Elliott Brood - Hold You
A very powerful song about soldiers dying in the battlefield during WW1...
Standard Tuning
Capo 3rd fret
Intro
Am x8
You can do this little pattern in between times (listen to the song to figure it out)...
E--------0-
B--------1-
G------0h2-
D--0h2---2-
A--------0-
E----------
...and finish intro with:
F
E--1-0-----1-
B------3-1-1-
G----------2-
D----------3-
A----------0-
E------------
F, C, G x 3
CEFCG
Well I'll hold you in my arms till the wounds subside
CEFCG
And we call out to the darkness as we pray for the coming light
CE
We know now that your coming
FG
We hear the rattle in your lungs
CE
We know now that you'll never
FCGC
Make the coming light of dawn
Am
(or you can do the intro pattern ending in Am 4 times and the then, the pattern ending in F)
FCG
hummm hummm humm
FCG
Oh, I dream about you
FCG
In the cold of the night
CE
We hold out for the moments
FG
Though we know they'll never arrive
CE
Held down undercover
FG
beneath the cold and dirty skies
CE
We hold on to each other
FCGC
For who wants to die alone
(Solo 1)Am
same pattern as intro
FCG
hummm hummm humm
FCG
Hey we both know
FCG
These lines won't move
CE
We call now for our lovers
FCG
As they lie by the river side
CE
Chased back to the moment
FCG
By the sound of the coming tide
(solo 2) C, E, F, C, G x2
CE
We're sure now that she's coming
FCGC
Our written words, they won't die with us
E, F, C, G
CE
We call now for our mothers
FCGC
In the end we all die alone
Am, G, C