"Hold The Heart" by Big Country
From the Album "The Seer"
Tab by Colin Dawson - colin_g_dawson@hotmail.com - February 2006
Updated June 2006
Comments and corrections welcome!
For more info about Big Country visit www.bigcountry.co.uk
h = hammer
p = pull
s = slide
sd = slide down
r = let ring (sustain)
Intro (e-Bow solo);
To make the ebow parts easier to tab and to read, I've used the following shorthand;
0 = 10th fret
1 = 11th fret
2 = 12th fret
3 = 13th fret
4 = 14th fret
5 = 15th fret
6 = 16th fret
7 = 17th fret
8 = 18th fret
9 = 19th fret
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrr-2-4-2s0rrrrr|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|0rr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrr-2-4s0rrrrr|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1;
A Asus2 E
The sun beats hard on an empty beach where I tried so hard
Esus4 D D6 F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4
but couldn’t reach the stars, in your eyes.
A Asus2 E Esus4
You were just a child when I came to you, and we were friends,
D D6 F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4
’till love stepped in, and you stepped away.
e-Bow solo;
To make this part easier to tab and to read, I've used the following shorthand;
0 = 10th fret
1 = 11th fret
2 = 12th fret
3 = 13th fret
4 = 14th fret
5 = 15th fret
6 = 16th fret
7 = 17th fret
8 = 18th fret
9 = 19th fret
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrr-2-4-0rrrrr|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2;
A Asus2 E Esus4 D
I would lie and curse the day, and visit places where we lay alone
D6 F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4
And find them turned to stone
Chorus;
A Asus2
Because you hold the heart of someone new
E F#m D
I’ll take a chance on time
A Asus2
Hold out here for something true
E A D
Standing out of line
F#m F#m7add11 A E D
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4 A
The way you did before he came, the way you will again
Verse 3;
A Asus2
I fell apart and you came to me
E Esus4 D
I never can explain how much it turned me round
D6 F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4
Much more than upside down
Chorus;
A Asus2
Because you hold the heart of someone new
E F#m D
I’ll take a chance on time
A Asus2
Hold out here for something true
E A D
Standing out of line
F#m F#m7add11 A E D
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4 A
The way you did before he came, the way you will again
Middle bit;
Esus4 F#m E D
And I love the sun, and I need the rain
Esus4 A Asus2 E
And I know the way that you left me was only to test me
D F#m E
And I was vain
Esus4 F#m
And I will be strong
E D Dsus4 D
And I will be warm
Esus4 A Asus2 E
And I will let no one come near me until you will hear me
D F#m E
Just once again
E-bow solo;
To make this part easier to tab and to read, I've used the following shorthand;
0 = 10th fret
1 = 11th fret
2 = 12th fret
3 = 13th fret
4 = 14th fret
5 = 15th fret
6 = 16th fret
7 = 17th fret
8 = 18th fret
9 = 19th fret
20 = 20th fret
21 = 21st fret
22 = 22nd fret
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-7-9-21-22-21-9-7rrrrr-2-4-9-7rrrrr|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 4;
A Asus2
And time will wear a mountain down
E Esus4 D
And make a lover of the clown who laughed too long
D6 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4
And coloured you wrong
Chorus;
A Asus2
Because you hold the heart of someone new
E F#m D
I’ll take a chance on time
A Asus2
Hold out here for something true
E A D
Standing out of line
F#m F#m7add11 A E D
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4 A
The way you did before he came, the way you will again
F#m F#m7add11 A E D
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
F#m F#m7add11 E Esus4 A
The way you did before he came, the way you will again
Outro;
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrr-2-4-2s0rrrrr|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(fade)
A Asus2 F#m F#m7add11 Esus4 E D D6 Esus4
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrrr-2-4-7-9-7-4-9rrrrrrr-2-4-7-4-2h4p2-0rrrrr-2-4-0rrrrr|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords:
CHORD | E A D G B E
A | 0 0 2 2 2 0
Asus2 | 0 0 2 2 0 0
D | 2 0 0 2 3 2
D6 | 2 0 0 2 0 2
Dsus4 | 2 0 0 2 3 3
E | 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus4 | 0 2 2 2 0 0
F#m | 2 4 4 2 2 2
F#m7add11 | 2 4 4 2 0 0
NB. Use your thumb to play the F# note on the low E string in the F#m7add11 chord.
If you can't reach that note with your thumb, play the chord like this;
F#m7add11 | X 4 4 2 0 0
