Hold You chords by Elliott Brood

Chords with lyrics

Elliott Brood - Hold You

A augmentedA very powerful song about soldiers dying in the battlefield during WW1...

Standard Tuning
Capo 3rd fret

Intro

A minorAm 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:
      FF
E--1-0-----1-
B------3-1-1-
G----------2-
D----------3-
A----------0-
E------------

F, C, G+G x 3

     C majorC       E MajorE       FF   C majorC  G+G
Well I'll hold you in my arms till the wounds subside
    C majorC        E MajorE       FF      C majorC   G+G
And we call out to the darkness as we pray for the coming light
  C majorC          E MajorE
We know now that your coming
      FF        G+G
We hear the rattle in your lungs
  C majorC           E MajorE
We know now that you'll never
 FF        C majorC  G+G  C majorC
Make the coming light of dawn

A minorAm
(or you can do the intro pattern ending in A minorAm 4 times and the then, the pattern ending in FF)

FF   C majorC   G+G
hummm hummm humm
FF    C majorC  G+G
Oh, I dream about you
    FF  C majorC   G+G
In the cold of the night

  C majorC        E MajorE
We hold out for the moments
     FF          G+G
Though we know they'll never arrive
C majorC       E MajorE
Held down undercover
      FF        G+G
beneath the cold and dirty skies
  C majorC       E MajorE
We hold on to each other
   FF      C majorC G+G C majorC
For who wants to die alone

(Solo 1)Am
same pattern as intro

FF   C majorC   G+G
hummm hummm humm
FF  C majorC    G+G
Hey we both know
    FF   C majorC   G+G
These lines won't move

  C majorC         E MajorE
We call now for our lovers
    FF     C majorC   G+G
As they lie by the river side
C majorC          E MajorE
Chased back to the moment
    FF      C majorC   G+G
By the sound of the coming tide

(solo 2) C, E, F, C, G+G x2

    C majorC          E MajorE
We're sure now that she's coming
       FF        C majorC G+G   C majorC
Our written words, they won't die with us

E, F, C, G+G

  C majorC         E MajorE
We call now for our mothers
    FF     C majorC G+G C majorC
In the end we all die alone