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