Elias Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]

[Verse 1]
Nah jay su [D]atwanei kwa,
tie [C]asu fah[Em]dah dah hay
[D]Nah jay su atwanei kwa,
tie asu fah[C]dah dah hay
Tie asu fahdah dah hay, fahdah dah hay
Tie asu fah[D]dah dah hay, fahdah dah hay

[Verse 2]
[C]Nah jay[D] su atwanei kwa,
tie [C]asu [D]fahdah dah hay
Nah jay su atwanei kwa,
tie asu fahdah dah hay
Tie [C]asu fah[D]dah dah [C]hay,
[D]fahdah dah hay
Tie [Em]asu fahdah dah h[D]ay,
fahdah dah hay
[C][D]

[Verse 3]
Coz e wah [G]he, coz e wah he,
mah ka [D]sim[C]ba
Airay, da ka sim[Em]ba
kanamah ka simba [D]oh
Da kah [G]simba, da kah sim[D]ba[C]
Da ka sim[Em]ba kanamah ka
simba [D]oh

[Verse 4]
You raise your [D]head, beat [C]the sun[D]
But your boys they lie, so close [C]to you
Do you dare get up? And wake the two
[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]Oh Eli[D]as, I see you [G]there,
at work [D]in the daytime do you think you could,
answer all the questions of the [C]world
In just one [Em]word, I think you could.
[D][C]

[Verse 6]
[G]
If you [D]die will i get word
[C]that you're [G]gone
Or will i [D]hear it in passing [C]conversation
[G]Will i stop sho[D]rt and, fal[C]l to the ground
[G]Distance is sho[D]rt when your han[C]d
carries what your eye [G]found

[Verse 7]
[G]Hold my [D]hand just one more time,
[Em]to see if you're reall[D]y gonn[C]a meet me
[G]Hold my [D]hand just one more [Em]time,
to see if you're [D]really gonna meet [C]me

[Verse 8]
Honest and [G]Manuel well you [D]know,
they're at school now
Getting the chance that,
their father's never [C]seen
See what's [Em]beyond, sec[D]tion 17
And in [G]10 years,
when you look back [D]at your boys
well you know they've grown,
way taller than the [C]tallest sugar [Em]cane in the field
[D]

[Verse 9]
[G]
If you [D]die will i [C]get word
that you're [G]gone
Or will i [D]hear it in passing [C]conversation[G]
Will i stop [D]short [C]and, fall to the ground
[G]Distance is sho[D]rt when your han[C]d
carries what your eye [G]found

[Verse 10]
Hold my [D]hand just one more [Em]time,
to see if you're [D]really [C]gonna meet me
[G]Hold [D]my hand just one more [Dm]time[D]
[C]Hold [G]my [D]hand just one more tim[C]e
[G]Hold my [D]hand just one more time,
[Em]to see if you're reall[D]y gonna meet meee.

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][G][C][D][C][G][C]
[D]

[Verse 11]
And I see your [C]wife, she stands,
[G]stooped ove[C]r by the fire out[G]side
And I see [C]your boys, and when they look up,
[G]you know i thi[C]nk they've got their mother's eyes
Cause [G]she looks so [C]proud, [G]she looks so [C]happy,
[D]she looks so [C]proud, [G]she looks so hap[C]py, yea[D]ahh[G]h
If you [D]die will i

[Verse 12]
get word
[C]that you're [G]gone
Or will i [D]hear it in passing
[C]conver[G]sation
Will i stop [D]short [G]and[C], fall to the ground
[G]Distance is [D]short when your han[C]d
carries what your eye [G]found

[Verse 13]
Hold my [D]hand just one more time,
[Em]to see if you're reall[D]y gonn[C]a meet me
[G]Hold my [D]hand just one [C]more [Em]time,
to see if [C]you're [D]really [C]gonna meet me[G]

[Verse 14]
Hold my [D]hand just [A]one more [C]tiiiime (Ay[Em] a, [C]Aya,[D][C]
[G]Ayaahah)
Hold my [D]hand ,one [C]more [Em]time [C](Ay[Am]a, Ay[C]a,[G]
Ayaahah)
Dayah ya ya, yah [D]yah yah,
yah yah [C]yah [Em](Ay [C]a, A[G]y a,[D] Aya[C]ah[Em]aha)[C][G]

[Verse 15]
Hold my [D]hand just one more time,
[Em]to see if you're reall[D]y gonn[C]a meet me
[G]Hold my [D]hand just one more [Em]time,
to see if you're [D]really gonna [C]meet me
[G]