Ilse DeLange – Dont Hold Back (Guitar)

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D* is a shifted C (can also be played when there is no *). 4/4, except the intro Em D/F# (= 3/4,) also in the verse. [Intro] Em D/F# G x2 [Verse 1]
Em                   D/F#          G
  You may think that no one really sees you

Em            D/F#           G
  Unassuming, doing what you need to

            Am7           G/B
  Give some hope, bring a smile

             C              D*
  'cause you know what that means

         Am7        Em
  Lend a hand to a friend,

          C          D*     D*
  helping someone in need

 Em G  Cadd9
 Silently,

           Em    G  Asus4
 you don't think we see
[Chorus]
         C                      G/B                     Am       G
That you don't hold back on the love, the love that you need to

     C                    G/B                 Am          Em
When kindness is what you give, it always surrounds you

C                   D
  A bright light to guide you through the storm

Em             D
  Safe arms to hold and keep you warm

C           G/B          Am7
  Enfolding endlessly around you

     C                    D                  Em         D/F#   G
When kindness is what you give it always surrounds you
Em D/F# G [Verse 2]
Em                D/F#               G
  You've had more than your share of hard times

Em                      D/F#            G
  Somehow you're always there to see me through mine

        Am7          G/B
  Every word, every call

        C                  D*
  Every time that you came through

     Am7      Em
  Is already well

          C           D*
  on it's way back to you
[Chorus]
         C                      G/B                      Am7      G
That you don't hold back on the love, the love that you need to

     C                    G/B                Am7         Em
When kindness is what you give, it always surrounds you

C                   D
  A bright light to guide you through the storm

Em             D/F#
  Safe arms to hold and keep you warm

C           G/B        Am7
  Enfolding endlessly around you

(G/B) C
     No...
[Bridge]
G/B                  Em
You won't have to ask

    D/F#                  C
And there's enough to last

 G/B                Am7      C
Enough to keep you strong

 D                 Em
That's the way it is

    D/F#                    C
You get back what you give

          G/B              Am7
It's been left unsaid too long...
[Chorus]
         C                      G/B                     Am7       G
That you don't hold back on the love, the love that you need to

     C                    G/B                Am7
When kindness is what you give, it always surrounds you

         C                      G/B                     Am7      G
That you don't hold back on the love, the love that you need to

     C                    G/B                Am7         Em
When kindness is what you give, it always surrounds you

C                   D
  A bright light to guide you through the storm

Em             D/F#
  Safe arms to hold and keep you warm

C           G/B          Am7
  Enfolding endlessly around you

     C                    D                  Em         D/F#   G
When kindness is what you give it always surrounds you
Em D/F# G