Brandi Carlile - Hold out Your Hand: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Hold out Your Hand" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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

I could lose my house, I could steal a car
I could serve two masters, living hard
Living like a dog in a cage in a yard
With a fist full of cold hard cash that
I can't let go
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

When the man comes around and the trumpet sounds
And his number calls and the moment he falls
In the haunted halls of man he will understand
He will comprehend, he will not pretend
He will not pretend

When the rain don't fall and the river don't run
And the wind takes orders from the blazing sun
The devil don't break for the fiery snake
And you've had about as
goddamn much as you can take
The devil don't take a break,
the devil don't take a break

The devil don't take no break

Chorus

G
Well he came to my door to sell me the fear
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
For the mountains lay down
for your faith like a seed
A morning is coming of silver and light
There will be color and language
                       C
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:
Hold out your hand (ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
Take hold of mine and then
(ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
Round and round we go (ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
Don't you wanna dance (ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
I'm a dying man (ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
From the moment we began
(ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
Hold out your hand (ba da da, ba da da, ba da da)
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da
Ba da da, ba da da, ba da da

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Hold out Your Hand" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Hold out Your Hand" by Brandi Carlile.