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