B
You raise your head, beat the sun
F# E
But your boys they lie, so close to you
Gm F#
Do you dare get up? And wake the two
B F#
Oh Elias, I see you there, at work in the daytime do you think you could,
E
answer all the questions of the world
Gm F#
In just one word, I think you could.
B F# Gm F# E
If you die will i get word that you're gone
B F# Gm F# E
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
B F# Gm F# E
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
B F# Gm F# E
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
B F#
Honest and Manuel well you know, they're at school now
E
Getting the chance that, their father's never seen
Gm F#
See whats beyond, section 17
B F#
And in 10 years, when you look back at your boys
E Gm
well you know they've grown, way taller than the tallest sugar cane in the
F#
field
B F# Gm F# E
If you die will i get word that you're gone
B F# Gm F# E
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
B F# Gm F# E
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
B F# Gm F# E
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
B F#
Hold my hand just one more time
Hold my hand just one more time
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet meee.
E B E F#
And I see your wife, she stands, stooped over by the fire outside
E B E F#
And I see your boys, and when they look up, you know i think they've got their
mother's eyes
E B E F#
Cause she looks so proud, she looks so happy, she looks so proud, she looks so
happy,
B F# Gm F# E
yeaahhh If you die will i get word that you're gone
B F# Gm F# E
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
B F# Gm F# E
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
B F# Gm F# E
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more tiiiime (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand ,one more time (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
B F# Gm F# E
Dayah ya ya, yah yah yah, yah yah yah (Aya, Aya, Ayaahaha)
B F# Gm F# E
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me