D
You raise your head, beat the sun
A G
But your boys they lie, so close to you
A#m 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
A#m A
In just one word, I think you could.
D A A#m A G
If you die will i get word that you're gone
D A A#m A G
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
D A A#m A G
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
D A A#m A G
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
D A A#m A G
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
D A A#m 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
A#m A
See whats beyond, section 17
D A
And in 10 years, when you look back at your boys
G A#m
well you know they've grown, way taller than the tallest sugar cane in the
A
field
D A A#m A G
If you die will i get word that you're gone
D A A#m A G
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
D A A#m A G
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
D A A#m A G
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
D A A#m 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 A#m 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 A#m A G
yeaahhh If you die will i get word that you're gone
D A A#m A G
Or will i hear it in passing conversation
D A A#m A G
Will i stop short and, fall to the ground
D A A#m A G
Distance is short when your hand carries what your eye found
D A A#m A G
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
D A A#m A G
Hold my hand just one more time, to see if you're really gonna meet me
D A A#m A G
Hold my hand just one more tiiiime (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
D A A#m A G
Hold my hand ,one more time (Aya, Aya, Ayaahah)
D A A#m A G
Dayah ya ya, yah yah yah, yah yah yah (Aya, Aya, Ayaahaha)
D A A#m 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