Intro -x2-: Gbadd9 Db Ab Db
 
Verse 1:
       Gbadd9   Db  
I was alone so long
  Ab          Db               Gbadd9   Db   Ab   Db
I didn’t even know that I was lonely
           Gbadd9   Db  
Out in the cold so long
  Ab          Db               Gbadd9  Db   Ab  
I didn’t even know that I was cold
Gb                 Absus4  
Turned my collar to the wind
Gb                Absus4
This is how it’s always been
 
Chorus:
Gb             Db               Ab      Db   Ab    Db  Bbm7 Ab  
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
Gb             Db               Ab      Db
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
Gbadd9           Db         Gbadd9   Db   Ab   Db
But now I wanna hold you, too
 
 
Instrumental:
   Gbadd9  Db   Bbm  Ab  
   Gbadd9  Db   Ab   Db
   Ab      Gb
 
Verse 2:
            Gbadd9   Db  
You take me in your arms
    Bsus2                          Gbadd9  Db   Ab   Db
And suddenly there’s sunlight all around me
           Gbadd9      Db  
Everything bright and warm
    Bsus2                        Gbadd9 Db   Ab  
And shining like it never did before
    Gb               Absus4  
And for a moment I forget
Gb                 Absus4
Just how dark and cold it gets
 
Chorus:
Gb             Db               Ab      Db   Ab    Db Bbm7 Ab  
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
Gb             Db               Ab      Db
All I’ve ever known is how to hold my own
    Ab          Db
But now I wanna hold you
B
Now I wanna hold you
Bsus2
Hold you close
Bsus2
I don’t wanna ever have to let you go
Bsus2
Now I wanna hold you, hold you tight
Bsus2                         Bsus2   Gb     Db   Gb  Bsus2   Gb     Db   Gb
I don’t wanna go back to the lonely life
 
Verse 3:
             Bsus2   Gb   
I don’t know how or why
   Db        Gb                    Bsus2 Gb     Db   Gb
or who am i that I should get to hold you
           Bsus2        Gb   
but when I saw you all alone
            Db            Gb                 Bsus2   Gb     Db  
against the sky its like I’d known you all along
Bsus2       Db
I knew you before we met
Bsus2             Db
and I don’t even know you yet
 
Chorus:
Bsus2  Gb                           Db      Gb      Db    Gb  Ebm7  Db  
All I know is your someone I have always known
Bsus2  Gb                           Db      Gb
all I know is your someone I have always known
      Db          Gb
and I don’t even know you
E
Now I wanna hold you
Esus2
hold you close
Esus2
I don’t wanna ever have to let you go
Esus2
Suddenly the sunlight, bright and warm
Esus2                    Gbadd9  Db   Ab   Db  Gbadd9  Db   Ab  
Suddenly I'm holding the world in my arms
 
Verse 4:
Db               Ab  
Say that you’ll hold me forever
Db            Ab                       Bbm7
Say that the wind won’t change on us
               Gb                    Bbm7
Say that we’ll stay with each other
          Ab  
And it’ll always be like this
 
Verse 5:
Db         Ab  
I’m gonna hold you forever
Db             Ab                 Bbm7
The wind will never change on us
              Gb                    Bbm7
As long as we stay with each other
             Ab             Db
Then it will always be like this