody to open their eyes
Fmaj7
Like a key to a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
Fmaj7
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
The world moves
Bridge
Am
It's been a little while since we've
C
Been together, it's
Fmaj7
Been a long time since we were
Dm
Young and wild, remember?
Am C
When we were friends, remember?
Fmaj7 C
When we were lovers, it's
Fmaj7 C
Not too late, it was
Fmaj7 Dm
Never too late
Instrumental
Am G Fmaj7 Am G
C
People need a melody to open their eyes
Fmaj7
To a memory frozen in time
C
Holding onto everything, you're stuck in the past
Fmaj7
Boy, when you gonna learn the world moves fast?
C
People need a melody to open their eyes
Fmaj7
To a memory frozen in time
Pre-Chorus
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a love that holds us back
Am C C Fmaj7
I don't want a life that I can't have
Am C G Fmaj7
I don't want a love that holds us back
Outro: Am C G Fmaj7