Mary Chapin Carpenter – Hold Everything (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart
(2024 release)
[Intro]
G C G D
G C G D
G C G D
G C G D
[Verse 1]
G C Could you hear the car coming? G D Did you stumble and fall? G C Did you sleep without waking? G D Were you ready to go? Em C G D Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest? Em C G D Em Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest? G C G D G/B C G D Ooh
[Verse 2]
G C When you saw the wave rising G D Did you run to the shore? G/B C Were you half way through coffee G D When he broke down the door? Em C G D Did you hear the brake sing as you stepped on the line? Em C G D Em G Am Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?
[Chorus]
G/B C Am Hold everything G/B C G Am Hold everything G/B C G C Hold everything dear G C G C Ooh
[Interlude]
C G G C
[Verse 3]
C Were you swaddled in morphine? C Was she stroking your hair? C Was your granddaughter sleeping G In a hospital chair? Em C G Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread? Em C G Em G Were you shielding your children or lying alone in your bed?
[Chorus]
G/B C Am Hold everything G/B C G Am Hold everything G/B C D Em G Am Hold everything dear G/B C Am Hold everything G/B C G Am Hold everything G/B C G C Hold everything dear
[Outro]
G D G C G D G C Ooh
G D G C G D G C
G D G C G D G C
G D G C G D G C
G D