HOLD UP
As recorded by Victor Lundberg
(2025 release)


Capo 4th fret

To play without a capo transpose +4 steps.


[Intro]
D  Gm  D  Gm


[Verse 1]
D
Way back when
Gm                              D
Before the grown-up phase, with one best friend
Gm                Bm
It was easy going rogue
         C            G
Life was anything but fair
                   D        Gm  D  Gm
But somehow, we didn’t care


[Verse 2]
D
Way back then
Gm                         D
We saw all the movies on a big screen, when
Gm                            Bm
We couldn’t afford to pay the price
   C                    G
We snuck in through the back
                     Em                G
Hearts racing as the lights went black


[Chorus]
Bm   G D Em
Hold up
            Bm   G  D Em
When did we grow up?
         Bm          G
When did dreams give way to plans,
    D           Em
And wonder slip through our hands?
     Bm   G
Just hold up
     D      Em  D
Just hold up


[Verse 3]
D
Way back now
Gm                             D
I watch them in the yard and I wonder how
Gm
The world still feels that wide
Bm      C              G
Skinned knees and open skies
                     Em   G Bm
No fear behind their eyes


[Chorus]
Bm   G D Em
Hold up
            Bm   G  D Em
When did we grow up?
         Bm          G
When did dreams give way to plans,
    D           Em
And wonder slip through our hands?
     Bm   G
Just hold up
     D      Em
Just hold up
Bm   G  D Em
Hold up
            Bm   G  D Em
When did we grow up?
            Bm      G
When did we start moving so slow,
   D               Em
We used to run, we used to glow
Bm   G
Hold up


[Interlude]
D Em Bm G D Em
Bm G D Em Bm G
D Em Bm G D Em


[Chorus]
Bm   G D Em
Hold up
            Bm   G  D Em
When did we grow up?
            Bm      G
When did we start moving so slow,
   D               Em
We used to run, we used to glow
Bm   G
Hold up
     D      Em
Just hold up