G
I run a lot of miles of life and crime
   C
Of mountain climbs and quittin' times
Em
Packing that load of lyin' rhymes
    D
And tired jokes and wooden dimes
   C                  Em                  D
I've been everybody's friend, everybody's friend


[Verse 2]
G
I could lose my house, I could steal a car
N.C.
I could serve two masters, living hard

Living like a dog in a cage in a yard
                                                   C
With a fist full of cold hard cash and I can't let go
                       Em                                D
The devil can't have my soul, the devil can't get your soul
                      C
The devil can't get your soul


[Chorus]
G             C
Hold out your hand
                  Em
Take hold of mine now
                   D
Round and round we go
G               C
Don't you wanna dance
            Em
I'm a dying man
                    D
From the moment we began

Hold out your hand
G                         C
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                          Em
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                           D
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da


[Verse 3]
G
The man comes around and the trumpet sounds
        C
And his number calls and the moment he falls
        Em                                  D
In the haunted halls of man he will understand
            C                       Em
He will comprehend, he will not pretend
                D
He will not pretend


[Verse 4]
G
When the rain don't fall and the river don't run
N.C.
And the wind takes orders from the blazing sun

The devil don't break with a fiery snake
                                              C
And you had about as goddamn much as you can take
                         Em                            D
The devil don't take a break, the devil don't take a break
                       C
The devil don't take no break


[Chorus]
G             C
Hold out your hand
                  Em
Take hold of mine now
                   D
Round and round we go
G               C
Don't you wanna dance
            Em
I'm a dying man
                    D
From the moment we began

Hold out your hand
G                         C
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                          Em
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                           D
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da


[Bridge]
G
Well he came to my door to sell me the fear
N.C.
With some cameras and bullets and tension in here

A license for killing your own native son
                                          C
For a careless mistake and a fake plastic gun?
     Em   D
(Come on!)
G
Deliver your brother from violence and greed
N.C.
For the mountains lay down for your faith like a seed

A morning is coming of silver and light
                                                       C
There will be color and language and nobody wanting to fight
                Em
What a glorious sight!
                D
What a glorious sight!
G                   C
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                    Em 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                    D 
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da


[Chorus]
G             C
Hold out your hand
                  Em
Take hold of mine now
                   D
Round and round we go
G               C
Don't you wanna dance
            Em
I'm a dying man
                    D
From the moment we began

Hold out your hand
G                         C
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                          Em
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
                           D
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da