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