The Head and the Heart – People Need A Melody (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Intro]

C/G
Pick yourself up kid ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

F/C                                           C/G
Pick yourself up kid ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[Verse 1]

C/G
Pick yourself up, kid.

                 F/C
I can't bear the weight

F/C
Pick your mood up, friend.

                  C/G
We won't have the time

When you find someone

              F/C
we don't run away

                     C/G
Pick yourself up kid

[Verse 2]

C/G
All those books in your head.

                        F/C
Is that all this really was?

Just a role you played

                      C/G
that you could hide behind

Is it what you want

                  F/C
to bury yourself away

before your time goes [Chorus]

               Am   C/G  G        F
I don't want a love that holds us back

               Am   C/G  G       F
I don't want a life that I can't have

       C/G
'cause people need a melody to open their eyes

                                       F
Like a key to a memory frozen in time

C/G
Holdin' on to everything that's stuck in the past

                                               F/C     C/G
Boy, when you gonna learn that the world moves fast?

[Verse 3]

C/G
So pick yourself up kid.

                 F/C
I can't bear the weight

Let the light back in.

                    C/G
You've been walking blind

Now it's all on you.

                 F/C
Don't you let it fade

                 F/C
before your time goes

[Pre Chorus]

               Am   C/G  G        F
I don't want a love that holds us back

               Am   C/G  G       F
I don't want a life that I can't have

[Chorus]

       C/G
'cause people need a melody to open their eyes

                                       F
Like a key to a memory frozen in time

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

C/G
Holdin' on to everything that's stuck in the past

                                               F
Boy, when you gonna learn that the world moves fast?

                                Am
Ooh ooh ooh ooh the world moves

[Bridge]

                   C/G              F/C      Dm
It's been a little while since we've been together

    Am           C/G               Dm                        Am
It's been a long time since we were young and wild remember

             C/G                F/C
When we were friends, remember?

             C/G
When we were lovers

   F/C       C/G         F/C        D
It's not too late, it was never too late

[Instrumental] Am G F/C Am G [Chorus]

C/G
people need a melody to open their eyes

                            F/G
to a memory frozen in time

Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

C/G
Holdin' on to everything that's stuck in the past

                                               F/G
Boy, when you gonna learn that the world moves fast?

C/G
People need a melody to open their eyes

                           F/G
To a memory frozen in time

                           F/G
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

[Pre Chorus]

               Am   C/G  G        F
I don't want a love that holds us back

               Am   C/G  G       F
I don't want a life that I can't have

               Am   C/G  G        F
I don't want a love that holds us back

[Outro] Am C/G G F/G