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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]
D                           B
Maybe I’m crazy I've 
D                                             D
Been talking to myself at night
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And I'm feelin' so alone
D                           B 
If I could get the words out right
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To tell you how I feel I might
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But they're comin' out so wrong

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

[Verse 2]
D                                             B
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

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

[Outro]

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