I hope you enjoy my interpretation of this song ... Garry Smythe Please e mail me with any corrections or suggestions to:- g.smythe@sky.com THIS SONG HAS BEEN TRANSPOSED INTO MANY KEYS AS LISTED BELOW ______________________________________________________________________________ Hold me Close ? David Essex ______________________________________________________________________________ David Essex sings this in the key of ? B ?, It plays well in G with capo on 4th Fret ______________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION GCACBCD GCACBCD VERSE 1 G C Bm C D Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no G C Am7 D D7 I, yes I love you and I think that you know, do you know G C With your love light shining Am C D Every clouds got a silver li - ning G C D G So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC GCACBCD VERSE 2 G C Bm C D Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no G C Am7 D D7 You and me, yes our love it will stop at the show, do you know G C With your love light shining clearly Am G D It's so good to have you near me G C D G So hold me close, don't let me go BRIDGE G D C Bm Am G And if that road gets weary, oh I lo ? oo - ove you D C Am7 C D Waiting here if you need me, 'Cause I love the things that you do VERSE 3 G C Bm C D So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no G C Am7 D D7 You see I, yes I loved you and I think that you know, do you know G C With your love light shining Am C D Every cloud?s got a silver li - ning G C D G So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC GCACBCD GCBCDGAG BRIDGE G D C Bm Am G And if that road gets tougher, oh I lo ? oo - ove you D C Am7 C D No, I'll never let you suffer, 'cause I love the things that you do VERSE 4 G C Bm C D So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no G C Am7 D D7 You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow, do you know G C With your love light shining Am C D Every cloud has a silver li - ning G C G C D So hold me close, hold me close G C Am D G Hold me close, PAUSE don't let me go GCACBCD GCACBCD GCACBCD ------------ Hold me clo - se, GCACBCD ---------------Clo - ser gi - rl GCACBCD ------------- Hold me clo - se, GCACBCD ------------- Clo - ser gi - rl AND FADE Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx INTRODUCTION ADBDCDE ADBDCDE VERSE 1 A D C#m D E Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 I, yes I love you and I think that you know, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every clouds got a silver li - ning A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC ADBDCDE VERSE 2 A D C#m D E Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You and me, yes our love it will stop at the show, do you know A D With your love light shining clearly Bm A E It's so good to have you near me A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go BRIDGE A E D C#m Bm A And if that road gets weary, oh I lo ? oo - ove you E D Bm7 D E Waiting here if you need me, 'Cause I love the things that you do VERSE 3 A D C#m D E So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You see I, yes I loved you and I think that you know, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every cloud?s got a silver li - ning A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC ADBDCDE ADCDEABA BRIDGE A E D C#m Bm A And if that road gets tougher, oh I lo ? oo - ove you E D Bm7 D E No, I'll never let you suffer, 'cause I love the things that you do VERSE 4 A D C#m D E So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every cloud has a silver li - ning A D A D E So hold me close, hold me close A D Bm E A Hold me close, PAUSE don't let me go ADBDCDE ADBDCDE ADBDCDE ------------ Hold me clo - se, ADBDCDE ---------------Clo - ser gi - rl ADBDCDE ------------- Hold me clo - se, ADBDCDE ------------- Clo - ser gi - rl AND FADE Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx INTRODUCTION CFDFEFG CFDFEFG VERSE 1 C F Em F G Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no C F Dm7 G G7 I, yes I love you and I think that you know, do you know C F With your love light shining Dm F G Every clouds got a silver li - ning C F G C So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC CFDFEFG VERSE 2 C F Em F G Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no C F Dm7 G G7 You and me, yes our love it will stop at the show, do you know C F With your love light shining clearly Dm C G It's so good to have you near me C F G C So hold me close, don't let me go BRIDGE C G F Em Dm C And if that road gets weary, oh I lo ? oo - ove you G F Dm7 F G Waiting here if you need me, 'Cause I love the things that you do VERSE 3 C F Em F G So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no C F Dm7 G G7 You see I, yes I loved you and I think that you know, do you know C F With your love light shining Dm F G Every cloud?s got a silver li - ning C F G C So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC CFDFEFG CFEFGCDC BRIDGE C G F Em Dm C And if that road gets tougher, oh I lo ? oo - ove you G F Dm7 F G No, I'll never let you suffer, 'cause I love the things that you do VERSE 4 C F Em F G So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no C F Dm7 G G7 You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow, do you know C F With your love light shining Dm F G Every cloud has a silver li - ning C F C F G So hold me close, hold me close C F Dm G C Hold me close, PAUSE don't let me go CFDFEFG CFDFEFG CFDFEFG ------------ Hold me clo - se, CFDFEFG ---------------Clo - ser gi - rl CFDFEFG ------------- Hold me clo - se, CFDFEFG ------------- Clo - ser gi - rl AND FADE Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx INTRODUCTION DGEGFGA DGEGFGA VERSE 1 D G F#m G A Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no D G Em7 A A7 I, yes I love you and I think that you know, do you know D G With your love light shining Em G A Every clouds got a silver li - ning D G A D So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC DGEGFGA VERSE 2 D G F#m G A Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no D G Em7 A A7 You and me, yes our love it will stop at the show, do you know D G With your love light shining clearly Em D A It's so good to have you near me D G A D So hold me close, don't let me go BRIDGE D A G F#m Em D And if that road gets weary, oh I lo ? oo - ove you A G Em7 G A Waiting here if you need me, 'Cause I love the things that you do VERSE 3 D G F#m G A So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no D G Em7 A A7 You see I, yes I loved you and I think that you know, do you know D G With your love light shining Em G A Every cloud?s got a silver li - ning D G A D So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC DGEGFGA DGFGADED BRIDGE D A G F#m Em D And if that road gets tougher, oh I lo ? oo - ove you A G Em7 G A No, I'll never let you suffer, 'cause I love the things that you do VERSE 4 D G F#m G A So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no D G Em7 A A7 You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow, do you know D G With your love light shining Em G A Every cloud has a silver li - ning D G D G A So hold me close, hold me close D G Em A D Hold me close, PAUSE don't let me go DGEGFGA DGEGFGA DGEGFGA ------------ Hold me clo - se, DGEGFGA ---------------Clo - ser gi - rl DGEGFGA ------------- Hold me clo - se, DGEGFGA ------------- Clo - ser gi - rl AND FADE Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx INTRODUCTION ADBDCDE ADBDCDE VERSE 1 A D C#m D E Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 I, yes I love you and I think that you know, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every clouds got a silver li - ning A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC ADBDCDE VERSE 2 A D C#m D E Hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You and me, yes our love it will stop at the show, do you know A D With your love light shining clearly Bm A E It's so good to have you near me A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go BRIDGE A E D C#m Bm A And if that road gets weary, oh I lo ? oo - ove you E D Bm7 D E Waiting here if you need me, 'Cause I love the things that you do VERSE 3 A D C#m D E So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You see I, yes I loved you and I think that you know, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every cloud?s got a silver li - ning A D E A So hold me close, don't let me go MUSIC ADBDCDE ADCDEABA BRIDGE A E D C#m Bm A And if that road gets tougher, oh I lo ? oo - ove you E D Bm7 D E No, I'll never let you suffer, 'cause I love the things that you do VERSE 4 A D C#m D E So hold me close, don't let me go, oh no A D Bm7 E E7 You and me, yes our love it will grow and grow, do you know A D With your love light shining Bm D E Every cloud has a silver li - ning A D A D E So hold me close, hold me close A D Bm E A Hold me close, PAUSE don't let me go ADBDCDE ADBDCDE ADBDCDE ------------ Hold me clo - se, ADBDCDE ---------------Clo - ser gi - rl ADBDCDE ------------- Hold me clo - se, ADBDCDE ------------- Clo - ser gi - rl AND FADE Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx