Chords for Beyoncé - Hold Up (Video)
Tempo:
165.05 bpm
Chords used:
F
D
G
C
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I tried to change, closed my mouth more, tried to be softer, [Gm]
prettier, less awake,
[N] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [Ebm]
[G]
[F] fasted
for 60 days, wore [Bb] white, [D]
abstained from mirrors, [G]
abstained from [Fm] sex, [Bbm] slowly did not speak another word.
[N]
In that time my hair I grew past my [F] ankles, I slept on a mat on the floor, I swallowed
a sword, I [Bb] levitated, [G] reached the basement, [Fm] confessed my sins [G] and was baptized in a river,
got on my knees and said amen and said I mean, I whipped my own back and asked [A] for dominion
at your feet.
I threw myself into [G] a volcano, I drank the blood [Bb] and drank the wine, I sat alone [G] and
begged and bent at the waist for God, I crossed myself and thought I saw the devil.
I [Bb] grew thickened skin on my feet, I bathed in bleach and plugged my mincies with pages
[F] from the holy book but still [N] inside me coiled deep was the need to know, are you cheating on me?
Are you cheating on me?
[F] [D] [G]
[D] [F] [C]
[F] [D] [G]
[Dm] [C] Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love
[C] you, back up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] step down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I
love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked way [D] to treat the
[Dm] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] hold on, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, something [F] don't feel [D] right [G] because it ain't right, [D] especially
coming [F] up after midnight, [C]
I [F] smell your [D] secrets, I'm [G] not too [D] perfect to ever feel [F] this worthless,
[C] how did it come down to this, [F] going through your [D] call list, [G] I don't wanna lose my pride
[D] but I'm a fuck [F] me up a bitch, [C] know that I kept it [F] sexy, you know I [D] kept it [G] fun, there's
something that I'm missing, [D] maybe my head [F] for [C] one, what's worse, [F] looking [D] jealous or
crazy, [G] jealous or [D] [F] crazy, [C] hold up, [F] you walked all [D] over lately, [G] walked all over [D] lately, I'd
rather [F] be [C] crazy, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they
don't love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a
wicked way [D] to treat the [F] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [C] you,
[G] slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you, [C] let's imagine for a moment [F] that you never
[D] made a name [G] for yourself, a master of what they [D] had you labeled [F] as a king, [C] never made
it out the case, [F] the lot that moving [D] in them streets, [G] never had the baddest woman [D] in the
game of [F] being your she, [C] would they [F] be down to [D] ride, [G] no, they [D] used to hide [F] from you, lie
to you, [C] but y'all know, [F] we were made [D] for each other, [G] so I find you and hold you down, Ms.
[C] Sing Sing, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you
like I [F] love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked [Dm] way
to treat the girl that [C] loves you, hold it up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, Slow
down [D] they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Hey, it's such a [F] shame [D] you let [G] this good love.
[D] [F] Always keep the top [Ab] tip, five star, sexy lovin' in the car like make that wood, like make
that wood, holly like a boulevard.
[C] What's worse, [F] lookin' jealous [D] or crazy, [G] jealous and [D] crazy.
[F] [C] Oh, I like [F] being walked all over [G] lately, walked all over [D] lately, I'd rather [F] be [C] crazy.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Slow down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Step down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [F] you, what a [G] wicked [Dm] way to treat the girl that loves [C] you.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Hold down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you.
[G]
Wazzap, wazzap.
prettier, less awake,
[N] [Bb]
[F]
[Bb] [Ebm]
[G]
[F] fasted
for 60 days, wore [Bb] white, [D]
abstained from mirrors, [G]
abstained from [Fm] sex, [Bbm] slowly did not speak another word.
[N]
In that time my hair I grew past my [F] ankles, I slept on a mat on the floor, I swallowed
a sword, I [Bb] levitated, [G] reached the basement, [Fm] confessed my sins [G] and was baptized in a river,
got on my knees and said amen and said I mean, I whipped my own back and asked [A] for dominion
at your feet.
I threw myself into [G] a volcano, I drank the blood [Bb] and drank the wine, I sat alone [G] and
begged and bent at the waist for God, I crossed myself and thought I saw the devil.
I [Bb] grew thickened skin on my feet, I bathed in bleach and plugged my mincies with pages
[F] from the holy book but still [N] inside me coiled deep was the need to know, are you cheating on me?
Are you cheating on me?
[F] [D] [G]
[D] [F] [C]
[F] [D] [G]
[Dm] [C] Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love
[C] you, back up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] step down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I
love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked way [D] to treat the
[Dm] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] hold on, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, something [F] don't feel [D] right [G] because it ain't right, [D] especially
coming [F] up after midnight, [C]
I [F] smell your [D] secrets, I'm [G] not too [D] perfect to ever feel [F] this worthless,
[C] how did it come down to this, [F] going through your [D] call list, [G] I don't wanna lose my pride
[D] but I'm a fuck [F] me up a bitch, [C] know that I kept it [F] sexy, you know I [D] kept it [G] fun, there's
something that I'm missing, [D] maybe my head [F] for [C] one, what's worse, [F] looking [D] jealous or
crazy, [G] jealous or [D] [F] crazy, [C] hold up, [F] you walked all [D] over lately, [G] walked all over [D] lately, I'd
rather [F] be [C] crazy, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they
don't love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a
wicked way [D] to treat the [F] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [C] you,
[G] slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you, [C] let's imagine for a moment [F] that you never
[D] made a name [G] for yourself, a master of what they [D] had you labeled [F] as a king, [C] never made
it out the case, [F] the lot that moving [D] in them streets, [G] never had the baddest woman [D] in the
game of [F] being your she, [C] would they [F] be down to [D] ride, [G] no, they [D] used to hide [F] from you, lie
to you, [C] but y'all know, [F] we were made [D] for each other, [G] so I find you and hold you down, Ms.
[C] Sing Sing, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you
like I [F] love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked [Dm] way
to treat the girl that [C] loves you, hold it up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, Slow
down [D] they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Hey, it's such a [F] shame [D] you let [G] this good love.
[D] [F] Always keep the top [Ab] tip, five star, sexy lovin' in the car like make that wood, like make
that wood, holly like a boulevard.
[C] What's worse, [F] lookin' jealous [D] or crazy, [G] jealous and [D] crazy.
[F] [C] Oh, I like [F] being walked all over [G] lately, walked all over [D] lately, I'd rather [F] be [C] crazy.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Slow down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Step down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [F] you, what a [G] wicked [Dm] way to treat the girl that loves [C] you.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Hold down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you.
[G]
Wazzap, wazzap.
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I tried to change, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ closed my mouth more, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ tried to be softer, [Gm] _ _
prettier, _ _ _ _ less _ awake, _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] fasted
for 60 days, _ _ _ wore [Bb] white, _ [D] _ _
abstained from mirrors, _ _ [G] _ _
abstained from [Fm] sex, _ _ _ _ [Bbm] slowly did not speak another word.
_ [N] _
_ _ _ In that time my hair I grew past my [F] ankles, I slept on a mat on the floor, I swallowed
a sword, I [Bb] levitated, [G] reached the basement, [Fm] confessed my sins [G] and was baptized in a river,
got on my knees and said amen and said I mean, I whipped my own back and asked [A] for dominion
at your feet.
I threw myself into [G] a volcano, I drank the blood [Bb] and drank the wine, I sat alone [G] and
begged and bent at the waist for God, I crossed myself and thought I saw the devil.
_ I [Bb] grew thickened skin on my feet, _ I bathed in bleach and plugged my mincies with pages
[F] from the holy book but still [N] inside me coiled deep was the need to know, _ are you cheating on me?
Are you cheating on me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love
[C] you, back up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] step down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I
love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked way [D] to treat the
[Dm] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] hold on, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, something [F] don't feel [D] right [G] because it ain't right, [D] especially
coming [F] up after midnight, [C] _
I [F] smell your [D] secrets, I'm [G] not too [D] perfect to ever feel [F] this worthless,
[C] how did it come down to this, [F] going through your [D] call list, [G] I don't wanna lose my pride
[D] but I'm a fuck [F] me up a bitch, [C] know that I kept it [F] sexy, you know I [D] kept it [G] fun, there's
something that I'm missing, [D] maybe my head [F] for _ [C] one, what's worse, [F] looking [D] jealous or
crazy, [G] jealous or _ [D] _ _ [F] crazy, _ [C] hold up, [F] you walked all [D] over lately, [G] walked all over [D] lately, I'd
rather [F] be [C] crazy, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they
don't love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a
wicked way [D] to treat the [F] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [C] you,
[G] slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you, [C] let's imagine for a moment [F] that you never
[D] made a name [G] for yourself, a master of what they [D] had you labeled [F] as a king, [C] never made
it out the case, [F] the lot that moving [D] in them streets, [G] never had the baddest woman [D] in the
game of [F] being your she, [C] _ would they [F] be down to [D] ride, [G] no, _ they [D] used to hide [F] from you, lie
to you, [C] but y'all know, [F] we were made [D] for each other, [G] so I find you and hold you down, Ms.
[C] Sing Sing, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you
like I [F] love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked [Dm] way
to treat the girl that [C] loves you, hold it up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, Slow
down [D] they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Hey, it's such a [F] shame [D] you let [G] this good love. _
_ [D] _ _ [F] Always keep the top [Ab] tip, five star, sexy lovin' in the car like make that wood, like make
that wood, holly like a boulevard.
[C] What's worse, [F] lookin' jealous [D] or crazy, [G] jealous and [D] crazy.
_ [F] _ _ [C] Oh, I like [F] being walked all over [G] lately, walked all over [D] lately, I'd rather [F] be [C] crazy.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Slow down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Step down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [F] you, what a [G] wicked [Dm] way to treat the girl that loves [C] you.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Hold down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wazzap, _ _ wazzap. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ tried to be softer, [Gm] _ _
prettier, _ _ _ _ less _ awake, _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] fasted
for 60 days, _ _ _ wore [Bb] white, _ [D] _ _
abstained from mirrors, _ _ [G] _ _
abstained from [Fm] sex, _ _ _ _ [Bbm] slowly did not speak another word.
_ [N] _
_ _ _ In that time my hair I grew past my [F] ankles, I slept on a mat on the floor, I swallowed
a sword, I [Bb] levitated, [G] reached the basement, [Fm] confessed my sins [G] and was baptized in a river,
got on my knees and said amen and said I mean, I whipped my own back and asked [A] for dominion
at your feet.
I threw myself into [G] a volcano, I drank the blood [Bb] and drank the wine, I sat alone [G] and
begged and bent at the waist for God, I crossed myself and thought I saw the devil.
_ I [Bb] grew thickened skin on my feet, _ I bathed in bleach and plugged my mincies with pages
[F] from the holy book but still [N] inside me coiled deep was the need to know, _ are you cheating on me?
Are you cheating on me? _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love
[C] you, back up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] step down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I
love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked way [D] to treat the
[Dm] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, they [F] don't love you [D] like I love [C] you, [G] hold on, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, something [F] don't feel [D] right [G] because it ain't right, [D] especially
coming [F] up after midnight, [C] _
I [F] smell your [D] secrets, I'm [G] not too [D] perfect to ever feel [F] this worthless,
[C] how did it come down to this, [F] going through your [D] call list, [G] I don't wanna lose my pride
[D] but I'm a fuck [F] me up a bitch, [C] know that I kept it [F] sexy, you know I [D] kept it [G] fun, there's
something that I'm missing, [D] maybe my head [F] for _ [C] one, what's worse, [F] looking [D] jealous or
crazy, [G] jealous or _ [D] _ _ [F] crazy, _ [C] hold up, [F] you walked all [D] over lately, [G] walked all over [D] lately, I'd
rather [F] be [C] crazy, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they
don't love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a
wicked way [D] to treat the [F] girl that loves [C] you, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [C] you,
[G] slow down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you, [C] let's imagine for a moment [F] that you never
[D] made a name [G] for yourself, a master of what they [D] had you labeled [F] as a king, [C] never made
it out the case, [F] the lot that moving [D] in them streets, [G] never had the baddest woman [D] in the
game of [F] being your she, [C] _ would they [F] be down to [D] ride, [G] no, _ they [D] used to hide [F] from you, lie
to you, [C] but y'all know, [F] we were made [D] for each other, [G] so I find you and hold you down, Ms.
[C] Sing Sing, hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, slow down, [D] they don't love you
like I [F] love [C] you, back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, step down, [D] they don't
love you [F] like I love [C] you, can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [G] you, what a wicked [Dm] way
to treat the girl that [C] loves you, hold it up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you, Slow
down [D] they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Hey, it's such a [F] shame [D] you let [G] this good love. _
_ [D] _ _ [F] Always keep the top [Ab] tip, five star, sexy lovin' in the car like make that wood, like make
that wood, holly like a boulevard.
[C] What's worse, [F] lookin' jealous [D] or crazy, [G] jealous and [D] crazy.
_ [F] _ _ [C] Oh, I like [F] being walked all over [G] lately, walked all over [D] lately, I'd rather [F] be [C] crazy.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Slow down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Back up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Step down, they don't love you [F] like I love [C] you.
Can't you see [F] there's no other [D] man above [F] you, what a [G] wicked [Dm] way to treat the girl that loves [C] you.
Hold up, [F] they don't love you [D] like I love [G] you.
Hold down, [D] they don't love you [F] like I love you.
_ [G] _
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Wazzap, _ _ wazzap. _ _
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