George Benson – Hold Me (Guitar)

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From 1985 album 20/20 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/6kg1Sc07WzftcneUzzg2YR?si=0c66f4c66bd84479 ************************************************ Use 2nd version of Emmaj7 in chord chart 021003 Use 2nd version of Bm7 in chord chart x24232 ************************************************ [Intro] C Bb Am F (x2) [Verse 1]
C                          Bb
 When the picture tells it all

                    Bm Am        G  F
There′s no need for trying or pretending

C                          Bb
 With your suitcase in the hall

                    Bm Am            G F
It's not a time for lying, no more crying

G         C                Bbmaj7    F         G
 I gave a heart that I may never see return to me
[Chorus]
Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more

     F             G
So I wrap my life around you
[Verse 2]
C                             Bb
 Before the pleasure turns to shame

                Bm Am         G  F
It's a time for leaving not deceiving

C              Gm               Bb
 And, though a promise has been made

              Bm   Am                F
I would never hold you from what you need to do

             C                     Bbmaj7            F    G
You keep the years but the moments I'll keep near forever dear
[Chorus]
Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more

     F             G
So I wrap my life around you
[Instrumental] C Bb Am F (x2) [Bridge]
         C                Bbmaj7      F       G
I gave a heart that I may never see return to me
[Chorus]
Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more

     F             G
So I wrap my life around you

    Em         Emmaj7
The passage of years

   Bm             Em7
My song you might hear

        Cm                   Ebmaj7
In some caught-up and lonely cafe

    Dm                   F
And wonder could it ever be

     G7    Cmaj7
That good again?

            Bm7
Guess we'll never know (We′ll never know)
[Chorus]
Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more

     F             G
So I wrap my life around you
[Outro and Fade]
Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more

     F             G
So I wrap my life around you

Am7                            Dm7
Hold me, like you used to do before

       F             G
Let me wrap my arms around you baby

    Am7                               Dm7
You told me that you′d never leave no more