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Behold Be Held - Bonnie "Prince" Billy Chords

Chords: C/G, Fmaj7, G, Be, C, Dm

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Genre: folk, indie, rock


[Intro]
C/G

[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7
I want to make music all the time, not just in fits and skirmishes.
Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7
I wanna be wholly consumed in rhyme and bend my whole to her wishes
Fmaj7
Squiggle inside of her dark depthest reaches.
C/G G Fmaj7
Behold! behold! be held! What suffering teaches!

[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 G
Behold! be held! what reason rules
C/G Fmaj7
Behold! be held! on level field!
C/G Fmaj7 G
Behold! be held! you fool of fools!
C/G Fmaj7
Behold! be held! Behave! Be real!

[Verse 2]
C/G Fmaj7 G
You owe me a reason to not (fully) be mine.
C/G Fmaj7
Explain to me, let me in on your secret.
Fmaj7 G
We’re better off pooling the groove that we find.
C/G Fmaj7
Sharing is nothing to regret.
Fmaj7
Swallow me wholly, consume all my worth.
C/G G Fmaj7
Behold! behold! be held! it’s you who comes first!

[Chorus]
C/G Fmaj7 G
Behold! be held! what reason rules
C/G Fmaj7
Behold! be held! on level field!
C/G Fmaj7 G
Behold! be held! you fool of fools!
C/G Fmaj7
Behold! be held! Behave! Be real!

[Solo]
Fmaj7 C/G Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7
Fmaj7 G C/G Fmaj7

[Verse 3]
C/G Fmaj7 G C/G
And then when that grueling death bell knells we’ll have such a wondrous
Fmaj7
thing to remember.

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