This is the first tab I have uploaded but not the first transcription I have done. I
this will give u a pretty accurate idea of how to play "lift me up." This is of coarse a
tune and every time I have accompanied someone singing this song I have played piano
than a guitar. Point being that a lot of the chords are not open chords on a guitar
inversions. For example the intro is C F C, the F is an a 1st inversion so the bass
is actually C. Another point that one should understand with this song is that it is very
If you are going to sing it I would maybe try it in A or Bb. It would make it a lot easier.
Intro: C F C F C Am7 G
C F C
This road is anything but simple
F C Am7 G
Twisted like a riddle I've seen high and I've seen low
C F C
So loud, the voices of all my doubts
F C Am7 G
Telling me to give up, to pack up and leave town
F G
Even so, I had to believe
F G
Impossible means nothing to me, yeah
F G C
So can you lift me up,
F G
Turn the ashes into flames
F G C
‘Cause I have overcome
F G
More than words will ever say
F G Am
And I've been given hope
F G
That there's a light on up the hall
Am(7)
And that a day will come
F
When the fight is won
F G C
And I think that day has just begun
C C/E C/F C/G C (eighth notes)
C F
Somewhere, everybody starts there
F C
I'm counting on a small prayer,
Am7 G
Lost in a nightmare
C F C
But I'm here, and suddenly it's so clear
F C
The struggle through the long years
Am7 G
It taught me to outrun my fears
F G
Everything worth having, oh
F G
Comes with trials worth withstanding
(CHORUS)
C
Oh, lift me up
C
Oh, lift me up
C G
Oh, lift me up
C
Lift me up
C
Lift me up
C G
Oh, Lift me up
F G
Down and out is overrated
F G
And I need to be elevated
F G
Looking up is not enough
F G
No, I would rather rise above
C F G
(CHORUS)
VAMP A C OR THE CHROUS FOR AN OUT
