Chord/Tab song: Hands Held High

Song: Hands Held High

NOTE: You can play E instead of all the /chords, it might sound even better, or you can
just leave them out.

You can also play this on another guitar throughout the song to sound more like it:



e|-----5------5------5------5------5------5---| X3
b|-------5-5----5-5----5------5-5----5-5----5-|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-----5------5------5------7------7------7---|
b|-------5-5----5-5----5------5-5----5-5----5-|
g|--------------------------------------------|
d|--------------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


[A] [A/G#] [F#m] [D] [A] [E] [A]

Turn my [A]mic up louder, I got to say somethin'
Lightweights steppin' a[A/G#]side when we come in
[F#m]Feel it in your chest, the syllables get pumping
[ch]F#m/E[/ch]
People on the street then panic and start running
[D]Words on loose leaf sheet, complete coming
I jump in my mind, I summon [D/E]the rhyme I'm dumping
[A]Healing the blind, I promise to let the sun in
[E]Sick of the dark ways we march to the drumming
[A]Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
Fuck that, I wanna s[A/E]ee some fists pumping
[F#m]List something, take back what's yours
[ch]F#m/E[/ch]
Say something that you know they might attack you for
'Cause I'm s[D]ick of being treated like I had before
Like it's stupid standing for what I'm s[D/E]tanding for
Like this [A]war's really just a different brand of war
Like it d[E]oesn't cater to rich and abandon poor
Like they [F#m]understand you, in the back of their jet
When you [D]can't put gas in your tank, these fuckers
Are l[A]aughing their way to the bank, and cashing their check
Asking [E]you to have the passion and have some respect
For a l[F#m]eader so nervous in an obvious way
Stutte[D]ring and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the r[A]est of the world watching at the end of the day
In the [E]living room, laughing like, "What did he say?"

A[F#m]men
A[D]men
A[A]men
A[E]men
A[A]men

In my l[A]iving room watching but I am not laughing
'Cause when it gets tense, I [A/E]know what might happen
The [F#m]world is cold, the bold men take action
[ch]F#m/E[/ch]
Have to react to get blown into fractions
[D] 10 years old, it's something to see
Another kid my age drugged [D/E]under a Jeep
Taken[A] and bound and found later under a tree
I wonder [E]if he had thought 'the next one could be me'
Do you [A]see the soldiers that are out today?
They brush the dust from bulletproof [A/E]vests away
It's ir[F#m]onic, at times like this you'd pray
[ch]F#m/E[/ch]
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
There's b[D]ombs on the buses, bikes, roads
Inside your market, your [D/E]shops, and your clothes
My [A]dad, he's got a lot of fear, I know
But en[E]ough pride inside not to let that show
My [F#m]brother had a book he would hold with pride
A [D]little red cover with a broken spine
on the b[A]ack, he hand-wrote a quote inside,
"When the [E]rich wage war, it's the poor who die"
Mean[F#m]while, the leader just talks away
Stutte[D]ring and mumbling for nightly news to replay
The [A]rest of the world watching at the end of the day
Both [E]scared and angry, like "What did he say?"

A[F#m]men
A[D]men
A[A]men
A[E]men
A[A]men

With [F#m]hands held high into a [D]sky so blue
As the [A]ocean opens up to [E]swallow you (x6)