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