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Hold Me

Fleetwood Mac
Tab
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Song

Song: Hold Me

Band: Fleetwood Mac

Album: Hold Me single 1982

Tabbed: Daniel Thomas (dt_69er@hotmail.com)

INTRO: Piano arranged for guitar

e|------------------|-------------------|
B|15-13-12----12----|-15-13-12----12----|
G|14-------14-12-12-|-14-------14-12-12-|
D|------------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
B|-15--12--15--12--15----12--15----12-|
G|-14------14------14-14-----14-14----|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

VERSE: Play a ringing variation of the first two

measures of INTRO over the Am/G/Am/G progression.

Play this riff over the D chord:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---------12--12----------------12--12------|
G|-14--14----------14----14--14----------14--|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Am G Am G D

Can you understand me Baby don't you hand me a line

Am G Am G D

Although it doesn't matter You and me got plenty of time

Am G Am G D

There's nobody in the future So baby let me hand you my love

Am G Am G D

There's no step for you to dance to So slip your hand inside my glove

CHORUS: (twice)

G Am G/B C D

Hold me Hold me Hold me

e|-15--15-14-15--15-14-15--15-14-15--15-14-12-|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

(D) (Come on and)

e|------12-------12-------12-------12-|
B|--15-------15-------15-------15-----|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

VERSE 2: (play same as first verse)

Am G Am G D

I don't want no damage. How'm I gonna manage with you

Am G Am G D

You hold the percentage But I'm the fool payin' the dues

Am G Am G D

I'm just around the corner If you got a minute to spare

Am G Am G D

I'll be waitin' for you If you ever wanna be there.

CHORUS (4 times)

GUITAR SOLO (slide guitar transcribed for standard guitar)

5^^^^^ vibrato

13B play the fretted note then bend up a full step

13B(15)R(13) play fretted note, bend up a whole step, then release

(15)R13 Bend the string a full step, then hit the note, release

10/13 from 10, slide up to 13

7\ slide down to an indefinite point

Am acoustic guitar strums a single Am barre chord

G acoustic guitar strums a single G major barre chord

e|-10--13--13B(15)^^^R(13)--10----------------|
B|-------------------------------13B(15)^^^---|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--10/13--13^^^----8/10---8---5^^^\----------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Am G Am G

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|-10--13--13B(15)R(13)---13B(15)R(13)--10/13-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|13--13--13--13--13B(15)R(13)--10\8---10--13-|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

Am G Am G

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|13B(15)R(13)--10--13B(15)R(13)--10------8B(10)R(8)-|
G|-----------------------------------10--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8B(10)R(8)----8B(10)R(8)--6---8B(10)R(8)---6/8--------|
G|--------------------------------------------------7^---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

(acoustic gtr) (keyboard arranged for guitar)

Am G Am G D (play this measure twice)

e|-5---3---5---3-|--------------------------------|
B|-5---3---5---3-|-15--15--12------12------15--15-|
G|-5---4---5---4-|-14--14------14------12--14--14-|
D|-7---5---7---5-|-----------------12-------------|
A|-7---5---7---5-|--------------------------------|
E|-5---3---5---3-|--------------------------------|

KEYBOARD SOLO (arranged for guitar)

e|-------------------|-------------------|------|
B|-15-13-12----12----|-15-13-12----12----|-15---|
G|-14-------14-12-12-|-14-------14-12-12-|-14---|
D|-------------------|-------------------|-12---|
A|-------------------|-------------------|------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|------|

CHORUS (repeat and fade with ad lib lead guitar lines)

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