The Hands I Hold by Bo Bruce
Album: Before I Sleep
Track 11
2013

Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret

Chords:

C:    x32010
Am:   x02210
Em:   x22000
G:    320003 or 320033
F:    x33211 or 133211
Bm:   x24432

(To play without A capo replace the chords above by Eb, Cm, Gm, Bb, Ab & Dm)

Intro:      C (x32010@1)   Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)There's a smoking gun where the sirens end
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                    Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)Hear the battle drums, see the tribes descend
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                   Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)We can stand apart, we can stand together
C (x32010@1)                   Am (x02210@1)                  Em (022000@1)   
 Can they leave your heart, and take me forever?

F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)While the shrapnel falls
              G (320003@1)I hear your call
                 Am (x02210@1)You cry out for me
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)And I will come
         G (320003@1)I will run
                Am (x02210@1)To be by your side
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)If the silence wins
                   G (320003@1)I will guide you in
                 Am (x02210@1)I will be your voice
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)They can take my soul
                 G (320003@1)Be the hands I hold
              Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)I will sacrifice

C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)And I watched you rise in the dawn of tears
C (x32010@1)             Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)And I saw you fight all my darkest fears
C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)                Em (022000@1)   G (320003@1)We can win this war if we rage together
C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                 Em (022000@1)I will guard your door, I will stay forever

F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)While the shrapnel falls
              G (320003@1)I hear your call
                 Am (x02210@1)You cry out for me
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)And I will come
         G (320003@1)I will run
                Am (x02210@1)To be by your side
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)If the silence wins
                   G (320003@1)I will guide you in
                 Am (x02210@1)I will be your voice
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)They can take my soul
                 G (320003@1)Be the hands I hold
              Am (x02210@1)      
 I will sacrifice

C (x32010@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)There's a war outside, one in here too
C (x32010@1)                      Bm (x24432@1)Well we're done fighting, we only want the truth
C (x32010@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)There's a war in here, well we'll find peace
C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)              (Am)
 Well we're done fighting, we only want relief

F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)While the shrapnel falls
              G (320003@1)I hear your call
                 Am (x02210@1)You cry out for me
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)And I will come
         G (320003@1)I will run
                Am (x02210@1)To be by your side
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)If the silence wins
                   G (320003@1)I will guide you in
                 Am (x02210@1)I will be your voice
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)They can take my soul
                 G (320003@1)Be the hands I hold
              Am (x02210@1)      
 I will sacrifice
F (133211@1)                  C (x32010@1)While the shrapnel falls
              G (320003@1)I hear your call
                 Am (x02210@1)You cry out for me
F (133211@1)          C (x32010@1)And I will come
         G (320003@1)I will run
                Am (x02210@1)To be by your side
F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)If the silence wins
                   G (320003@1)I will guide you in
                 Am (x02210@1)I will be your voice
F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)They can take my soul
                 G (320003@1)Be the hands I hold
              Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)      
 I will sacrifice

End on C