Bm A Bm A D F#m E F#m D A E
[Verse 1]
D F#m
How it rambles 'round the moon
E D
A let-go-of balloon
A E A
Nothing is forever, everything is soon
D F#m
And my father as he stands
E D
A perfect cartoon man
A E
Heavy-sighed and open-eyed, I heard him speak
[Chorus]
D A E
Hold your head up high
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
[Verse 2]
D F#m
Rise it up, it's fine terrain
E D
The time will come again
A E
And misery's no rest for weary gentlemen
D F#m
See that humankind is you
E D
Like all the rest, down to
A E
The scratches on the album that you're singing to
[Chorus]
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
Bm A E Bm
[Bridge]
A E
Through the light and through the shadow
D F#m E
I won't wait it out, wait it out
F#m D A E
F#m D A E
D F#m E D A E
[Chorus]
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
F#m D A E
Hold your head up high
D F#m E D
[Outro]
A F#m
Biting clovers in the lawn
D
A solitary fawn
A E F#m D A
Underground, the new life thunders up and on