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Healing Hands

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1/46

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Position

Step 1 / 46Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

From the Burning the Daze album.
Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret.
Chords used: Relative to capo.
G - 32033
Em7 - 022033
 Cadd9- X32033
G/F# - 200033
 D- XX0232
 Bm- X24432
You can use an Em (022000) instead of the Em7 and a C (X32010) in place of the Cadd9,
just see which you think sounds better.
Intro:
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----0---0-----0----0----0----0---|
D|------4----2-----0---------------| X 4
A|----------------------3----2-----|
E|--3------------------------------|
The piano comes in after the second run through playing the chords G - Em7 - Cadd9
Verse:
GTonight I cried the tears of a childG/F#  
Em7Who knows what fears run deep and wild insidDe
Cadd9But the river's in flood tGonightEm7  Cadd9  
GI layed down and the light streamed across my faceG/F#  
Em7I felt the beauty of some deeper grace and I triedD  
Cadd9To find my way to the other GsideEm7  Cadd9  
Chorus:
DNow I, feel you skin as smGooth as Cadd9silk
DDrunk like a baby on his mGama's mCadd9ilk
Cadd9Take me down under the wisGhing trDee
DAnd lay your healing Cadd9hands on meEm7  G  Em7  Cadd9  
and then back to the verse again, repeat it and the chorus
The bridge bit uses the chords:
 Bm-  Cadd9-  Em7- D  
Then the solo: over the chords G - D - Em7 - D - Cadd9 - G - Em7 - Cadd9
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2s4-2-2s5-4---2s4-2-0-------------2s4-2-0-2--2-2s4-2--0------0--------|
D|-0-------------0-----------2-4-5---0--------------------------2---0---0--|
A|---------------------------------2----------------------------------3----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then back to the chorus again.
Any comments welcome.

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Healing Hands

by Marc Cohn

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

G/F#

Em7

From the Burning the Daze album.

Standard tuning. Capo 1st fret.

Chords used: Relative to capo.

G - 32033

Em7 - 022033

Cadd9

- X32033

G/F# - 200033

- XX0232

- X24432

You can use an Em (022000) instead of the Em7 and a C (X32010) in place of the Cadd9,

just see which you think sounds better.

Intro:

e|---------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------|

G|----0---0-----0----0----0----0---|

D|------4----2-----0---------------| X 4

A|----------------------3----2-----|

E|--3------------------------------|

The piano comes in after the second run through playing the chords G - Em7 - Cadd9

Verse:

G G/F#

Tonight I cried the tears of a child

Em7 D

Who knows what fears run deep and wild inside

Cadd9 G Em7 Cadd9

But the river's in flood tonight

G G/F#

I layed down and the light streamed across my face

Em7 D

I felt the beauty of some deeper grace and I tried

Cadd9 G Em7 Cadd9

To find my way to the other side

Chorus:

D G Cadd9

Now I, feel you skin as smooth as silk

D G Cadd9

Drunk like a baby on his mama's milk

Cadd9 G D

Take me down under the wishing tree

D Cadd9 Em7 G Em7 Cadd9

And lay your healing hands on me

and then back to the verse again, repeat it and the chorus

The bridge bit uses the chords:

Bm Cadd9 Em7 D

- - -

Then the solo: over the chords G - D - Em7 - D - Cadd9 - G - Em7 - Cadd9

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---2s4-2-2s5-4---2s4-2-0-------------2s4-2-0-2--2-2s4-2--0------0--------|

D|-0-------------0-----------2-4-5---0--------------------------2---0---0--|

A|---------------------------------2----------------------------------3----|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Then back to the chorus again.

Any comments welcome.

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