Hold Me With Both Hands Chords by Matt Andersen

Pretty close to 200 [G] shows a year on that one very often.
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I've been out for a couple months out west and [A] had [Em] one night off.
I headed back over to Ontario [G] I think every [C] two or three weeks.
_ _ _ My plan was to get home, [Ab] do [G] laundry. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] My girlfriend wanted to head out to her [Em] friend's place on the cottage, on the ocean,
a cottage on the ocean. _
_ As fun as I was going to be, I knew [Gb] that I didn't want to do it.
[G] I just want to stay home and _ really not do anything I guess, just [Ab] see my place [C] for a bit.
_ So we kind of fought back and forth and _ eventually [Fm] I laid down the law and said,
nope we're staying home.
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_ _ [Ab] Later on that night, I had her friend's [Bm] cottage.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ I think it was one of those things like, [Ab] yeah, yeah that sounds like a good idea.
[G] So it sounds like your [A] decision, but [C] really it wasn't your decision.
_ [Em] You made it sound like your idea in the end of it. _ _ _
[Eb] Yeah, she ended up there [C] and _ _ [G] about two o'clock in the morning everybody else went to sleep and _ _
[C] _ _ [Gb] I was still on BC time so I was [Em] wide awake.
Started writing the tune.
She was laying there on the [C] couch and I thought, you know, she puts up with an awful lot.
Very least I can do is write her a song.
_ _ [G] After all, it's [C] cheaper than a movie so. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] Every now and then _ I [Em] get a little bit carried away.
_ [D] _ _ Even at my best I [C] feel so _ [G] far away.
[D] _ _ [C] _ Like an anchor on a ship, keep [Em] me close to land.
_ [D] _ _ _ Hold tight baby, _ [C] hold me [G] _
with both hands. _ _ _
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I'm awake [C] without a notion, _ a [Em] risk without a chance to take.
I'm a [F] thought [C] without a notion, _ _ love without [G] a heart [A] to break.
[C] _ With all this weight upon me, I [Em] don't think that I can stand.
[Cm] So you gotta hold me baby, [C] _
_ _ _ hold [G] me with both hands.
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Now [C] people don't see a thing _ [Em] when they think I've got it [C] all.
They think [F] I never [D] hit the bottom.
[G] If they've never seen me _ fall, but _ [C] you're the one who knows.
Just [Em] you're the one who _ understands
_ [C] So you hold me baby
_ _ Hold _ [G] me with both _ _ _ [C] hands
_ You hold me [A] _ _
[C] baby
_ Hold me _ [G]
with _ [C] both _ hands _
_ [Em] Mmm mmm _ _ mmm _ [G] mmm _ _ _ _
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You _ [C] gotta hold me _ baby
_ _ Hold [G] me _ _ with [Cm] both _ _
[C] hands
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