Hold My Hand

by Hootie & The Blowfish · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

HOLD MY HAND
By: Darius Rucker, Everett Felber,
    Mark Bryan, James Sonefeld
Hootie & The Blowfish
Key: B

 3* -4 -4  -4   -5*  -4   3*  -4  -4  3*-2*
With a lit-tle love, and some ten-der-ness
-2*    -5  5* -4  3* -4 -4
We'll walk up-on the wa-ter
 -4    -5  5* -4   3*  -4
We'll rise a-bove the mess
 3* -4 -4  -4 -5*5*-4 -4   -4  -4  -4 3*-2*
With a lit-tle peace, and some har-mo- ny
 -2*   -5   5*   -4  3*  -4  -4
We'll take the world to-geth-er
 -2*   -5   5* -4  3* -4-2*3*
We'll take 'em by the  hand

  -2*  4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4  
'Cause I got a hand for you
4* 4* 4* -4   -4  -4  
I wan-na run with you

 3* -4  -5* -4 -4   3*  -4   -4  3*-2*
Yes-ter-day, I saw you stand-ing there
 -2*  -5   5*  -4    3*   -4   -4  -4
Your head was down, your eyes were red
-4  -5   5*    -4    3*   -4
No comb had touched your hair
3*-4 -4 -5*5*-4 -4  -4  -4 -4  -4  3*-2*
I  said get up, and let me see you smile
 -2*   -5  5* -4  3*  -4  -4
We'll take a walk to-geth-er
 -5   5*  -4  3*-43*-2*  
Walk the road a-while, 

  -2*  4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4  
'Cause I got a hand for you
4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4
I got a hand for you
  3*   3*  3* -4 -5   5*  -4
Won't you let me run with you? 

-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*  -4  3*  4*  4*  -4
Want you to hold my hand
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*   -4   3* 4*-4  -4    -4   -5*  4* -4
I'll take you to a place where you can be
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
3* 3*  -4  -4   4* 4* -4 -4  -4
An-y-thing you wan-na be be-cause
3* -4 -4  -5  -4  -4   -5   -4
I wan-na love you the best that, 
 3*  -5   -4 -4 4*-4
the best that I can

-4 -4 -4  -5* -5*  -4 -4  3*  -4  -4  3*-2*
See I was wast-ed, and I was wast-ing time
 -2*-5    5*  -4  3*   -4   -4   -4
'Til I thought a-bout your prob-lems, 
-4   -5   5* -4   3*    -4 
I thought a-bout your crimes
 3* -4   -4  -4  -4   -4 -4   -4    -43*-2*
Then I stood up, and then I screamed a-loud
 -2*  -2*-2* -5  5*  -4  3*   -4  -4
Don't wan-na be part of your prob-lem
 -2*  -2*-2* -5  5*  -4  3*  -4-2*3*
Don't wan-na be part of your crowd,

  -2*  4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4  
'Cause I got a hand for you
4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4
I got a hand for you
  3*   3*  3* -4 -5   5*  -4
Won't you let me run with you? 

-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*  -4  3*  4*  4*  -4
Want you to hold my hand
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*   -4   3* 4*-4  -4    -4   -5*  4* -4
I'll take you to a place where you can be
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
3* 3*  -4  -4   4* 4* -4 -4  -4
An-y-thing you wan-na be be-cause
3* -4 -4  -5  -4  -4   -5   -4
I wan-na love you the best that, 
 3*  -5   -4 -4 4*-4
the best that I can

  -2*  4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4  
'Cause I got a hand for you
4* 4* 4* -4  -4  -4
I got a hand for you
  3*   3*  3* -4 -5   5*  -4
Won't you let me run with you? 

-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*  -4  3*  4*  4*  -4
Want you to hold my hand
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*   -4   3* 4*-4  -4    -4   -5*  4* -4
I'll take you to a place where you can be
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
3* 3*  -4  -4   4* 4* -4 -4  -4
An-y-thing you wan-na be be-cause 
-55*-4-55*-4-6* 5*  -4
I...  Oh... No, No, No

-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*  -4  3*  4*  4*  -4
Want you to hold my hand
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3*   -4   3* 4* -4   -4   -4  -5* 
I'll take you to the prom-ised land
-5*5*-4 -4  5*
Hold    my hand
 3* 3* -4  -4     4*   -4    -4  -4
May-be we can't change the world but
3* -4 -4  -5  -4  -4   -5   -4
I wan-na love you the best that, 
-4   -5   5* -4  5* 
The best that I can
3*-2* -4  -5   4* -4 4*-4 3*-2*-4
Oh,  The best that I    can

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