Behold Be Held Chords by Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy

[Intro]

E    E 
 E   E  
 
 
[Verse]

                A             
I want to make music 
         B
all the time
     E                 
Not just in fits 
      A
and skirmishes
                                
I wanna be wholly 
              B
consumed in rhyme
     E                    
And bend my whole 
        A
to her wishes
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

   A
Squiggle inside of her dark, 

depthest reaches
   E       
Behold, 
   B        A
behold, be held
 
What suffering teaches
 
 
[Chorus]

   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
what reason rules
            E               
Behold, be held, 
           A
on level field
   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
you fool of fools
            E                 
Behold, be held, 
             A
behave, be real
 
 
[Verse]

               A                     
You owe me a reason 
                 B
to not fully be mine
                
Explain to me, 
 E                 A
let me in on your secrets
                                             
We're better off pooling 
                    B
the groove that we find
            E             A
Sharing is nothing to regret
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

  A
Swallow me wholly, 

consume all my worth
   E       B        A
Behold, behold, be held
 
It's you who comes first
 
 
[Chorus]

   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
what reason rules
            E               
Behold, be held, 
           A
on level field
   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
you fool of fools
            E                 
Behold, be held, 
             A
behave, be real
 
 
[Instrumental]

A   B   
E   A  
A   B   
E   A  
 
 
[Verse]

                     
And then when that 
  A                   B
grueling death bell knells
                   
We'll have such a 
 E                   A
wondrous thing to remember
                     A                         
There's nothing to fear 
                       B
from those crazy blue bells
               E                        
The mystery's solved, 
                  A
and the oval is closed
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]

    A
And everyone we 

know will be born again
   E       B        A
Behold, behold, be held
 
The adventure's over
 
 
[Chorus]

   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
what reason rules
            E               
Behold, be held, 
           A
on level field
   E        A                 
Behold, be held, 
             B
you fool of fools
            E                 
Behold, be held, 
             A
behave, be real
   E        A                    
Behold, be held, 
                B
what blossoms bloom
            E                
Behold, be held, 
            A
in fallow field
   E        A                  
Behold, be held, 
              B
in one's own room
            E                 
Behold, be held, 
             A
resolve, reveal
 
 
[Outro]

A  B              E
      Behold, be held

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ℹ️ About This Song

On the 10th of August 2023, the track was released. The track was from the album Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You.

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: E
• Chords: E, A, B
• BPM: 118
• Suggested Strumming:
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
E – 022100 A – x02220 B – x24432	E – 1402 A – 2100 B – 4222

Track Info

• Song: Behold Be Held
• Artist: Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
• Album: Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
• Released Date: 10 August 2023