Bonnie "Prince" Billy – Behold Be Held (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

[Intro] C/G [Verse 1]
               Fmaj7         G         C/G              Fmaj7
I want to make music all the time, not just in fits and skirmishes.

           Fmaj7              G         C/G                  Fmaj7
I wanna be wholly consumed in rhyme and bend my whole to her wishes

 Fmaj7
Squiggle inside of her dark depthest reaches.

  C/G     G        Fmaj7
Behold! behold! be held! What suffering teaches!
[Chorus]
 C/G      Fmaj7               G
Behold! be held! what reason rules

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! on level field!

  C/G      Fmaj7             G
Behold! be held! you fool of fools!

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! Behave! Be real!
[Verse 2]
    C/G      Fmaj7                   G
You owe me a reason to not (fully) be mine.

               C/G               Fmaj7
Explain to me, let me in on your secret.

                Fmaj7                       G
We’re better off pooling the groove that we find.

           C/G         Fmaj7
Sharing is nothing to regret.

Fmaj7
Swallow me wholly, consume all my worth.

  C/G     G        Fmaj7
Behold! behold! be held! it’s you who comes first!
[Chorus]
 C/G      Fmaj7               G
Behold! be held! what reason rules

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! on level field!

  C/G      Fmaj7             G
Behold! be held! you fool of fools!

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! Behave! Be real!
[Solo] Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7 Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7 [Verse 3]
    C/G            Fmaj7               G                        C/G                Fmaj7
And then when that grueling death bell knells we’ll have such a wondrous thing to remember.

                  Fmaj7                      G
There’s nothing to fear from those crazy blue bells.

              C/G                     Fmaj7
The mystery’s solved, and the oval is closed and every one we know will be born again.

  C       G        Fmaj7
Behold! behold! be held! The adventure’s over!
[Chorus]
 C/G      Fmaj7               G
Behold! be held! what reason rules

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! on level field!

  C/G      Fmaj7             G
Behold! be held! you fool of fools!

          C/G               Fmaj7
Behold! be held! Behave! Be real!

  C/G     Fmaj7                G
Behold! be held! what blossoms bloom

          C/G              Fmaj7
Behold! be held! in fallow field

  C/G     Fmaj7               G
Behold! be held! in one’s own room.

           C/G             Fmaj7   Dm  G
Behold! be held! Resolve! Reveal!
[Outro]
          C/G    G C/G
Behold! Be held!