Learn to play "Hands Held High" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
A Turn my mic up louder, I got to say somethin' E/G# Lightweights steppin' aside when we come in F#m Feel it in your chest, the syllables get pumping C#/E People on the street then panic and start running D Words on loose leaf sheet, complete coming I jump in my mind, I summon the rhyme I'm dumping A Healing the blind, I promise to let the sun in E Sick of the dark ways we march to the drumming Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping Fuck that, I wanna see some fists pumping Risk something, take back what's yours Say something that you know they might attack you for 'Cause I'm sick of being treated like I have before Like it's stupid standing for what I'm standing for Like this war's really just a different brand of war Like it doesn't cater to rich and abandon poor Like they understand you in the back of the jet When you can't put gas in your tank These fuckers are laughing their way to the bank and cashing the check Asking you to have compassion and have some respect For a leader so nervous in an obvious way Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day In the living room laughing, like, "What did he say?" Chorus: F#m amen D amen A amen E amen A amen In my living room watching, but I am not laughing 'Cause when it gets tense, I know what might happen The world is cold, the bold men take action Have to react or get blown into fractions Ten years old, something to see Another kid my age drugged under a Jeep Taken and bound and found later under a tree I wonder if he had thought the next one could be me Do you see the soldiers that are out, today? They brush the dust from bulletproof vests away It's ironic, at times like this you'd pray But a bomb blew the mosque up, yesterday There's bombs on the buses, bikes, roads Inside your market, your shops, your clothes My dad, he's got a lot of fear, I know But enough pride inside not to let that show My brother had a book he would hold with pride A little red cover with a broken spine On the back, he hand-wrote a quote inside "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die" Meanwhile, the leader just talks away Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay The rest of the world watching, at the end of the day Both scared and angry, like, "What did he say?" Chorus F#m D With hands held high into a sky so blue A E As the ocean opens up to swallow you - x6 You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA D E F#m G# Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hands Held High" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hands Held High" by Linkin Park.