HELD by Crista Wells Sung by Natalie Grant
Capo 1st fret
This is a modification of ver3 that WingmanCD submitted. Changes are a G for the
Em in intro and Bm for F#m in the Verses.
Intro: D F#m G A(light and flowing)
Verse
G A
Two months is too little
D Bm
They let him go, they had no
G A
Sudden healing
G A
To think that providence would
D Bm G
Take a child from his mother while she prays
A A
Is appalling
G A
Who told us we'd be rescued
D Bm G
What has changed and why should we be saved
A
From nightmares
G A
We're asking why this happens
D Bm G
To us, who have died to live
A
It's unfair
Chrous:
A D F#m G
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
A D F#m
When the sacred is torn from your life
G
And you survive
A D F#m G
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
A D F#m
That the promise was when everything fell
G A A
We'd be held
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G A
This hand is bitterness
D Bm G
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb
A
Our sorrow
G A
The wise hand opens slowly
D Bm G
To lillies of the valley and
A
Tomorrow
Chorus(change of key)
Bridge
C#m Ab E B
If hope is born of suffering
C#m Ab E B
If this is only the beginning
C#m Ab
Can we not wait for one hour
C#m A
Watching for our Savior
Chrous(Strong another half step up)
F Am Dm
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
C F Am
When the sacred is torn from your life
Dm
And you survive
C F Am Dm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
C F Am
That the promise was when everything fell
Dm C
We'd be held
F Am Dm C x2
F Am Dm
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
C F Am
That the promise was when everything fell
Dm C C
We'd be held
(lightly)
F Am Dm C
F Am
This is what it means to be held
Dm C end with F
