Ben Marwood - You Can Hold On Once Tab by Neil Wicker wicker101@hotmail.co.uk This is from the "Exclamation At Asterisk Hash" compilation EP with Oxygen Thief and Jim Lockey and is definitely one of my favourite Ben Marwood songs, check it out :) this is what I play in this video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi0ZTX0weuI Intro: e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6---| G|-----7-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5---------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7------| A|--5-----------5-----------8-----------8-----------7-----------7------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6---| 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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------10-------------10-------------10-------------10-----------------| G|-----11-----------11--------------9-------------11-------------------------| D|--------11------------11-------------11-------------11---------------------| A|--9------------9--------------12-------------8-----------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------10-------------10-------------10--------------10----------------| G|-----11-----------11--------------9--------------11------------------------| x2 D|--------11------------11-------------11--------------11--------------------| A|--9------------9--------------8--------------12(8 second time)-------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| The bitter of mid winder is the time she’ll have to choose, and though I couldn’t force The issue, cause there’s still so much to lose. And you can e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7------------6-----------6--| D|-----8-----------8-----------8-----------8------------7-----------7--------| A|--------8-----------8-----------8-----------8------------7-----------7-----| E|--6-----------6-----------6-----------6------------5-----------5-----------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------7-----------7---------------------------------------------------| D|-----8-----------8---------------------------------------------------------| A|--------8-----------8------------------------------------------------------| E|--6-----------6------------------------------------------------------------| lead to a house to water but it only thins the glue in this e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6----------6---| G|-----7-----------7-----------5-----------5--------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7----------7------| A|--5-----------0-----------8-----------8-----------| E|--------------------------------------------------| Lifelong test. e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------------------------------| G|-----11-------------11---------------------9--------------9--------| D|---------11-------------11---------10-------------10---------------| A|--9--------------9---------------------10-------------10-----------| E|--------------------------------8--------------8-------------------| You’ll only do your e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------10-------| 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A|--------5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------| E|--3-----------3-----------3-----------3--------------| that there can be e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| G|-----7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------| A|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| no substitute e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------10-------| G|-----11-------------11-------------11-------------11---------------| D|---------11-------------11-------------11-------------11-----------| A|--9--------------9--------------9--------------9-------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| For moments when the e|-----------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------9-------------9-------------9---------------9-------| D|-----10-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------| A|---------10-------------10-------------10-------------10---------| E|--8--------------8--------------8--------------8-----------------| Fear has fled like e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| G|-----5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------| A|--8-----------8-----------8-----------8--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Love annulled my e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| G|-----7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------| A|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| fear of death chorus: (repeat last 4 bars) and I gave the girl my body, but it still was not enough, because time is an investment and you can’t compete with love (and again) so we’ll live with these decisions but it’s this I will impart e|--------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6----------6---| G|-----7-----------7-----------5-----------5--------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7----------7------| A|--5-----------0-----------8-----------8-----------| E|--------------------------------------------------| you can hold on once e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------------------------------| G|-----11-------------11---------------------9--------------9--------| D|---------11-------------11---------10-------------10---------------| A|--9--------------9---------------------10-------------10-----------| E|--------------------------------8--------------8-------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------10-------| G|-----11-------------11-------------11-------------11---------------| D|---------11-------------11-------------11-------------11-----------| A|--9--------------9--------------9--------------9-------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| but twice will break your heart intro again (x2) Verse 3 (same as verse 2) the moment when the news broke came as hardly a surprise, for while we all know love lies bleeding yeah it rarely ever dies oh and romance wasn’t really dead, it merely closed it eyes, whether wrong or right, you don’t give up the fighting and the fortitude, the anger and the attitude the lives we lead without regret and love annulled my fear of death chorus - same apart from the last line: e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------------------------------| G|-----11-------------11---------------------9--------------9--------| D|---------11-------------11---------10-------------10---------------| A|--9--------------9---------------------10-------------10-----------| E|--------------------------------8--------------8-------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------10-------------10-------------10-------------10-------| G|-----11-------------11-------------11-------------11---------------| D|---------11-------------11-------------11-------------11-----------| A|--9--------------9--------------9--------------9-------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----| G|-----7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------| D|--------7-----------7-----------7-----------7--------| A|--5-----------5-----------5-----------5--------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| twice will break your heart, break your heart (single picked notes) e|-------------------------------| B|--7----------7--10--9--7-------| G|-----7—-4----------------------| D|-----8—-5----------------------| A|--5----------5--9---8--5-------| E|-----6---3---------------------| e|------------------------------------| B|-----------6-----------8---10-------| G|--------7-----------9---------------| D|-----7-----------9------------------| A|--5-----------7------------9--------| E|------------------------------------| the best of days, will only prove, that there can be no substitute, for moments when the fear has fled, like love annulled my fear of death.