Intro: D7M G7M A7 Bm Em A7 D7M G7M A7 Bm Em A7 D7M G7M D7M G7M We were ring-around-the-rosy children, they were circles around the sun Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 Never give up, never slow down, never grow old, never ever die young D7M G7M D7M G7M Synchronized with the rising moon, even with the evening star Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 D7M They were true love written in stone, they were never alone, they were never that far apart (G7M A7) Em Em/B A7 Bm Em Em/B A7 Bm And we who couldn't bear to believe they might make it, we got to close our eyes Em Em/B A7 Bm Em Em/B A7 Cut up our losses into doable doses, ration our tears and sighs
D7M G7M D7M G7M Oh, you could see them on the street on a saturday night. everyone used to run them down Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 They're a little too sweet, they're a little too tight, not enough tough for this tough town D7M G7M D7M G7M Couldn't touch them with a ten-foot pole, no, it didn't seem to rattle at all Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 D7M They were glued together body and soul, that much more with their backs up against the wall Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# Bm Oh, hold them up, hold them up, never do let them fall Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# Bm Bm/C# Prey to the dust and the rust and the ruin that names us and claims us and shames us all Solo: Em A7 Bm D7M G7M D7M G7M I guess it had to happen someday soon- there wasn't nothing to hold them down Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 They would rise from among us like a big balloon, take the sky, and forsake the ground D7M G7M D7M G7M Oh, yes, other hearts were broken, i now, other dreams ran dry Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 But our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky D7M G7M D7M G7M (let other hearts be broken, let other dreams run dry) Bm Em A7 Em Em/B A7 But our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky Beneath another sky A7 G7M Hold them up Did you hold them up?