IntroD#mC#
If I told you I was down I was down would you help me
D#mC#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#mC#D#m
If I told you I was down I was down would you lift me up
VerseD#m
I have this human love
C#D#m
It shattered once or twice
D#m
It pulls me up and down
D#mC#
If it’s filled with jagged ice
F#BD#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#mC#
She said this shit can go to pieces boy be careful
F#BD#m
But you and me and me and you got something magic mmhm
D#m
So I say to you
ChorusD#mC#
If I told you I was down I was down would you help me
D#mC#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#mC#D#m
If I told you I was down I was down would you lift me up
D#mC#
If I told you I was broke I was broke would you fix me
D#mC#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#mBD#m
If I told you I was down I was down would you lift me up
F#BD#mF#
Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
VerseD#m
I have this human love
D#m
My mother told me so
D#mC#
She said this world could bring you down so don’t be swinging low
F#BD#m
Cause you and me and me and you got something magic mmhm
D#m
So I say to you
ChorusD#mC#
If I told you I was down I was down would you help me
D#mC#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#mBD#m
If I told you I was down I was down would you lift me up
F#BD#mF#
Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
BridgeBD#mF#
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
BD#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#mC#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
OutroBD#mF#BD#mF#B
Lift me up, lift me up, lift me up, lift me up
BD#mF#
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
BD#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
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.