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