Hold Yourself

    Bb
Parents are children

Parents are children
                       Am       
Parents were children all of the 
    G
time
  Bb
Parents they made us

They tried to raise us
                              Am 
But parents betrayed us even when 
         G
they tried


[Pre-Chorus]
  C             F        C
They held us close and dear
And told us lies that they've been 
                        F
telling themselves for years
  Am              F
They'll suffocate me so I


[Chorus]
  F    G     Bb F
Hold myself now
 F              G       Bb F
I have to hold myself now
 F             G         Bb       
No choice of when and I don't know 
 F
how
 F          G           Bb F
But I will hold myself now


[Verse 2]
  Bb
Child, I won't have you

I cannot have you
Child, I won't have you and I'm 
    Am      G
telling you why
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Bb
I cannot mend this

I have to hand this
                            Am     
I can't pretend without a break in 
 Gm
sight


[Pre-Chorus]
    C            F         C
Oh, I hold you close and dear
And tell you lies that I've been 
                   F
telling myself for years
 Am            F
I'll suffocate you so you


[Chorus]
 F     G       Bb F
Hold yourself now
 F                   G    Bb F
You have to hold yourself now
  F            G         Bb       F
No choice of when and who knows how
  F           G            Bbm F
But you will hold yourself now


[Bridge]
Db   Bb  G    Bb    Db Bbm    
We all have doubts (We all have 
    Db
doubts)
Db  Bb   G    Bb   Db Bbm       Db
We all have rage (We all have rage)
Db  F   Gm    F        Bbm   
We all have trouble being 
Bb   F  Fm
brave enough to turn the page (We 
all have trouble being brave enough)

But we will


[Chorus]
F     G         Bb F
Hold ourselves now
              F       G      Bb F
Yes, we will hold ourselves now
F             G        Bb        F
No choice of when and who knows how
F            G              Bbm F
But we will hold ourselves now
F       G       Bb F
Hold ourselves now
               F     G        Bb F
Yes, we will hold ourselves now
F             G           
No choice of when and we are 
    Bb       F
learning how
F           G               Bbm F
So we will hold ourselves now


[Other]
 Db Bb G      Bb    Db Bbm     
We all have doubts (We all have 
   Db
doubts)
Db Bbm             Db Bbm       Db
We all have rage (We all have rage)
Db  F    Gm    F      Bbm  Bm 
We all have trouble being 
   F   Fm
brave enough to turn the page (We 
all have trouble being brave enough)
Db  Bb G      Bb    Db  Bbm   
We all have doubts (We all 
     Db
have doubts)
Db  Bbm           Db Bbm        Db
We all have rage (We all have rage)
 Db  F   Gm     F      Bbm   Bm
We all have trouble being brave
  F  Fm
 enough to turn the page (We all 
have trouble being brave enough)
 Db Bb G      Bb    Db Bbm     
We all have doubts (We all have 
   Db
doubts)
Db Bbm             Db Bbm       Db
We all have rage (We all have rage)
Db  F    Gm    F      Bbm  Bm 
We all have trouble being 
   F   Fm
brave enough to turn the page (We 
all have trouble being brave enough)