[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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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