Hold Fast Hope chords by Thrice

Chords with lyrics

Intro
E minorEm
How can you be sleeping, waves like weapons crash
E minorEm
O'er us, cry for mercy and hold fast hope

E minorEm 8 measures

Verse
E minorEm      D MajorD            C majorC
Who of us is cursed, or do we have to ask
           A minorAm  G+G  E minorEm
Search your souls and hold fast
E minorEm         D MajorD             C majorC
If no one speaks a word, then let the lots be cast
         A minorAm  B minorBm
Truth be told and hold fast

Pre-Chorus
E6E6                Fmaj7Fmaj7
White death wakes in black skies, mark your maker's wrath
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Fear and flames of azure climb the crooked mast
E6E6            Fmaj7Fmaj7
You will yet be baptized, steeped in shattered glass
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Sink and sing your answer and hold fast hope

E minorEm               D MajorD    C majorC            A minorAm   G+G
   As strong arms grip your shoulders like dead hands of the past
E minorEm             D MajorD  C majorC             A minorAm  B minorBm
   Pray as you're tossed over, this breath could be your last

Bridge
E6E6    Fmaj7Fmaj7  Cmaj7Cmaj7
     Quiet and cold,
E6E6  Fmaj7Fmaj7    Cmaj7Cmaj7
siiiilent and  slow
E6E6   Fmaj7Fmaj7   Cmaj7Cmaj7
Niiight black as  coal,
E6E6   Fmaj7Fmaj7   Cmaj7Cmaj7
miiiles here  below

2nd Bridge
E minorEm
Find your faith and dive deep, through living gateways pass
E minorEm
Lined with death and ivory, and hold fast, hold fast

Pre-Chorus
E minorEm              D MajorD
Deep beneath the black dawn, leagues from lightning's flash
C majorC             A minorAm       G+G
Ribs will raise cathedrals for the morning mass
E minorEm              D MajorD
Steel yourself in sackcloth, roll your heart in ash
C majorC                  A minorAm  B minorBm  E6E6
Scrape your skin with steel wool and hold fast hope

E6E6       Fmaj7Fmaj7   Cmaj7Cmaj7         E6E6
Ribs will raise cathedrals for the morning mass
E6E6          Fmaj7Fmaj7     Cmaj7Cmaj7
Scrape your skin with steel wool
Cmaj7Cmaj7        Cmaj7Cmaj7
Cross your heart and hold fast hope
Cmaj7Cmaj7      Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hold fast hope. Hold fast hope.