IntroGEmAmGVerseEm
Oh how, at the journey's end
I lie in the heat of the night
AmEm
Feeling the heartache, wondering why
Am
I want a friend, I want a friend
Em
To lay down beside me
C
I want a friend, I want her now
AmD
Someone who knows what I mean when I say
ChorusG
That I need tender hands to hold me,
E
I need tender hands tonight
Am
Will you lay them on my shoulders
GD
Will you lay them on my eyes
G
And I need tender hands to take me
EAm
All the way to paradise
CG
Then, when it's over
CDG
I need tender hands to hold me through the night
VerseEm
Touch me with your velvet mouth
I will give all the love that I have
AmEm
Under the moonlight, reaching your heart
Am
Where are you now, where are you now
Em
Come out of the shadows
C
Where are you now, I want you now
AmD
You know that I cannot always be strong
ChorusG
And I need tender hands to hold me
E
I need tender hands tonight
Am
Will you lay them on my shoulders
GD
Will you lay them on my eyes
G
And I need tender hands to take me
EAm
All the way to paradise
CG
Then, when it's over
CDG
I need tender hands to hold me through the night
BridgeA#
I am only a voice in a city of noise
C
Can you hear me this time
A#
I see the storm grow
CG
There's a light in the desert tonight
ChorusG
And I need tender hands
E
Give me tender hands
AmG
Will you lay them on my shoulders
DG
Oh oh, give me tender hands to take me
EAm
All the way to paradise
CG
Then, when it's over
CDEm
I have tender hands to hold you through the night
CDG
Darling, my tender hands will hold you through the night
Outro(fade toward end)
GEm
I want your tender hands
GEm
You have tender hands
GEm
I want those tender hands
GEm
Tender hands
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