Held chords by Natalie Grant

HELD by Crista Wells Sung by Natalie Grant

Capo 1st fret

This is a modification of ver3 that WingmanCD submitted. Changes are a G for the
F#m in the Verses.

Intro: A(light and flowing)

Verse
A
Two months is too little
Bm
They let him go, they had no
A

Sudden healing
A
To think that providence would
G
Take a child from his mother while she prays
     A
Is appalling

A
Who told us we'd be rescued
G
What has changed and why should we be saved
     A
From nightmares
A
We're asking why this happens
G
To us, who have died to live
       A
It's unfair

Chrous:
G
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
         F#m
When the sacred is torn from your life
   G
And you survive
G
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
         F#m
That the promise was when everything fell
     A
We'd be held
A
This hand is bitterness
G
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb
     A
Our sorrow
A
The wise hand opens slowly
G
To lillies of the valley and
  A
Tomorrow





Chorus(change of key)

Bridge
B
If hope is born of suffering
B
If this is only the beginning
Ab
Can we not wait for one hour
         A
Watching for our Savior

Chrous(Strong another half step up)
                Dm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
         Am
When the sacred is torn from your life
    Dm
And you survive
 Dm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
         Am
That the promise was when everything fell
     C
We'd be held


C x2

                Dm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
         Am
That the promise was when everything fell
     C
We'd be held


(lightly)
C

             Am
This is what it means to be held

F