Intro: C, E7sus4 , G , D 1x


                   C
You can tell me to breathe
                   E7sus4
What to say when I talk
            G
Climb on my back

You slide down my neck
                      D
And use my face for a walk

                   C
You can tell me to smile
                    E7sus4
You can make things worthwhile
               G
Need slap as I cry

Probably laugh as I try
                          D
To figure out what you're smiling about

                       Em
Send me straight of to hell
                   D
To find a story to tell
                    G
And you know that I will
                     Em
Make my life with my while
                    D
Give me a reason to smile

You better hurry
      G
And I hope that you will


           Em   D  G
Don't ever hold me down
           Em   D  G
Don't ever hold me down


Intro: 1x opnieuw


                           C
Choose your life, it's you choice
                        E7sus4
To fall asleep with the noise
                   G
Yell at me and the guys

When it's been one of those nights
                D
You're probably right

                       C
Oh, when you open your mouth
                           E7sus4
The pretty words that roll out
                         G
You point your finger at me

You've seen the worst I can be
                          D
I hope you know what that means

                       Em
Send me straight of to hell
                   D
To find a story to tell
                    G
And you know that I will
                     Em
Make my life with my while
                    D
Give me a reason to smile

And you'd better hurry
      G
And I hope that you will

           Em   D  G
Don't ever hold me down
           Em   D  G
Don't ever hold me down


Intro nu 2x

                      C
Not the talk, good of kind
                 D
And yesterday is behind
                        Em
And I believe that it's better that way

                           C
You send me straight of to hell
                   D
To find a story to tell

For you to go there
        Em
And you know that I will

                         C
But don't you step on my brain
                D
It drives a man insane
                       Em
And it's nothing to be laughing about
                 C
I got nothing to prove
                     D
I'll be the fool for you

If there's anything
A
I'll help you out

                   Em   D  G
But don't you ever hold me down
                   Em   D  G
But don't you ever hold me down
                                  Em   D  G
You've got, you've got nothing to hold me down
           Em   D  G
Don't ever hold me down