He Didn't Lift Us Up To Let Us Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][G][Em][C][Am][D][G][D][G][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]It
didn't bring us this far to leave us
He didn't teach us to swim,
to let us [D]drown
[G]He didn't build his [Bm]home in us,
to move [C]away
[Bm]It d[Am]idn't lift us up[D]
to let us [G]down
[C]There [Am]are [G]some
promises in a let[C]ter[Am]
Written a [D]long, time [G]ago
[Am]They're [G]not getting older,
they're getting
[C]better
[Am]Be c[C]ause[Am] he still wants us to know[D]
[G]He didn't bring us this far to leave us
He didn't teach us to swim to let us [D]rise
He [G]didn't build
His [Bm]home in us to move [C]away
[G]He [Am]didn't lift us up[D]
to let us [Em]down[A]
[Am]He didn't lift us up[D] to let us d[G]own.
[Em]He didn't
use [D]the [Bm]word [D]de [C]fea[B]t.[C]
[Am]Claim
His prom[D]ises, every [G]one of them.
[Em]Every [D]spoken [Bm]word he'll [C]hear
[Am]Because we're everything
to [D]him[Em][E][Em]
[A]He didn't bring us this far to leave us
He didn't teach us to swim,
to let us [E]drown
[Bm]He d[E]idn'[A]t build
His [C#m]home in us, to m[D]ove away
[A]He [Bm]didn't lift us up, [E]to let us down
[F#m]He did[B]n't[Bm] lift us up,[E]

[Outro 1]
to let us down
[A][Bm][C#m][A][D][E]