HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH

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@SONG: * HOLD MY HAND
(tabbed by Paul Hutchinson )

Intro:
|Bsus2 E    |  x4

              Bsus2 E          Bsus2     E
With a little love    and some tenderness
      Bsus2         E            Bsus2          E   etc
We'll walk upon the water, we'll rise above the mist
With a little peace, and some harmony
We'll take the world together, we'll take them by the hand

F#               E*       B   
  Cause, I got a hand for you, oh
F#               E*       B
  Cause, I wanna run with you

Yesterday, I saw you standing there
Your head was heavy, your eyes were red, no comb had touched your hair
I said "Get up, and let me see you smile
We'll take a walk together, walk the road a while"

  Cause, I got a hand for you  -  I got a hand for you
  I wanna run with you         -  won't you let me run with you

    B    E* F#
    Hold my hand   -  want you to hold my hand
    B    E* F#
    Hold my hand   -  I'll take you to a place where you can be
    B    E* F#
    Hold my hand   -  anything you wanna be, because
  E*
    I wanna love you the best that, the best that I can

See I was wasted, and I was wasting time
Till I thought about your problems, I thought about your crimes
Then I stood up, and then I screamed aloud
"Don't wanna be part of your problems, don't wanna be part of your crowd, no"

  Cause, I gotta hand for you  - I got a hand for you
  I wanna run with you         - won't you let me run with you

    Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
    Hold my hand - I will take you to the promised land
    Hold my hand - Maybe we can't change the world but,
    I wanna love you, the best that, the best that I can

Solo: |Bsus2 E    | x4
      |F# E* |B     | x2

    Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
    Hold my hand - I'll take you to a place where you can be
    Hold my hand - anything you wanna be cause
    I, no lo lo, oh ho  (!?)

    Hold my hand - want you to hold my hand
    Hold my hand - I will take you to the promised land
    Hold my hand - Maybe we can't change the world but,
    I wanna love you, the best that, the best that I can

Chords: Acoustic guitar: Bsus2-x24422   E-022100   F#-x 9 11 11 11 x
                         E*-x7999x      B-799877

        Electric guitar (mostly): F#-x 9 11 11 x x   E*-x799xx   B-x998xx
...............

The riff played by the electric comes in on the line "With a little 
peace..", is played throughout the verses, and consists of the following:
(the notes in brackets aren't played all the time)

  +       +       +       +         +       +        +       +     
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------7-----9-------------------|-------7--------------------------|
|/8--------(8)9-------------------|/8--------(8)9--------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9--------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

During the bridge ("Cause I got..") and chorus ("Hold my hand..") you 
just strum the chords as shown above. 
The solo consists of:

  +       +       +       +         +       +        +       +     
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|/7-----9-----7-------------------|-7h9---9--------------------------|
|--------------------/8---7h8-----|---------7h8----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\\\---|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  +       +       +       +         +       +        +       +     
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-7h9---9--------------------------|
|---------7-8-9-------9---7h8---8-|---------7h8----------------------|
|/9-----9-------------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

         (Hold bend)
  +       +       +       +         +       +        +       +     
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------7-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----4---4-6b8---8r6-4-------4~~~|~~~~~~~~~~------------------------|
|-4/6---6---------------6-4h6-----|-----------6----6-4---4-----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------6---6-4---|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  +       +       +       +         +         +        +       +     
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4---4h5-|p4-5b7r5p4--------------------------|
|-----------------4---4h6---6-----|-----------6b8------r6-4--------4---|
|---------4---4h6---6-------------|------------------------6-4-4h6-----|
|-----4h6---6---------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
.................