Hold My Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish
Version 1 of 4
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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At the point marked with a star (*), the electric guitar comes in playing
this riff:
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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.
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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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