Hold My Hand Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays519

Hold My Hand by Brook Benton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C G Am F C G Am F

C     G                  Am   F  
 This life don't last forever  (hold my hand)  
C           G                  Am  F  
 So tell me what we're waiting for   (hold my hand)  
C             G           Am    F  
 We're better off being together (hold my hand)  
C           G          Am  F  
 Than being miserable alone (hold my hand)  
C                                 G  
Cause I've been there before, and you've been there before  
      Am                 F  
But together we can be alright  
      C                     G  
Cause when it gets dark and when it gets cold  
   Am                                 F  
We hold each other till we see the sunlight, so if you just  
C    G  Am           F  
Hold my hand, baby I promise that I'll do  
C   G Am                   F  
All I can, things will get better if you just  
C    G  Am                        F  
Hold my hand, nothing can come between us if you just  
C              G              Am            F  
Hold, hold my, hold, hold my, hold, hold my hand  
C    G                  Am    F  
 The nights are getting darker (hold my hand)  
C    G               Am     F  
 And there's no peace inside  (hold my hand)  
C       G            Am      F  
 So why make our lives harder (hold my hand)  
C   G            Am      F  
 By fighting love, tonight, so  

C                  G  
 I can tell you're tired of being lonely  
Am                      F  
 Take my hand don't let go baby hold me  
C                                  G  
 Come to me let me be your one and only  
Am                                 F  
 So I can make it alright til' the morning  
C                  G  
 I can tell you're tired of being lonely  
Am                      F  
 Take my hand don't let go baby hold me  
C                                  G  
 Come to me let me be your one and only  
Am                                 F  
 So I can make it alright til' the morning  
C                  G  
 I can tell you're tired of being lonely  
Am                      F  
 Take my hand don't let go baby hold me  
C                                  G  
 Come to me let me be your one and only  
Am                                 F                    C G Am F G C 
 So I can make it alright til' the morning 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante