Lord Help Me To Hold Out
By: Rev. James Cleveland
Arr. By: Val215
Key Ab
L H / R H
Chorus:
Ab / C-Eb-Ab Lord
Eb / C-Eb-Ab help
F / Db-F-Bb me
G / D-G-B to
Ab / Eb-Ab-C hold
Ab / C-Eb-Ab out
Eb / Db-G-Bb Lord
Eb / Db-G-Bb help
F / Eb-Ab-C me
G / F-Bb-Db to
Ab / Eb-Ab-C hold
A / C-Eb-Ab out
Ab / C-Eb-Ab Lord
Eb / C-Eb-Ab help
F / Db-F-Bb me
G / D-G-B to
Ab / Eb-Ab-C hold
Ab / C-Eb-Ab out
G, Bb / Eb-Ab-C, F-Bb-Db un-
C / Gb-C-Eb til
Db / F-Bb-Db my
Eb / Eb-Ab-C, Db-Bb-Db, C-Eb-Ab, Db-G-Bb change---
Ab / C-Eb-Ab comes
* Repeat*
Verse:
Ab / Eb-Ab-C My
Ab / Ab-C-Eb way
/ Ab, C, Eb may not be
Ab / Eb-Ab-C, C-Eb-Ab ea-sy
Ab / Eb-Ab-C, Ab-C-Eb, Ab-C-Eb you did not
Ab / Ab-C-Eb, Eb-Ab say that
/ Eb-Ab-C, F-Ab-Db it would
Ab / G-Bb-Eb, Ab-C, Bb-Db be-----
Ab / Eb-C But
/ Eb-Ab-C if
/ Ab-C-Eb it
/ Ab-C-Eb gets
C / Ab-C-Eb dark
Db / Db-F-Ab I
/ F-Ab-C can’t
/ Ab-C-Eb see
/ Ab-C-Eb my
Db / F-Ab-Db, Db-F-Ab way----
/ Db-F-Ab You
Ab / Eb-Ab-C told
/ Eb-Ab-C me
Bb / F-Ab-Db to
C / Gb-C-Eb put
Db / F-Ab-Db my
Eb / Eb-Ab-C trust
Eb / Db-Eb-Ab in
Ab / C-Eb-Ab Thee
/ C, Eb, Eb, Eb, Eb, C that’s why I’m ask-ing You.
*Go back to chorus*
Vamp:
/ C-Eb-Ab Lord
/ C-Eb-Ab help
/ C-Eb-Ab me
/ C-Eb-Ab to
/ Bb-Db-Gb hold
/ Bb-Db-Gb out (Repeat 4x)
/ Eb-Ab-C Lord
/ Eb-Ab-C help
/ Eb-Ab-C me
/ Eb-Ab-C to
/ Db-Gb-Bb hold
/ Db-Gb-Bb out (Repeat 4x)
/ Eb-Ab-C Lord
/ Eb-Ab-C help
/ Eb-Ab-C me
/ Eb-Ab-C to
/ Db-Gb-Bb hold
/ Db-Gb-Bb out
Ab-Ab, Ab-Ab / (Hold out) (Repeat 4x)
/ F-Ab-C I
/ F-Ab-C be-
/ F-Ab-C lieve
/ F-Ab-C I
/ F-Ab-C can
/ Gb-Bb-Db hold
/ Gb-Bb-Db out
Ab-Ab, Ab-Ab (Hold out) (Repeat 5x)
End:
G, Bb / Eb-Ab-C, F-Bb-Db un-
C / Gb-C-Eb til
Db / F-Bb-Db my
Eb / Eb-Ab-C, Db-Bb-Db, C-Eb-Ab, Db-G-Bb change---
Ab / C-Eb-Ab comes.
Enjoy & Be Blessed