• Song:

    Hold Me Down

  • Artist:

    Motion City Soundtrack

  • Album:

    Commit This To Memory D...

CAPO 3rd fret



CI (x32010@1)found a letter that said:"I'm sorry that 

Emyou (022000@1)were asleep when I wrote these words down,"

C (x32010@1)                                      EmYou'd (022000@1)think I'd ought to be used to that by now.

CSave (x32010@1)for a few of those late night episodes,

EmMissed (022000@1)opportunities, and "I Don't Cares,"

C (x32010@1)                       Em (022000@1)  E (022100@1)              GThere's (320003@1)not a lot that I feel obliged to share or talk about.

CI'll (x32010@1)have my brother stop by this Saturday to

Em (022000@1)pick up my things,Just make sure you're not there.

C (x32010@1)                                        EmThis (022000@1)may sound bad, and don't take it the wrong way..

GI (320003@1)love you, however,

CYou (x32010@1)hold me down 

Emyou (022000@1)hold me down 

Gyou (320003@1)hold me down 

Dyou (xx0232@1)hold me down 

CYou're (x32010@1)the echoes of my everything,

Em (022000@1)                       EYou're (022100@1)the emptiness the whole world sings at night.

GYou're (320003@1)the laziness of afternoon,

           Cadd9 (x32030@1)                DsusYou're (xx0233@1)the reason why I burst and why I bloom.

C (x32010@1)          GHow (320003@1)will I break the news to you? 

C (x32010@1)          Ghow (320003@1)will i break the news to you 

CCancel (x32010@1)our dinner with Max and Coraline,

Emfeed (022000@1)Jacky's gerbil and try to stay clean.

C (x32010@1)                                Em (022000@1)       GWe'll (320003@1)talk it over after I've had some time alone to sort it out.

CYou (x32010@1)hold me down 

Emyou (022000@1)hold me down 

Gyou (320003@1)hold me down 

Dyou (xx0232@1)hold me down 

CYou're (x32010@1)the echoes of my everything,

Em (022000@1)                       EYou're (022100@1)the emptiness the whole world sings at night.

GYou're (320003@1)the laziness of afternoon,

           Cadd9 (x32030@1)                DsusYou're (xx0233@1)the reason why I burst and why I bloom.

CYou're (x32010@1)the leaky sink of sentiment,

Em (022000@1)                          EYou're (022100@1)the failed attempts I never could forget.

            Cadd9 (x32030@1)                     Dsus (xx0233@1)       
You're the metaphors I can't create to comprehend this curse that I call love

C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)           
How will I break the news to you? (x5)

*end on C if you are a baller 

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