HOLD EVERYTHING
As recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart
(2024 release)


[Intro]
G C  G D
G C  G D
G C  G D
G C  G D


[Verse 1]
          G          C
Could you hear the car coming?
        G           D
Did you stumble and fall?
        G               C
Did you sleep without waking?
         G     D
Were you ready to go?
       Em           C          G            D
Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest?
        Em            C           G         D    Em
Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest?
G C  G D  G/B C  G D
Ooh


[Verse 2]
         G            C
When you saw the wave rising
        G          D
Did you run to the shore?
         G/B              C
Were you half way through coffee
        G       D
When he broke down the door?
        Em             C               G          D
Did you hear the brake sing as you stepped on the line?
          Em          C           G             D       Em       G   Am
Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?


[Chorus]
 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C     G   C
Hold everything dear
G   C   G   C
Ooh


[Interlude]
C   G   G   C


[Verse 3]
                     C
Were you swaddled in morphine?
        C
Was she stroking your hair?
                       C
Was your granddaughter sleeping
     G
In a hospital chair?
         Em           C      G
Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread?
         Em             C           G               Em  G
Were you shielding your children or lying alone in your bed?


[Chorus]
 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C  D  Em   G  Am
Hold everything dear
 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything
 G/B      C     G  C
Hold everything dear


[Outro]
G D   G C   G D   G C
Ooh
G D   G C   G D   G C
G D   G C   G D   G C
G D   G C   G D   G C
G D