Hold Yourself

    Bb
Parents are children

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

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


[Pre-Chorus]
  C             F        C
They held us close and dear
                                                           F
And told us lies that they've been 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        F
No choice of when and I don't know how
 F          G           Bb F
But I will hold myself now


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

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

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


[Pre-Chorus]
    C            F         C
Oh, I hold you close and dear
                                                    F
And tell you lies that I've been 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        Db
We all have doubts (We all have doubts)
Db  Bb   G    Bb   Db Bbm       Db
We all have rage (We all have rage)
Db  F   Gm    F        Bbm   Bb   F  Fm
We all have trouble being 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               Bb       F
No choice of when and we are learning how
F           G               Bbm F
So we will hold ourselves now


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