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Dont Hold Me

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Hello! This is a tab/chords of Dean Lewis's song "Don't Hold Me" from his album.
[Intro]
C  B  Am  Dm  C  G
(Chords in brackets are transition chords)
[Verse 1]
 CHave you ever Gwished you could Amrewind
 And Fpick up all the Cpieces of a Glife you left Gbehind
 CHave you ever Glived on borrowed Amtime?
 And Fknowing your misCtakes are chasing you Gdown from Gbehind
[Chorus 1]
 But Fdon’t hold Cme, coz I am Gfalling back Amdown
 And I Fwouldn’t want to Csee you hit the GgroundG  
 And Flittle darlingC, you found my Gheart in the lost and Amfound
 But the Fscars they Cfollow me GaroundG  
[Verse 2]
 CI know it’s Ghard to Amreplace
 But the Ffeelings that you Chad for me will Gone day be Gerased
 CAnd you will Glearn to move Amon
 Like Ffootprints in Csnow were lost
 GWhen the wind is Ggone
[Chorus 2]
 But Fdon’t hold Cme, coz I am Gfalling back Amdown
 And I Fwouldn’t want to Csee you hit the GgroundG  
 And Flittle darlingC, you found my Gheart in the lost and Amfound
 But the Fscars they Cfollow me GaroundG  
[Bridge]
 And the dark surrounds your heart and you're Amin free fall
 Oh you Fmust let go of CmeG  
 Cause if you keep me
 You will Amlose it all
 So Fdarling, darling,
 EPlease...please
[Chorus 3]
 But Fdon’t hold Cme, coz I am Gfalling back Amdown
 And I Fwouldn’t want to Csee you hit the GgroundG  
 And Flittle darlingC, you found my Gheart in the lost and Amfound
 But the Fscars they Cfollow me GaroundG  
 They follow me around
[Outro]
  C   B(F) Am  
Am           F         C       G     G
 No oh oh oh oh ohh ohh ohhhhh oh
 They follow me Caround

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Dont Hold Me

by Dean Lewis

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Hello! This is a tab/chords of Dean Lewis's song "Don't Hold Me" from his album.

[Intro]

C B Am Dm C G

(Chords in brackets are transition chords)

[Verse 1]

C G Am

Have you ever wished you could rewind

F C G G

And pick up all the pieces of a life you left behind

C G Am

Have you ever lived on borrowed time?

F C G G

And knowing your mistakes are chasing you down from behind

[Chorus 1]

F C G Am

But don’t hold me, coz I am falling back down

F C G G

And I wouldn’t want to see you hit the ground

F C G Am

And little darling, you found my heart in the lost and found

F C G G

But the scars they follow me around

[Verse 2]

C G Am

I know it’s hard to replace

F C G G

But the feelings that you had for me will one day be erased

C G Am

And you will learn to move on

F C

Like footprints in snow were lost

G G

When the wind is gone

[Chorus 2]

F C G Am

But don’t hold me, coz I am falling back down

F C G G

And I wouldn’t want to see you hit the ground

F C G Am

And little darling, you found my heart in the lost and found

F C G G

But the scars they follow me around

[Bridge]

And the dark surrounds your heart and you're in free fall

F C G

Oh you must let go of me

Cause if you keep me

You will lose it all

So darling, darling,

Please...please

[Chorus 3]

F C G Am

But don’t hold me, coz I am falling back down

F C G G

And I wouldn’t want to see you hit the ground

F C G Am

And little darling, you found my heart in the lost and found

F C G G

But the scars they follow me around

They follow me around

[Outro]

C B F Am

()

Am F C G G

No oh oh oh oh ohh ohh ohhhhh oh

They follow me around

About Dont Hold Me Chords by Dean Lewis

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The chords for "Dont Hold Me" show the original chord names (including C, B, Am, Dm, G, F). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.