[Intro] D7M  G7M  A7  Bm  Em  A7 
        D7M  G7M  A7  Bm  Em  A7 

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We were ring-around-the-rosy children,     they were circles around the sun
Bm        Em    A7              Em        Em/B       A7
Never give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young

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Synchronized with the rising moon,     even with the evening star
        Bm    Em    A7                      Em         Em/B            A7               D7M
They were true love written in stone, they were never alone, they were never that far apart

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       Em                  Em/B            A7           Bm                 Em           Em/B        A7      Bm
And we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it, we got to close our eyes
Em         Em/B          A7      Bm       Em        Em/B        A7
  Cut up our losses into doable doses,     ration our tears and sighs

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Oh, you could see them on the street on a saturday night.   everyone used to run them down
          Bm           Em             A7               Em           Em/B      A7
They're a little too sweet, they're a little too tight, not enough tough for this tough town

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Couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole, no, it didn't seem to rattle at all
          Bm      Em    A7                    Em        Em/B       A7                  D7M
They were glued together body and soul, that much more with their backs up against the wall

 Bm              Bm/C#              Bm         Bm/C#           Bm            Bm/C#  Bm
Oh, hold them up,                  hold them up,             never do let them fall
Bm/C#      Bm                Bm/C#        Bm          Bm/C#         Bm            Bm/C#
Prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us and claims us and shames us all

[Solo] Em   A7  Bm 

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  I guess it had to happen someday soon-   there wasn't nothing to hold them down
            Bm        Em        A7                  Em       Em/B        A7
They would rise from among us like a big balloon,     take the sky,        and forsake the ground

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      Oh, yes, other hearts were broken, i now, other dreams ran dry
         Bm      Em         A7            Em            Em/B        A7
But our golden ones sail on, sail on        to another land beneath another sky

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(let other hearts be broken,       let other dreams run dry)
         Bm      Em         A7               Em     Em/B      A7
But our golden ones sail on, sail on       to another land       beneath another sky

Beneath another sky
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Hold them up
Did you hold them up?