I Hold Her

McKee Bonnie

      E         B/Eb
1. Smokey is my apple
       A
   And green are my eyes
   E          B/Eb
   Silent is snowfall
     A
   I whispher goodbye
       C#m         B
   Farewell to the child
        A
   That I use to be
     E
   I hold her she's
   B          A E/As F#m E
   sobbing My baby
   
       E            B
2. The wolf and the lion
        A
   Have asked me to play
          E
   Though she told me
   B        A
   not to I went anyway
     C#m     B
   A pile of matches
       A
   The truth at my feet
     E
   I hold her she's
   B          A
   sobbing My baby

       C#m         B
R: The cream in my tea
              A
   Spells out something
      E           A
   to me And they say
   That I'll heal by the day
           C#m       B
   But the message I give
             A           E
   Kills off all will to live
        A
   I'm afriad that I'm losing my way

   E          B/Eb
3. Burning in heaven
      A
   My destiny lies
        E            B/Eb
   When she read my stars
              A
   She didn't mention that night
     C#m          B
   I loved you my Bambi
     A
   I don't want to leave
         E
   But I hold her
         B          A E/As F#m E
   she's sobbing My baby

     E              B
*: I hold her she's sobbing
     A
   I hold her she's sobbing
     E
   I hold her she's
   B          A  E-B-A--C#m-B/Eb-A
   sobbing My baby