The track is sung by Delays.
Track Info
- Song: Hold Fire
- Artist: Delays
- Album: Star Tiger Star Ariel
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: B
- Capo: 4th fret
- Chords: G, Gmaj7, Em, D, C, Am, Bm
- BPM: 103
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
| Guitar Chords | Ukulele Chords |
| G – 320003 Gmaj7 – 320002 Em – 022000 D – xx0232 C – x32010 Am – x02210 Bm – x24432 | G – 0232 Gmaj7 – 0222 Em – 0402 D – 2220 C – 0003 Am – 2000 Bm – 4222 |
[Intro]
G Gmaj7 Em D
G Gmaj7 Em D
[Verse]
C D
If there's any dying to be done, I will
C
Be the one who gets the dying done, I will
D
Take a candle to the kingdom come, 'til then
Hold fire, hold fire
[Chorus]
Em D C G Am
From high to low, the motion leans,
G C G
Catch me, catch me
Em D Am G C
I'm falling fast, and need your wings
G C D
Catch me, catch...
[Hook]
G Gmaj7 Em D
[Verse]
C D
If there's any crying to be done, I will
C
Be the one who gets the crying done, I will
D
Cut my finger 'til the river run, 'til then
Hold fire, hold fire.
[Chorus]
Em D C G C
So tell me when the war begins,
G C G
Tell me, tell me
Em D Am G C
The time has come to own this thing
G C D
Tell me, tell...
[Bridge]
Am Am Em D
Am Am Em D
[Outro]
G D Am Em
Know your history,
Bm Em C
You need a cross to bear
G D Am
Bring your cross to me,
Em Am D C
Live for me if you don't care
G D Am Em
Know your history,
Bm Em C
You need a cross to bear
G D Am
Bring your cross to me,
Em Am D C
Live for me if you don't care
G D Am Em
Know your history,
Bm Em C
You need a cross to bear
G D Am
Bring your cross to me,
Em Am D C
Live for me if you don't care
G D Am Em
Know your history,
Bm Em C
You need a cross to bear
G D Am
Bring your cross to me,
Em Am D C
Live for me if you don't care...
[Outro]
G D Am Em Bm Em C
G D Am Em Am D C x2