James Keelaghan - Hold Your Ground Chords

CAPO: 2nd Fret



    G    N.C.
Somewhere inside my soul there is an echo of my youth
     G     N.C.                                          G
Some pithy little saying that contained a grain of truth
   C
If patience is a virtue, persistence is its mark
     G
It's better to light a candle than to stand and curse the dark
    D                              Am        G      C
But if we stand together, we might turn this world around  
          C-G-D-G   C ~
Hold your ground__


       G
In the corridors of power, where our voice is seldom heard

The status quo is what they want, they can get it with a word
    C
For us it takes a thousand voices, a million angry shouts
   G
To notify the ship of state to bring its course about
    D                             Am        G     C
But if we pull together, we might turn this ship around
          C-G-D-G   C-G-D-G   C-G-D-G   C ~
Hold your ground__


Em                   C    G     Em
Oh___, this world is changing
                       C
Spinning out through space and time
Em              C   G    
Oh___, it's rearranging
Am                                       C
All the things we thought were yours and mine
              F    C    G
You've got to hold your ground
Am   G    F
Hold your ground
     C    G
Hold your ground
Am   G    F
Hold your ground


    G
Sometimes it seems the motion is strictly retrograde

There are so many reversals of advances that you've made
    C
The things you thought were changing have shuddered to a halt
    G
The only view is forward when your back's against the wall
    D                             Am        G     C
But if we stand together we might turn this world around
          C-G-D-G   C ~
Hold your ground__


INSTRUMENTAL: Em  C  G  Em  C  Em  C  G  Am  G  C


              F    C    G
You've got to hold your ground
Am   G    F
Hold your ground
     C    G
Hold your ground
Am   G    F
Hold your ground


   G
It isn't for the faint of heart to bet when odds are long

And neither is it easy to be right in face of wrong
    C
You must proceed from strength to strength, although the road is rough
    G
And sometimes human courage just isn't quite enough
    D                             Am        G     C
But if we stand together we might turn this world around
          
Hold your ground (Hold your ground)

Hold your ground (Hold your ground)
             ~ G    C ~ 
Hold your ground
Em                C    G
Oh, this world is changing