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If I Could Hold

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
     1=voice #1
     2=voice #2
     &=both voices
     INTRO:            G         G         C         D(twice)
     CHORUS:
     1 If I could Ghold you tonight
     2 I might Cnever let Dgo
     1 If I could Ghold you tonight
     2 I might Cnever let Dgo
     1 If I could Ghold you tonight
     & I Cmight never, no Dnever, let GgoC  D  
     REPEAT CHORUS
     VERSE 1:
     2 GI like the way you dance, I Clike the way you Dpaint your lips
     2 If I had a chance to        be with you, I   would not slip
     2 So hey what do you say, you see a thing or   two in me?  Then
     2 let's be on our way, we don't
       Cneed no other Dcompany
                 1 If I could [into chorus]
     VERSE 2:
     2 GWe won't need no wine, and       Cwe won't need no   Dother stuff
     2 Cause we'll be doing fine just   holding close and  tasting love
     2 And when the night it ends we'll close the curtains way up tight
     2 Then we'll just pretend, that it
     2 Cisn't day but still the Dnight
                         1 If I could [into chorus]
     MIDDLE
     & CThere's a fire burning Gdeep down in your eyes
     & CIt's got me almost  Dhypnotized
     VERSE 3:
     [first two lines = Verse 1, next two lines = Verse 2]
     CHORUS

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If I Could Hold

by BoDeans

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

1=voice #1

2=voice #2

&=both voices

G G C D

INTRO: (twice)

CHORUS:

1 If I could hold you tonight

C D

2 I might never let go

1 If I could hold you tonight

C D

2 I might never let go

1 If I could hold you tonight

C D G C D

& I might never, no never, let go

REPEAT CHORUS

VERSE 1:

G C D

2 I like the way you dance, I like the way you paint your lips

2 If I had a chance to be with you, I would not slip

2 So hey what do you say, you see a thing or two in me? Then

2 let's be on our way, we don't

C D

need no other company

1 If I could [into chorus]

VERSE 2:

G C D

2 We won't need no wine, and we won't need no other stuff

2 Cause we'll be doing fine just holding close and tasting love

2 And when the night it ends we'll close the curtains way up tight

2 Then we'll just pretend, that it

C D

2 isn't day but still the night

1 If I could [into chorus]

MIDDLE

C G

& There's a fire burning deep down in your eyes

C D

& It's got me almost hypnotized

VERSE 3:

[first two lines = Verse 1, next two lines = Verse 2]

CHORUS

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