Hold Me Down

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Hold Me Down - The Happy Fits
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Tabbed by: The Happy Fits
Tuning: DADGBE


[Intro Riff]
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[Verse 1]
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Maybe I’m crazy I've
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Been talking to myself at night
            D

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And I'm feelin' so alone
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If I could get the words out right
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To tell you how I feel I might
            D

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But they're comin' out so wrong
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[Pre-Chorus]
G
Then the voices they come rushin' in
D
Like a ten ton truck into soft 
cement
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Now the words make sense but I can't
 repeat
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Because sense don't make what it 
used to be
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I'm here my love but I'm floating, 
baby

[Chorus]
D
Hold me down tight when I'm losing 
my mind
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You tied a tether here to keep me 
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close
               D
I've been talking to myself on some 
Icarus spell
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But it got better when you didn't 
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go
       D
Oh, tell me when you wanna get out 
of here
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And I won't need any more
Continues after the ad
  D                                
Hold me down tight when I'm losing 
          A
my mind
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You know I'd really hate to see me 
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float

[Verse 2]
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I tremble when I see your eyes
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I saw them in a dream last night
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And they heard me sing a song
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I never cared for fancy art
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Or poetry on old guitars
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But they always sing along
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[Pre-Chorus]
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Then the notes fill up like a big 
balloon
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As I'm drifting upwards away from 
you
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Now I'm screaming mad with two 
clenched hands
D
Will beauty come if I don't land?
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I'm here my love but I'm floating, 
baby

[Chorus]
D
Hold me down tight when I'm losing 
my mind
                 G               
You tied a tether here to keep me 
                    A
close
               D
I've been talking to myself on some 
Icarus spell
               G                   
But it got better when you didn't 
               A
go
       D
Oh, tell me when you wanna get out 
of here
        G                        A
And I won't need any more
  D                                
Hold me down tight when I'm losing 
          A
my mind
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You know I'd really hate to see me 
                  A
float

[Bridge]
“Write it to myself at night: as 
long as you're here I'll be all 
alright”
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I'm here my love but I'm
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I'm here my love but I'm floating 
baby

[Chorus]
D                                 
Hold me down tight when I'm losing
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 my mind
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You tied a tether here to keep me 
                    A
close
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I've been talking to myself on some
                   A
 Icarus spell
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But it got better when you didn't 
               A
go
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Oh, tell me when you wanna get out 
                A
of here
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And I won't need any more
  D                                
Hold me down tight when I'm losing 
          A
my mind
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You know I'd really hate to see me 
                  A
float

[Other]
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