Tom: G
   (intro)
(verse 1)
(you can strum this or use the chords)
or
G                   C
Warm yourself by the fire son,
D                        C
And the morning will come soon.
G                         C
I'll tell you stories of a better time,
D                      C
In a place that we once knew.
(verse 2) (a little more distorted for electric)
G                               C
Before we packed our bags and we left all this
D               C
Behind us in the dust,
G                           C
We had a place that we could call home
      
D                C
And a life no-one could touch.
(chorus)
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down, ddoowwnn..
(filler)
(verse 3)
G                       C
We are the angry and the desperate,
    
D              C
The hungary and the cold.
G                        C
We are the one's who kept crying,
    
D                      C
And always did what we were told.
(verse 4) (a little more distorted for electric)
G                        C
But we've sweaty when you slept so cold,
       
D             C
In the safety of your home.
G                         C
We've been pulling out the nails that holds up,
D                C
Everything you've known.
(chorus)
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down, ddoowwnn..
(bridge)
C         D                      C
So open your eyes, so lets be on our way,
C               D                C
Broken windows and ashes guiding the way.
C           D                            C
Keep crying no longer we'll sing through the day,
C                 Em                     D
The lives that we've lost, the lives we've reclaimed.
(solo)
(filler)
(chorus)
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
Em
Don't hold me up now,
G
I can stand my own ground
D
I don't need your help now,
C
You won't let me down, down, down.
(little mock-chorus at the end but same chords as chorus above)