capo 1
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Intro
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you [C] help me
[Dm] Told you I was down I was down would you [C] lift me [F] up
I need your strength [A#] I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you [C] lift me [Dm] up
Verse
[Dm] I have this human love
It shattered once [C] or twi [Dm] ce
[Dm] It pulls me up and down
[Dm] If it’s filled with jag [C] ged ice
[F] Everyday I’m wanting [A#] something I ain’t havin’ [Dm] mmhm mmhm
[Dm] I have this human heart
My mother told [C] me so [Dm]
[Dm] She said this shit can go to pieces boy be car [C] eful
But [F] you and me and me and [A#] you got something magi [Dm] c mmhm
[Dm] So I say to you
Chorus
[Dm] If I told you I was down I was down would you [C] help me
[Dm] Told you I was down I was down would you [C] lift me [F] up
I need your strength [A#] I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you [C] lift me [Dm] up
If I [Dm] told you I was broke I was broke would you [C] fix me
[Dm] Told you I was down to the line would you [C] lift me [F] up
I need your strength [A#] I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you lift me [A#] up [Dm]
Lift me [F] up, lift me [A#] up, [Dm] lift me [F] up, lift me up
Verse
[Dm] I have this human love
[Dm] My mother told me so
[Dm] She said this world could bring you down so don’t be swi [C] nging low
Cause [F] you and me and me and [A#] you got something magic [Dm] mmhm
[Dm] So I say to you
Chorus
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you [C] help me
[Dm] Told you I was down I was down would you [C] lift me [F] up
I need your strength [A#] I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm] told you I was down I was down would you lift me [A#] up [Dm]
Lift me [F] up, lift me [A#] up, [Dm] lift me [F] up, lift me up
Bridge
[A#] I got my problems but [Dm] I don’t need you to solve them and I [F] don’t care
[F] Like it in that all my shit is right there
[A#] I wear my issues like [Dm] tattoos across my chest
And peo [F] ple notice I tell them you ain’t seen nothing yet
[F] Brother lift [Dm] me, brother [C] lift [Dm] me
L [C] ift me [F] up and be my strength [A#] I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm] told you I was down, I was down
Outro
[A#] [Dm] Lift me [F] up, lift me [A#] up, [Dm] lift me [F] up, lift me [A#] up
[A#] I got my problems but [Dm] I don’t need you to solve them and I [F] don’t care
[F] Like it in that all my shit is right there
[A#] I wear my issues like [Dm] tattoos across my chest
And [F] people notice I tell them you ain’t seen nothing yet
[F] Brother lift me
