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