Hold My Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish

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At the point marked with a star (*), the electric guitar comes in playing 
this riff:

             
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B|------------
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A|--/6--------
E|------------


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and continues playing it throughout the rest of the verses.  For the 
bridge and chorus, the electric doubles the acoustic.  The drums come in 
at the first bridge.  All lines in quotes (" ") are sung by the whole band.


[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

              
With a little 

            
love, and some

          
 tenderness,
             
We'll walk upo

             
n the water, w

             
e'll rise abov

      
e the mist.
*             
With a little 

            
peace, and som

        
e harmony,
             
We'll take the

             
 world togethe

             
r, we'll take 

           
'em by the han

d.


[Pre-chorus]

            
    "'Cause I 

             
got a hand for

 
 you," Ohhhhh.

..
            
    "'Cause I 

             
wanna run with

 
 you,"


[Verse 2]

            
Yes indeed, I 

             
saw you standi

      
n' there.
             
Your hair was 

             
down, your eye

              
s were red, no

             
 comb had touc

         
hed your hair.
            
I said get up,

             
 and let me se

         
e you smile.
             
We'll take a w

             
alk together, 

             
walk the road 

  
a while.


[Pre-chorus]

            
    "'Cause I 

             
got a hand for

 
 you," I gotta

 hand for you.

..
            
    "'Cause I 

             
wanna run with

 
 you," Won't y

ou let me run 

with you...


[Chorus]

            
"Hold    my   

            
 hand."       

              
              

            
   "Hold    my

    
    hand."
                    Want you to hold my hand...
              
              

              
              

             
   "Hold      

         
 my       hand

."
I'll take you to a place where you can be...
              
Anything you w

              
anna be, becau

   
se...
              
I wanna love y

              
ou, the best t

              
hat, the best 

         
that I can.


[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]

              
You see I was 

            
wasted, and I 

             
was wastin' ti

  
me,
             
'Til I thought

             
 about your pr

             
oblems, I thou

              
ght about your

 
 crimes.
             
Then I stood u

             
p, and then I 

             
screamed aloud


,
              
I don't wanna 

             
be part of you

             
r problems, do

          
n't wanna be p

art of your 

crowd, no...


[Pre-chorus]

            
    "'Cause I 

             
got a hand for

 
 you," I gotta

 hand for you.

..
            
    "'Cause I 

             
wanna run with

 
 you," Won't y

ou let me run 

with you...


[Chorus]

            
"Hold    my   

            
 hand."       

              
              

            
   "Hold    my

    
    hand."
                    Want you to hold my hand...
              
              

              
              

             
   "Hold      

         
 my       hand

."
I'll take you to the promised land...
              
Baby we can't 

              
change the wor

       
ld, but...

I wanna love you, the best that, the best that I can.


[Solo Rhythm]

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  can...

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  Let me run, 

won't you let 

me, let me


[Final Chorus]

            
"Hold    my   

            
 hand."       

              
              

            
   "Hold    my

    
    hand."
                    Want you to hold my hand...
              
              

              
              

             
   "Hold      

         
 my       hand

."
I'll take you to a place where you can be...
              
Anything you w

              
anna be, becau

   
se...

I......., ohhh no no, no no, no no...

            
"Hold    my   

            
 hand."       

              
              

            
   "Hold    my

    
    hand."
                    Want you to hold my hand...
              
              

              
              

             
   "Hold      

         
 my       hand

."
I'll take you to the promised land...
              
Baby we can't 

              
change the wor

       
ld, but...
              
I wanna love y

              
ou, the best t

              
hat, the best 

         
that I can.
            
Yeaaaaaah, the

              
 best that I c

          
aaaaaaaaannnnn

nnn.


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