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Rina Sawayama - Hold The Girl Chords

[intro]
Em         C                  G
 Reach inside and hold you close
         D                Em
I won't leave you on your own
              C               G
Teach me the words I used to know
            D            C
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
C        Bm  C         Bm  C
So hold the girl, hold the girl
C     Bm  C         D
Hold the girl, hold the girl

[refrain]
C  Em           D  C
 Hold that girl, hold that girl
C  Em            D Am
 Hold that girl

[verse 1]
D                          C
Sometimes I get down with guilt
         Am
For the promises
                   Em
I've broken to my younger self
D                         C
Moving on, maybe I never will
         Am                            Em
'Cause I left you spinning on the carousel

[pre-chorus]
                Am
Been living without you
                C        B
Been living without you

[chorus]
Em         C                  G
 Reach inside and hold you close
         D                Em
I won't leave you on your own
              C               G
Teach me the words I used to know
            D            Em
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
  C              G       B            C
I wanna remember, she is me and I am her
C        Bm  C         D
So hold the girl, hold the girl

[post-chorus]
            Em            D
(You gotta) Hold that girl
             C              Am
(You gotta) Hold that girl (Ooh)
            Em            D
(You gotta) Hold that girl
           Em
(You gotta)

[verse 2]
D                       C
Sometimes I just wanna run away
        Am                        Em
Leave behind that old me, start again
             D                     C
Then I'll remember who I'm really made of
                Am
And she's been hide-and-seeking,
             Em
waiting all alone

[pre-chorus]
                Am
Been living without you
                C        B Em
Been living without you (oh)

[chorus]
Em         C                  G
 Reach inside and hold you close
         D                Em
I won't leave you on your own
              C               G
Teach me the words I used to know
            D            Em
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
  C              G       B            C
I wanna remember, she is me and I am her
C        Bm  C         D     Am
So hold the girl, hold the girl

[bridge]
Am             D
Close to your heart
B                  Am                C
Never ever let her go (Never let you go)
                    D
They'll tell you to sit up, and shut up,
     B
and grow up
                       Em
What the hell do they know?
            G            D             Em
'Cause the girl in your soul's singing on
         B           C
And you owe her the world
C        Bm  C         D    G#
So hold the girl, hold the girl

[chorus]
G#        C#                 G#
 Reach inside and hold you close
         D#               G#
I won't leave you on your own
             C#              G#
Teach me the words I used to know
         D#            Fm
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago

[outro]
          C#                 G#
Reach inside and hold you close
         D#               Fm
I won't leave you on your own
              C#              G#
Teach me the words I used to know
            D#           Fm
Yeah, I forgot 'em long ago
  C#            G#        C           C#
I wanna remember, she is me and I am her
        Cm  C#
So hold the girl, hold the girl

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