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You Lift Me Up
The Afters
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The Afters - You Lift Me Up
This was tabbed from a live acoustic version on YouTube.
Standard Tuning
Capo: 5th fret (album version)or 2nd fret (live acoustic)
Intro:
Guitar 2 (Absolute fret positions, not relative to capo)
Intro and Verses
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|--7-9-9-(x4)-11-9--7-9-9-(x4)-6-7---|
D|------------------------------------| x2
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
G
You lift me up (with Your love)
D/F#
You lift me up (with Your love)
Em
You lift me up (with Your love)
C
You lift me up
Verse 1:
G D/F#
Waiting for the sun rise, waiting for the day
Em C
Waiting for the sign that I'm, where you want me to be
G D/F#
You know my heart is heavy, and the hurt is deep
Em C
But when I feel like giving up, You're reminding me
Em D/F# C
That we all fall down some times
Em D/F#
When I hit the ground
Chorus
G
Your lift me up when I am weak
D/F#
Your arms wrap around me
Em C
Your love catches me so I'm letting go
G
You lift me up when I can't see
D/F#
Your heart is all that I need
Em C
Your love carries me so I'm letting go
Intro
Verse 2
I know I'm not perfect, I know I've made mistakes
I know that I have let You down, but You love me the same
When I'm surrounded (surrounded), when I lose my way (Oh oh)
When I'm falling down, I'm crying out, You are here to
Chorus
Bridge
D/F# Em
I can see the dawn is breaking, I am feeling overtaken
C G
With your love, with your love
D/F# Em
I don't know what I can offer, in this moment I surrender
C
To your love, to your love
Chorus
Intro