The Happy Fits – Hold Me Down (Guitar)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: The Happy Fits [Intro Riff]

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B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------11--9------------7-7-7-----------------------------|
D|-----7h9-------------7h9------------9p7-------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------5---------------------|
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[Verse 1]

D                           B
Maybe I’m crazy I've 

D                                             D
Been talking to myself at night

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And I'm feelin' so alone

D                           B 
If I could get the words out right

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To tell you how I feel I might

G                                  E         G
But they're comin' out so wrong

[Pre-Chorus]

G
Then the voices they come rushin' in

D
Like a ten ton truck into soft cement

G
Now the words make sense but I can't repeat

D
Because sense don't make what it used to be

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I'm here my love but I'm floating, baby

[Chorus]

D
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind 

                 G                                   A
You tied a tether here to keep me close

               D
I've been talking to myself on some Icarus spell

               G                                  A
But it got better when you didn't go 

       D
Oh, tell me when you wanna get out of here

        G                        A
And I won't need any more

  D                                          A
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind

                     G                               A
You know I'd really hate to see me float

[Verse 2]

D                                             B
I tremble when I see your eyes

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I saw them in a dream last night

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And they heard me sing a song

D                                    B
I never cared for fancy art

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Or poetry on old guitars

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But they always sing along

[Pre-Chorus]

G
Then the notes fill up like a big balloon

D
As I'm drifting upwards away from you

G
Now I'm screaming mad with two clenched hands

D
Will beauty come if I don't land?

A                              G
I'm here my love but I'm floating, baby

[Chorus]

D
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind 

                 G                                   A
You tied a tether here to keep me close

               D
I've been talking to myself on some Icarus spell

               G                                  A
But it got better when you didn't go 

       D
Oh, tell me when you wanna get out of here

        G                        A
And I won't need any more

  D                                          A
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind

                     G                               A
You know I'd really hate to see me float 

[Bridge]
“Write it to myself at night: as long as you're here I'll be all alright”
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B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--12-----12------12------12----------------------|
D|--12-----11-------9-------8----------------------|
     (x8)    (x8)    (x8)    (x8)

E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------7---9--9b(10)r9---7------------------------------|
D|--------7-----------------------8---7/9/11/16--------------|
A|------9----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|

A                           G
I'm here my love but I'm 

A                               G
I'm here my love but I'm floating baby

[Chorus]

D                                      A
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind 

                 G                                   A
You tied a tether here to keep me close

               D                                      A
I've been talking to myself on some Icarus spell

               G                                  A
But it got better when you didn't go 

       D                                           A
Oh, tell me when you wanna get out of here

        G                        A
And I won't need any more

  D                                          A
Hold me down tight when I'm losing my mind

                     G                               A
You know I'd really hate to see me float

[Outro]

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B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------11---9----7--------------------------11--------7-7-7-----------------| (x2)
D|-----7h9--7h9--------7---7-------7h9p7--7--7h9 7h9---------7h9----------9p7------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------|
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