Key: Bb | Capo: 3
Intro (x2): Em // | D / | Gmaj7/B // | A /
Em // | D / | G // | C /
Verse 1:
Em D Gmaj7/B
My hands are tied
A Em
But my eyes are open
D G C
This modern denial has me broken
Em D Gmaj7/B A
Nothing mystical, no hullabaloo
Em D G C
Just chemicals, and no one looking down on you
Pre-chorus:
Em D C
What am I thinking (if you're so sure it's rational)
Em D C
While the world's shrinking (but that don't make it logical)
Em D C
What am I thinking (if you say I'm just an animal)
Am Bm
I feel like I'm sinking (you can't explain away the way I feel)
Chorus:
C G D
You're just pushing me down, pushing me down, pushing me down
G/B C
(They tell you 'trust your head, be like men
Em D
But never feel like you're good enough)
C G D
You're just crushing me down, crushing me down, crushing me down
G/B C
(They wanna take our light, make us fight
Em D
But never cry for the ones you love)
Interlude:
Em // | D / | Gmaj7/B // | A
Em D G C
I'll be your warrior, warrior)
Em // | D / | Gmaj7/B // | A Em D G C
(I'll be your warrior, warrior)
Verse 2:
Em D Gmaj7/B A
You're taking over and I'm feeling small
Em D G C
When I was a child, I knew it all
Em D Gmaj7/B A
Nothing magical, no hologram behind the door
Em D G C
Just a chain reaction, but I know I'm made for more
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Chorus 2:
C G D
And you're just pushing me down, pushing me down, pushing me down
G/B C
(You wanna change the world
Em D
But your girls will be seen and not be heard)
C G D
You're just crushing me down, crushing me down, crushing me down
G/B C
(They wanna take our light, make us fight
Em D Em
But never cry for the ones you love)
Instrumental (x2): C // | G / | D // | G/B / | C // | Em / | D //
Final chorus:
C G D
And you're just pushing me down, pushing me down, pushing me down
G/B C Em D
(They tell you 'trust your head)
C G D
And you're just pushing me down, pushing me down, pushing me down
G/B C Em D
(They wanna take our light)
C G D
And you're just crushing me down, crushing me down, crushing me down
G/B C
(You wanna change the world
Em D
But your girls will be seen and not be heard)
C G D
And you're just pushing me down, pushing me down, pushing me down
G/B C
(They wanna take our light, make us fight
Em D
But never cry for the ones you love)
