------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Held - Natalie Grant (Written by Christa Nichole Wells) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Ellen Email: ellenmaria31@yahoo.com I learned this song from "Held Chords (ver 3)" I changed a few chords and the placement a few others to fit the song a little better. Notice: I am not claiming to have written this entire tab by ear. "WingmanCO" sumbitted this, I simply changed it a little. Intro: D G Em A(light and flowing) Verse G A Two months is too little D Em They let him go, they had no G A Sudden healing G A To think that providence would D Em G Take a child from his mother while she prays A A Is appalling G A Who told us we'd be rescued D Em G What has changed and why should we be saved A From nightmares G A We're asking why this happens D Em G To us, who have died to live A It's unfair Chorus: A D Em G This is what it means to be held, how it feels A D Em When the sacred is torn from your life G And you survive A D Em G This is what it is to be loved, and to know A D Em That the promise was when everything fell G A A We'd be held G A This hand is bitterness D Em G We want to taste it, let the hatred numb A Our sorrow G A The wise hand opens slowly D Em G To lillies of the valley and A Tomorrow Chorus: A D Em G This is what it means to be held, how it feels A D Em When the sacred is torn from your life G And you survive A D Em G This is what it is to be loved, and to know A D Em That the promise was when everything fell G A A We'd be held Chorus(change of key) Bridge Am F G If hope is born of suffering Am F G If this is only the beginning Am F Can we not wait for one hour Am F Watching for our Savior F C G Am This is what it means to be held, how it feels F C G When the sacred is torn from your life Am And you survive F C G Am This is what it is to be loved, and to know F C G That the promise was when everything fell Am G or F We'd be held (F C G Am) | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************