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Intro G C G C
Verse
C G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
As I only do my friend
G
I'll be living my youth
C G D/F# Em
As I live till my end my friend
Pre-Chorus
D C
I've been battered and bruised
G C C Am/C Am Em
But it's only a few that have stayed or left
G D
And that's nothing a hammer
Em G C Am/C Am Em
A nail or my mind couldn't cure
D
But I've left people hang
C Am
On a stick or a word
Am G D Em
If their grip grew tight
D
All the bottles, the battles
G D C
The beds that I've shared they're all mine
Chorus
G
But the more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less you can have of me
G
The more you hold on to me
Em D C
The less I am yours to keep
Verse
G
Well I'll tell you the truth
C G D/F# Em
If that's what you want my friend
G
Sometimes being a friend
C G D/F# Em
Is not saying a word my friend
Pre-Chorus
D C
I've been shattered and shoved
G C
And I shattered and shoved
C Am/C Am Em
But my mind is clear
D
And I've chosen my women, my men
G C Am/C Am Em
And I've chosen my fears
D
But I've loved you with the marrow
G D C Am/C Am Em
That fills up my bones and I always will
D
If you are with me or not
G C
All depends if you hold me too near
Chorus
But the more you hold on to me
The less you can have of me
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours to keep
The more you hold on to me
The less I am yours or me
Outro
C Em
There are devils inside
C
That I am not afraid to meet
D C Em
There are devils outside
C
But I am not ashamed to be
G C G
But the more you hold on to me
C G
Yeah the more you hold on to me
C G
I will try not to leave