You Hold Me Together

from "feel that fire" ( 2009 ) ( brett beavers , dierks bentley & tony martin ) capo : 2nd fret or scaled down a full step to E Intro : [ D ] [ D ] woo [ G ] yeah , oh [ G ] [ D ] by now i shoulda been broken on the rocks of rising life’s ocean [ G ] just another ship lost at sea [ D ] by now i shoulda been scattered in the wind of my lonesome travels [ G ] like a thousand dandelion seeds [ Bm ] and i shoulda come un - [ A ] raveled at the seams like a well worn [ G ] sweater but you hold me to - [ D ] gether [ D ] my hope shoulda been shattered like a bottle out behind some tavern [ G ] from a fight that you had no chance to win [ D ] my dreams shoulda been ashes gone up in smoke like a book of matches [ G ] tossed away and never gonna burn again [ Bm ] and i shoulda worn right through [ A ] like an old cowboy’s boot [ G ] leather but you hold me to - [ D ] gether Chorus #1 : i feel [ A ] your [ G ] love surrounding me [ D ] [ A ] strong E - [ G ] nough that i can believe [ D ] [ A ] there won’t [ G ] ever be A [ A ] storm that i can’t [ G ] weather ’cause you hold me to - [ Em ] gether , ah [ D ] woo to - [ Em ] gether , yeah [ D ] yeah Chorus #2 i feel [ A ] your [ G ] love surrounding me [ D ] [ A ] strong E - [ G ] nough that i can believe [ D ] [ A ] there won’t [ Bm ] ever be A [ A ] storm that i can’t [ G ] weather no , there [ Bm ] never be A [ A ] storm that i can’t [ G ] weather [ D ] i shoulda been long forgotten just a footnote down at the bottom [ G ] of a page in the book of what coulda been’s [ Bm ] my heart should lie in [ A ] pieces on the ground like a goodbye [ G ] letter [ Em ] but you hold me to - [ D ] gether oh [ G ] oh , you hold me to - [ D ] gether , yeah [ G ] yeah you hold me to - [ Em ] gether , ah [ D ] woo to - [ Em ] gether , yeah [ D ] yeah oh [ Em ] oh , you hold me , you hold me [ D ] to - [ Em ] gether , oh [ D ] oh