Tom: Bm
F#/A - 2x2220
G - 3x543x
Em - 022000
A/G - 5x5435
B/D - x2023x
Bm - xx977x
A - xx765x
G2 xx543x
Verse picking, fingerstyle (fill with a lick after the last F#):
(these first 4 notes should be played pizzicato)
E|----------------------------0--2-------------------0------------2---|
B|--------------3---------3---------2----------2--3------0------------|
G|------------------2---------------2---2----------------0--0---------|
D|---------------------0--------------------2------------------2------|
A|----------0---2-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-0---2----------------------------2--------------------0------------|
Verse:
B/D
I feel like a worker bee
F#/A
Sittin' all alone in here
Em
In this long deserted hive
(bass lick)
B/D
All relations gone to pieces
F#/A
I drove the people close to me
Em
Miles away outta my sight
B/D
And now I'm like a naked man
F#/A
Standing in the desert tryin'
Em A/G
Tryin' to sell a messiah for silver
Chorus:
D7
Please hold me back
G
And don't let me go
D7
When I go crazy
A/G
Don't let me go
(walk the bass down F# -> E)
Em F#/A G
All of my bridges are crumbling to dust
Em F#/A G
And you might be the only one that I can trust
A/G B/D
So please hold on
(play B/D -> F#/A -> Em verse for A bit)
Em
(Hold onto me now)
(Repeat verse over these)
You were not the first I've seen
Gettin' eaten from within
Being what you do
It's easy enough to lose a step or two
Dodging bullets while building a truce
Don't beat yourself up about it
What you lost you can't get back
A little perspective right here in this track
I've seen children get sold for silver
(Repeat Chorus over these)
I could hold you back
But I won't treat you so
I don't think you're crazy
And I won't let you go
I'll be the someone you can hold onto
But I won't be somebody holding onto you
Weighing you down
(No, no, no, no, no)
(Switch to tremolo style strumming here)
Bm
Don't have the courage to
A
Take another step let alone two
G2
I'll fall into the big black sea
Bm
Sure you can if I can soak in you
A
Lean on me I will be there
G2 A/G
And it's blue can't you see
(Repeat Chorus)
I won't let you go
And I won't hold you back
I'll walk the whole mile with you
Watching your back
Never ever let you go
And never hold you back
I'll be forever someone you can trust
