Misc Musicals – Epic The Musical - Hold Them Down (Guitar)

   Em
Whoever can string the old king's bow

    G
And shoot though twelve axes cleanly

     Em
Will be the new king, sit down at the throne

  G
Penelope as his queen

Em
Where is he?

               B
Where is the man who can string this bow, woah?

  Em                    B
Screw this competition, we've been here for hours

G                           Am
None of us can string this, we don't have the power

  Em                      B
Screw this damn challenge, no more delays

G                              B
Can't you guys see we're being played?

Em
(Hold us down) while the throne gets colder

B7
(Hold us down) while we slowly age

G                      D
Hold us down while the boy gets bolder

Am           Bm          C             B7
Where in the hell is our pride and our rage?

Em
(Here and now) there's a chance for action

B7
(Here and now) we can take control

G                     D
Here and now, burn it down to ashes

Am          Bm      C        B7
Channel the fire inside your soul

Em Em Em
         Haven't you noticed who's missing?

B B B
      Don't you know the prince is not around

Em           D    C          B
I heard he's on a diplomatic mission

    Am        Bm     C             B7
And I heard today he comes back to town, so

Em
I say we gather near the beaches

B
I say we wait 'til he arrives

Em            D         C            B
Then, when he docks his ship, we can breach it

Am           Bm     C          B7
Let us leave now, today we can strike and

Em
(Hold him down) 'til the boy stops shaking

B7
(Hold him down) while I slit his throat

G                     D
Hold him down while I slowly break his

Am         Bm         C              B7
Pride, his trust, his faith, and his bones

Em
(Cut him down) into tiny pieces

B7
(Throw him down) in the great below

G                      D
When the crown wonders where the prince is

Am       Bm        C      B7
Only the ocean and I will know!

C            B
And when the deed is done

B7            Em
The queen will have no one to

C                        B
Stop us from breaking her bedroom door

C                       B
Stop us from taking her love and more...

Em
(Hold her down) while her gate is open

Em
(Hold her down) while I get a taste

Em
(Hold her down) while we share her spoils

Am         Bm      C          B7
I will not let any part go to waste

C                       B7
(Here and now there's a chance for action) Chance for action!

Em                   D
(Here and now we can take control) Take control!

C                      B7
(Here and now, burn it down to ashes)

Am          Bm      C        B7
Channel the fire inside your soul, and

Em               B7
(Hold them down! Hold them down!) Hold them down, Oh!

G                D
(Hold them down! Hold them down!)

Em               B7
(Hold them down! Hold them down!) Hold them down!

Am          Bm      C        B7
Channel the fire inside your soul, and-