[Dm]I'm gonna be released from [C]behind these [G/B]lies
and [Dm]I don't care whether I [C]live or [G/B]die and
[Dm]I'm losing blood I'm gonna [C]leave my [G/B]bones and
[Bb/D]I don't want your heart, [C]leaves me cold
I don't [F]want your future
I don't [G]need your past
One [Bb]grand moment
Is [C]all I ask
I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my [G/B]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me [C]down)
Said, I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm gonna [C]lose my [G/B]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me, [C]pullin' me [Dm]down)
[Dm]I don't need a husband, don't [C]need no [G/B]wife
And [Dm]I don't need the day I don't [C]need the [G/B]night
And [Dm]I don't need the birds, let them [C]fly [G/B]away
[Bb/D]And I don't want the clouds, they [C]never seem to stay
I don't [F]want no future
I don't [G]need no past
[Bb]One grand moment
Is [C]all I ask
I don't [G]want your future
I don't [Bb]need your past
[C]One grand moment
Is [C]all I ask and
I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my [G/B]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me [C]down)
Said, I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my, lose my [G/B]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me, [C]pullin' me down)
[Bb](pullin' me down)
[C]Pullin' me down (and it's [Bb]pullin' me down)
[C]Pullin' me down, oh (and it's [Bb]pullin' me down)
[C]Pullin' me down (and it's [G/B]pullin' me, pullin' me down)
[G/B]Pullin' me, pullin' me down
I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my [G]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me [C]down)
Said, I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my [G]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me, [C]pullin' me)
Yeah, said, I'm gonna [Dm]leave my body (movin' up to [F]higher ground)
I'm [C]gonna lose my [G]mind (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me down)
[Dm](movin' up to [F]higher ground)
it's [C]pullin' me down, oh oh, oh
oh (history keeps [Bb]pullin' me, [C]pullin' me down)