Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G (2x)
Verse 1:
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B
I was alone so long
D/F#D/F# G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G
I didn’t even know that I was lonely
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B
Out in the cold so long
D/F#D/F# G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F#
I didn’t even know that I was cold
C/EC/E Dsus/F#
Turned my collar to the wind
C majorC DsusDsus
This is how it’s always been
Chorus:
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# G+G D/F#D/F# G+G Emin7 D/F#D/F#
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# G+G
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
Cadd9Cadd9 G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G
But now I wanna hold you, too
Instrumental:
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B E minorEm D/F#D/F#
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G
D/F#D/F# C majorC
Verse 2:
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B
You take me in your arms
FsusFsus Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G
And suddenly there’s sunlight all around me
Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B
Everything bright and warm
FsusFsus Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F#
And shining like it never did before
C/EC/E Dsus/F#
And for a moment I forget
C majorC DsusDsus
Just how dark and cold it gets
Chorus:
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# G+G D/F#D/F# G+G Emin7 D/F#D/F#
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
C majorC G+G D/F#D/F# G+G
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
D/F#D/F# G+G
But now I wanna hold you
FF
Now I wanna hold you
FsusFsus
Hold you close
FsusFsus
I don’t ever wanna have to let you go
FsusFsus
Now I wanna hold you, hold you tight
FsusFsus FsusFsus C/EC/E G/BG/B C majorC FsusFsus C/EC/E G/BG/B C majorC
I don’t wanna go back to the lonely life
Verse 3:
FsusFsus C/EC/E
I don’t know how or why
G/BG/B C majorC FsusFsus C/EC/E G/BG/B C majorC
or who am i that I should get to hold you
FsusFsus C/EC/E
but when I saw you all alone
G/BG/B C majorC FsusFsus C/EC/E G/BG/B
against the sky its like I’d known you all along
FsusFsus G+G
I knew you before we met
FsusFsus G+G
and I don’t even know you yet
Chorus:
FsusFsus C majorC G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B C majorC Am7Am7 G/BG/B
All I know is your someone I have always known
FsusFsus C majorC G/BG/B C majorC
all I know is your someone I have always known
G/BG/B C majorC
and I don’t even know you
Bb majorBb
Now I wanna hold you
Bbsus
hold you close
Bbsus
I don’t ever wanna have to let you go
Bbsus
now I wanna hold you
Bbsus
hold you tight
Bbsus Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F# G+G Cadd9Cadd9 G/BG/B D/F#D/F#
I don’t wanna go back to the lonely life
Verse 4:
G+G D/F#D/F#
Say that you’ll hold me forever
G+G D/F#D/F# Emin7
Say that the wind won’t change on us
C majorC Emin7
Say that we’ll stay with each other
DsusDsus
And it’ll always be like this
Verse 5:
G+G D/F#D/F#
I’m gonna hold you forever
G+G D/F#D/F# Emin7
The wind will never change on us
C majorC Emin7
As long as we stay with each other
DsusDsus G+G
Then it will always be like this