[Intro - No drums - BPM 123 - Original key - capo 5] [G] XxxX xxXx xXxx XxXx
[Verse 1 Melody starts on G] [G] Standing in a crowded room and I can't see your face [G] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3 - relative to capo) [Em] Put your arms around me, tell me everything's OK [G] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3) (bass drum in) [G] In my mind, I'm [G]running round a [G/F#]cold and empty [G/F#]space [Em] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3) [C] Just put your arms a [C]round me, tell me [D]everything's OK [G] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3)
[Pre-Chorus - Melody starts on A# - Still just bass drum] [Eb] Break my bones but [C] you won't see me [G] fall, oh [Eb] The rising tide will [C] rise against them [G] all, oh
[Chorus - Melody starts on D - Full drums - Bass on all quarter notes] Darling, hold my [G] hand ....... [G/F#] Oh, won't you hold my [Em] hand? Cause I don't wanna [C] walk on my [C] own any [C/B] more Won't you [C/B]under [Am] stand? Cause I don't wanna walk alone [G] I'm ready for this, there's [G/F#] no denying [Em] I'm ready for this, you stop me falling [C] I'm ready for this, I [C/B] need you all in [Am] I'm ready for this, so [D] darling, hold my hand
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [G] Soul is like a [G]melting pot when [G/F#]you're not next to [G/F#]me [Em] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3) [C]Tell me that you've [C] got me and you're [D]never gonna leave [G] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3) (slap snare in) [G] Tryna find a [G] moment where [G/F#] I can find release [Em] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3) ..Please tell me [C] that you've [C]got me and you're [D] never gonna leave [G] ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh x 2 (E - 0h1h3)
[Pre-Chorus - Slap snare] [Eb] Break my bones but [C] you won't see me [G] fall, oh [Eb] The rising tide will [C] rise against them [G] all, oh
[Chorus - Full drums - Bass on all quarter notes] Darling, hold my [G] hand ....... [G/F#] Oh, won't you hold my [Em] hand? Cause I don't wanna [C] walk on my [C] own any [C/B] more Won't you [C/B]under [Am] stand? Cause I don't wanna walk alone [G] I'm ready for this, there's [G/F#] no denying [Em] I'm ready for this, you stop me falling [C] I'm ready for this, I [C/B] need you all in [Am] I'm ready for this, so [D] darling, hold my hand
[Bridge - No drums] Don't [C]wanna know That feeling when I'm [Em]all alone So please don't make me [C]wait, cause [Bm]I don't wanna [Am]break And [G]I don't wanna [D]fall .......................... When you're [C]next to me Can tell I'm not a[Em]fraid to be That you don't make me [C]wait, and [C/B]never let me [Am]break You [G]never let me [D]fall
[Chorus] Darling, hold my [G] hand ....... [G/F#] Oh, won't you hold my [Em] hand? Cause I don't wanna [C] walk on my [C] own any [C/B] more Won't you [C/B]under [Am] stand? (drums stop) Cause I don't wanna walk alone (drums back in) [G] I'm ready for this, there's [G/F#] no denying [Em] I'm ready for this, you stop me falling [C] I'm ready for this, I [C/B] need you all in [Am] I'm ready for this, so [D] darling, won't you (snare on word) [D]hold [D]my [G]hand
[Intro Riff - Drop D - BPM 136 - No drums] [D][G][Bm][A] E(10)----------------- B 10-10-10--10-1010--- G 7--0--x---7--6-7---- D 0-----7---7--------- A ----------0--------- D 0-----9-------------
[Verse 1 - Over riff] [D] When I was six years [G] old I broke my leg [Bm][A] [D] And I was running [G] from my brother and [Bm] his friends [A] [D] And tasted the [G] sweet perfume of the [Bm] mountain grass as I [A] rolled down [D] I was younger [G] then, [Bm] take me back to [A] when I
[Pre-Chorus 1 - Slap snare] [G] Found my [A] heart and broke it [D] here Made friends and [G] lost them through the years [G] And I've not [A] seen the roaring [D] fields in so long, I [G] know I've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill
[Riff - 0 7e 10 (10) for 2 bars - Drums stop] [D]
[Verse 2 - chords where you hold high A - Full drums] [D] Fifteen years [G] old and smoking [Bm] hand-rolled cigarettes [A] [D] Running from the law [G] through the backfields and [Bm] getting drunk with my [A] friends [D] Had my first [G] kiss on a Friday [Bm] night, I don't [A] reckon I did it [D] Right, I was younger [G] then [Bm] take me back to w [A] hen we found
[Pre-Chorus 2] [G] Weekend [A] jobs and when we got [D] paid We'd buy cheap [G] spirits and drink them [G] straight Me and my [A] friends have not thrown [D] up in so long, [G] oh how we've grown [G] But I can't [A] wait to go home
[Chorus 2] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes [Bm] singing to [A7sus4] Tiny Dancer And [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill (drums stop)
[Bridge - No drums] [Bm][G][D][A7sus4] (Just bass drum) [Bm] One friend [G] left to sell clothes, [D] one works A7sus4] down by the coast [Bm] One had two [G] kids but lives alone, [D] one's [A7sus4] brother overdosed [Bm] One's al [G] ready on his second wife, [D] one's just [A7sus4] barely getting by but [Bm] These people [G] raised me and I-I-I, [D] can't [A7sus4] wait to go home
[Chorus 3 - Still no drums] [D] I'm on [D/F#] my [G] way, [Bm] driving at [A7sus4] ninety Down [D] those coun [D/F#] try [G] lanes when [Bm] we did not [A7sus4] know the answers and (full drums) [D] I miss [D/F#] the [G] way you make [Bm] me feel [A7sus4] and it's real When [D] we watched [D/F#] the [G] sunset [Bm] over the [A7sus4] castle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill [D] woo [D/F#] ooo [G] oooh (slow down and quieter) [Bm] Over the [A7sus4] astle on the hill
