[Intro] Bm  A  Bm  A 
        D  F#m  E  F#m 
        D  A  E
 
[Primeira Parte]

   D                          F#m
How it rambles 'round the moon
           E        D
A let-go-of balloon
           A      E     A
Nothing is forever, everything is soon
 
          D                F#m
And my father as he stands
                E  D
A perfect cartoon man
             A                          E
Heavy-sighed and open-eyed, I heard him speak
 
[Refrão]

                 D    A   E
Hold your head up high
             F#m  D   A   E
Hold your head up high 
 
[Segunda Parte]

         D                  F#m
Rise it up, it's fine terrain
              E         D
The time will come again
                   A                 E
And misery's no rest for weary gentlemen
 
               D         F#m
See that humankind is you
                 E        D
Like all the rest, down to
                        A                   E
The scratches on the album that you're singing to
  
[Refrão]

              F#m  D   A   E
Hold your head up high
              F#m  D   A   E
Hold your head up high
 
( Bm  A  E  Bm )
 
[Ponte]

                                  A    E
Through the light and through the shadow
             D       F#m        E
I won't wait it out, wait it out
 
( F#m  D  A  E )
( F#m  D  A  E )
( D  F#m  E )
( D  A  E )
 
[Refrão]

              F#m   D  A  E
Hold your head up high
              F#m   D  A  E
Hold your head up high
              F#m   D  A  E
Hold your head up high
 
( D  F#m  E  D )
 
                 A       F#m
Biting clovers in the lawn
        D
A solitary fawn
            A        E    F#m        D      A
Underground, the new life thunders up and on