Foy Vance – The Strong Hand (Guitar)

F                 C
January and the air is cold

         G                   Am       G         F
It's been a while since I heard my mother's tone

                     C               G
Yet I know when I need her most

      Am               G
She lends me her shoulder

   F          C                  G
Carries my grief like hidden sin

                    Am              G         F
Even through the times I wouldn't let her in

                           C                  G
Now I'll never make the same mistake ever again

                        Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

                      F             C
Of a kind-hearted mother to make a weak man

                       A7                      F
Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

                                C            G
To withstand more than he can without her care

F                  C
Lately I've been calling home

G                Am     G      F
Speaking to my brothers on the phone

                        C             G
And we laugh as we're looking back

Am          G
Over our shoulder

F               C                      G
Laughing 'bout games that we played to win

             Am      G         F
And how we wouldn't let each other in

                         C
How we'll never make the same mistakes

       G
Ever again

                        Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

                     F                 C
Of a kind-hearted brother to make the weak man

                    A7                     F
Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

                               C            G
To withstand more than he can without his care

 F                              C                   G
It's hard to think there was a time when I believed I

          Am           G
Would never see a future

   F               C         G
Now I can't see anything clearer

F                 C
So tonight I'm coming home

                            Am    G    F
Can't bear to think of you lying there alone

                            C              G
Stroke your hair and I'll kiss your back

               Am          G
Then right up over your shoulder

F               C                     G
Dive into your world like it's gonna end

            Am            G        F
Like I may never get the chance again

                   C                        G
Everybody needs somebody on whom they can depend

                       Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

                   F               C
Of a kind-hearted woman to make a weak man

                   A7                       F
Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

                                 C          G
To withstand more than he can without her care

                      Dm
Sometimes it takes a little planning

                       F                 C
And whole lotta understanding to make a weak man

                    A7                    F
Dig down deep and find the strength from somewhere

                               C           G
To withstand more than he can without her care

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand

Dm
Sometimes it takes a strong hand