Keeping Your Head Up chords by Birdy

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


 Strumming: DU,DU,DU,DU

INTRO: C# minorC#m AbmAbm BB F#F# x2
VERSE:
C# minorC#m       AbmAbm        BB
Times that I've seen you lose your way
            F#F#
You're not in control and you won't be told
C# minorC#m    AbmAbm       BB
All I can do to keep you safe is hold you close
F#F#       E MajorE      F#F#      AbmAbm
Hold you close til you can breathe on your own
E MajorE       F#F#     Absus4Absus4
Til you can breathe on your own

CHORUS:
E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling

E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb A augmentedA
I'll be keeping your head up
E MajorE
And I won't let you down

VERSE:
C# minorC#m    AbmAbm     BB
Everyone keeps a darker place
         F#F#
To lose control, you're not alone
C# minorC#m         AbmAbm     BB
And when you come looking for embrace
BB          F#F#
I know your soul; I'll be your home
E MajorE       F#F#       AbmAbm
Til you can breathe on your own
E MajorE      F#F#      Absus4Absus4
Til you can breathe on your own

CHORUS:
E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling

E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb A augmentedA
I'll be keeping your head up
E MajorE
And I won't let you down

BRIDGE:
E MajorE           F#F#
You never think that you can fly
E MajorE
You'll always swim against the tide
E MajorE
Don't you know your pain is mine?
A augmentedA                   E MajorE     F#F# AbmAbm
And I would die a thousand times to ease your mind
E MajorE      F#F# AbmAbm
To ease your mind

CHORUS:
E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling

E MajorE             F#F#   AbmAbm
Hold tight; you're slowly coming back to life
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb
I'll be keeping your head up, darling
E MajorE          F#F#   AbmAbm
Let go of all your haunted dreams tonight
BB
I'll be keeping your head up
C# minorC#m          B/Eb A augmentedA
I'll be keeping your head up
E MajorE
And I won't let you down

Keeping Your Head Up chords

"Keeping your head up" shows a new side of English indie folk artist Birdy. "Keeping your head up" by Birdy was released as a single in early January 2016.

"Keeping your head up" is the first single from Birdy´s 3rd album.