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