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@SONG: * HOLD MY HAND
(tabbed by Paul Hutchinson )
Intro:
|Bsus2 E | x4
Bsus2 E Bsus2 E
With a little love and some tenderness
Bsus2 E Bsus2 E etc
We'll walk upon the water, we'll rise above the mist
With a little peace, and some harmony
We'll take the world together, we'll take them by the hand
F# E* B
Cause, I got a hand for you, oh
F# E* B
Cause, I wanna run with you
Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was heavy, your eyes were red, no comb had touched your hair
I said "Get up, and let me see you smile
We'll take a walk together, walk the road a while"
Cause, I got a hand for you - I got a hand for you
I wanna run with you - won't you let me run with you
B E* F#
Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
B E* F#
Hold my hand - I'll take you to a place where you can be
B E* F#
Hold my hand - anything you wanna be, because
E*
I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can
See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
"Don't wanna be part of your problems, don't wanna be part of your crowd, no"
Cause, I gotta hand for you - I got a hand for you
I wanna run with you - won't you let me run with you
Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand - I will take you to the promised land
Hold my hand - Maybe we can't change the world but,
I wanna love you, the best that, the best that I can
Solo: |Bsus2 E | x4
|F# E* |B | x2
Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand - I'll take you to a place where you can be
Hold my hand - anything you wanna be cause
I, no lo lo, oh ho (!?)
Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
Hold my hand - I will take you to the promised land
Hold my hand - Maybe we can't change the world but,
I wanna love you, the best that, the best that I can
Chords: Acoustic guitar: Bsus2-x24422 E-022100 F#-x 9 11 11 11 x
E*-x7999x B-799877
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hootie_and_the_blowfish/hold_my_hand_tab_ver_2.html ]
Electric guitar (mostly): F#-x 9 11 11 x x E*-x799xx B-x998xx
...............
The riff played by the electric comes in on the line "With a little
peace..", is played throughout the verses, and consists of the following:
(the notes in brackets aren't played all the time)
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------7-----9-------------------|-------7--------------------------|
|/8--------(8)9-------------------|/8--------(8)9--------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
During the bridge ("Cause I got..") and chorus ("Hold my hand..") you
just strum the chords as shown above.
The solo consists of:
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|/7-----9-----7-------------------|-7h9---9--------------------------|
|--------------------/8---7h8-----|---------7h8----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\---|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7h9---9--------------------------|
|---------7-8-9-------9---7h8---8-|---------7h8----------------------|
|/9-----9-------------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(Hold bend)
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------7-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----4---4-6b8---8r6-4-------4~~~|~~~~~~~~~~------------------------|
|-4/6---6---------------6-4h6-----|-----------6----6-4---4-----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------6---6-4---|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
+ + + + + + + +
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4h5-|p4-5b7r5p4--------------------------|
|-----------------4---4h6---6-----|-----------6b8------r6-4--------4---|
|---------4---4h6---6-------------|------------------------6-4-4h6-----|
|-----4h6---6---------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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