Held

Intro:
Eb Gm Ab  Bb
Eb Gm Ab  Bb
 
Verse:
Ab                      Bb
Two months is too little
Eb                       Cm
They let him go, they had no
Ab                Bb
Sudden healing
Ab                    Bb
To think that providence would
Eb                                  Cm                         Ab
Take a child from his mother while she prays
           Bb       Bb
Is appalling
 
Verse 2:
Ab                   Bb
Who told us we'd be rescued
Eb                             Cm                                 Ab
What has changed and why should we be saved
                 Bb
From nightmares
Ab                    Bb
We're asking why this happens
Eb             Cm                    Ab
To us, who have died to live
           Bb
It's unfair
 
Chorus:
Bb                          Eb              Gm            Ab
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
                         Bb                Eb             Cm
When the sacred is torn from your life
                    Gm
And you survive
Ab                      Eb           Gm               Ab
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
                        Bb                       Eb             Cm
That the promise was when everything fell
             Gm        Ab    Ab
We'd be held
 
Verse 3:
Ab                   Bb
This hand is bitterness
Eb                             Cm                    Ab
We want to taste it, let the hatred numb
              Bb
Our sorrow
Ab                         Bb
The wise hand opens slowly
Eb                 Cm              Ab
To lillies of the valley and
           Bb
Tomorrow
 
Chorus:
Bb                            Eb            Gm            Ab
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
                         Bb       Eb                    Cm
When the sacred is torn from your life
               Gm
And you survive
Ab                        Eb          Gm             Ab
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
                     Bb                          Eb           Cm
That the promise was when everything fell
              Gm        Ab    Ab
We'd be held
 
Bridge:
Dm                 Bb     C
If hope is born of suffering
Dm             Bb       C
If this is only the beginning
                        Dm                 A/Db
Can we not wait for one hour
                     F/C          Bb
Watching for our Savior
 
Chorus:
                             F#                  A#m         H
This is what it means to be held, how it feels
                        C#         F#                D#m
When the sacred is torn from your life
            A#m    
And you survive
     H                       F#     A#m           H
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
                       C#                       F#        D#m
That the promise was when everything fell
                A#m      H
We'd be held
 
Instrumental:
F#  A#m  H  C#
F#  D#m  A#m  
 
Chorus:
     H                  F#          A#m             H
This is what it is to be loved, and to know
                       C#                      F#        D#m
That the promise was when everything fell
              A#m     H    H
We'd be held
 
Outro:
F#  A#m  H   
      C#                   F#            A#m   H   C#
This is what it means to be held 

Outro:
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