The hands you’re holding now

D - G - D - A D D7 G

1. The hands you're holdin' now, if you remember,

D A - A7

are the very hands that gave you you're first rose.

D D7 G

They're reachin' out for one last dyin' ember,

A A7 D

in the ashes of, the love that's lost it's glow.

D D7 G

But if you don't want me, I won't try to keep you,

D A A7

but there's just the smallest chance, you may be wrong, so wrong.

D D7 G

Until you’re sure, I hope you'll never let go

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of the hands that you've been holdin' for so long.

D D7 G

3. I can't forget the first time, that I kissed you,

D A - A7

it's the sweetest feelin' I have ever known.

D D7 G

But every dream, they say, must have an ending,

A A7 D - B7

and you leave the hands you're holding for so long.

E - E7 A

But if you don't want me, I won't try to keep you,

E B7

but there's just the smallest chance, you may be wrong, so wrong.

E E7 A

Until your sure, I hope you'll never let go

B7 E A E

of the hands that you've been holdin' for so long, long, long

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Marty Robbins)