Intro
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you [C]help me
[Dm]Told you I was down I was down would you [C]lift me [F]up
I need your strength [A#]I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you [C]lift me [Dm]up
Verse
[Dm]I have this human love
It shattered once [C]or twi [Dm]ce
[Dm]It pulls me up and down
[Dm]If it’s filled with jag [C]ged ice
[F]Everyday I’m wanting [A#]something I ain’t havin’ [Dm]mmhm mmhm
[Dm]I have this human heart
My mother told [C]me so [Dm]
[Dm]She said this shit can go to pieces boy be car [C]eful
But [F]you and me and me and [A#]you got something magi [Dm]c mmhm
[Dm]So I say to you
Chorus
[Dm]If I told you I was down I was down would you [C]help me
[Dm]Told you I was down I was down would you [C]lift me [F]up
I need your strength [A#]I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you [C]lift me [Dm]up
If I [Dm]told you I was broke I was broke would you [C]fix me
[Dm]Told you I was down to the line would you [C]lift me [F]up
I need your strength [A#]I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you lift me [A#]up [Dm]
Lift me [F]up, lift me [A#]up, [Dm] lift me [F]up, lift me up
Verse
[Dm]I have this human love
[Dm]My mother told me so
[Dm]She said this world could bring you down so don’t be swi [C]nging low
Cause [F]you and me and me and [A#]you got something magic [Dm]mmhm
[Dm]So I say to you
Chorus
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you [C]help me
[Dm]Told you I was down I was down would you [C]lift me [F]up
I need your strength [A#]I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm]told you I was down I was down would you lift me [A#]up [Dm]
Lift me [F]up, lift me [A#]up, [Dm] lift me [F]up, lift me up
Bridge
[A#]I got my problems but [Dm]I don’t need you to solve them and I [F]don’t care
[F]Like it in that all my shit is right there
[A#]I wear my issues like [Dm]tattoos across my chest
And peo [F]ple notice I tell them you ain’t seen nothing yet
[F]Brother lift [Dm]me, brother [C]lift [Dm]me
L [C]ift me [F]up and be my strength [A#]I’ll be up someday
If I [Dm]told you I was down, I was down
Outro
[A#] [Dm] Lift me [F]up, lift me [A#]up, [Dm]lift me [F]up, lift me [A#]up
[A#]I got my problems but [Dm]I don’t need you to solve them and I [F]don’t care
[F]Like it in that all my shit is right there
[A#]I wear my issues like [Dm]tattoos across my chest
And [F]people notice I tell them you ain’t seen nothing yet
[F]Brother lift me
