Hold Out Your Hand

	  		 
 

verse 1 
    E                            A 
I run a lot of miles of life and crime 

Of mountain climbs and quittin' times 
C#m 
Packing that load of lyin' rhymes 
B 
And tired jokes and wooden dimes 
A                     C#m                 B 
I've been everybody's friend, everybody's friend 

verse 2 
             E                         A 
I could lose my house, I could steal a car 

I could serve two masters, living hard 
C#m 
Living like a dog in a cage in a yard 
                                                   A 
With a fist full of cold hard cash and I can't let go 
                        C#m                            B 
The devil can't have my soul, the devil can't get your soul 
                         A 
The devil can't get your soul 

E              A 
Hold out your hand 
                  C#m 
Take hold of mine now 
                B                E(F#) 
Round and round we go 
                 A 
Don't you wanna dance 

            C#m 
I'm a dying man 
                   B 
From the moment we began 
               E 
Hold out your hand 
                         A 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          C#m 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          B 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
 

verse 3 
    E 
The hand comes around and the trumpet sounds 
        A 
And his number calls and the moment he falls 
                                     B 
And the haunted halls of man he will understand 
               A                 C#m 
He will comprehend, he will not pretend 
             B 
He will not pretend 

verse 4 
         E                       A 
When the rain don't fall and the river don't run 

And the wind takes orders from the blazing sun 
C#m 
The devil don't break with a fiery snake 
                                              A 
And you handled about goddamn much as you can take 
                       C#m                           B 
The devil don't take a break, the devil don't take a break 
                     A 
The devil don't take no break 

E             A 
Hold out your hand 
                  C#m 
Take hold of mine now 
                B                E 
Round and round we go 
                 A 
Don't you wanna dance 

            C#m 
I'm a dying man 
                   B 
From the moment we began 
               E 
Hold out your hand 
                          A 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          C#m 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          B 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
 

Bridge 
E 
Well he came to my door to sell me the fear 

With some cameras and bullets and tension and 
C#m 
Here is a license for killing your own native son 
                                           A 
For a careless mistake and a fake plastic gun? 
 C#m            B               A               B 
(Come on!) 

E 
Deliver your brother from violence and greed 
        A 
For the mountains, lay down for your faith like a seed 
  C#m 
A morning is coming of silver and light 
                                                       A 
There will be color and language and nobody wanting to fight 
                C#m 
What a glorious sight! 
                B 
What a glorious sight! 
E                         A 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          C#m 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          B 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 

E             A 
Hold out your hand 
                  C#m 
Take hold of mine now 
                B                E 
Round and round we go 
                 A 
Don't you wanna dance 

            C#m 
I'm a dying man 
                   B 
From the moment we began 
               E 
Hold out your hand 
                          A 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                         C#m 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 
                          B 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da 


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