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                          HOLDING THE EARTH - ShamRain
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Tuning: Standard


Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----3-6-6-3---------5-8-8-5--------10-13-13-10--------10-12-12-10---|
D|---3---------------5-------------10-----------------10---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
       (x 2)           (x 2)


Intro melody:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------10-3/5-----13-13-12-12\8/10/15-15-13-12-----13-12-10-----10-8-6------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse:
("Can you ease up?")
("Well I am not that strong, but I think I can carry on...")
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------10-10-8-----------------------10-10--8-10-------------------------|
A|-----8-8----------10-11-10---------8-8-------------10----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------11-------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------10-10-8--10-11-10-------------10-10-8--10-11-10-------------------|
A|-----8-8---------------------------8-8-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge:
("For some time...")
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------8-8---------6-6-----------5-5------------6-6-5---|
A|---8-8---------6-6-----------5-5------------5-5---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


Pre-chorus (first without vocals):
("I have lost my faith, I'm just holding on, you know I used to be strong...")
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------10---------------------------------|
D|-------------8---------------------------8-------------------10----------|
A|-----8-10-11---11-10----------8-10-11------11----------10-11----11-8-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:
("We can't hold it anymore, we can't hold the earth... anymore...")
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------12---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----3-15-13-12----12----15-13-12------------------------------------------|
A|----------------14----------------15---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------15-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----17s13-15----18-17-----18-17-17----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------15-17----15-15-15-------------------15-15--------------------|
D|-----17s13-15-------18----------18-18-17-17-17-17-------17-17-17-17-17-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------15-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----17s13-15----18-17---17-18-18------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--13-15-15-15---16-15---16-16-16-15-15-13-13-13-13-13-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------15-15-15-13-13-13-12--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| b   Bend
| br  Bend release

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