Tracy Chapman
Baby Can I Hold You
Tracy Chapman (1988)

(hi-hat)  D  Dsus2 D A7sus4  A7  x 2  (stop)

D     Dsus2 D
Sorry
   A7sus4   A7        Em
Is all that you can't say
A7sus4     A7     D     Dsus2 D
Years gone by and still
A7sus4      A7       Em
Words don't come easily
     G           A      A  Asus4  A  (stop)
Like sorry, like sorry

Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me, forgive me, but you can say

  D    Dsus2 D
  Baby
  Em         G          D      Dsus2 D
  Baby can I hold you tonight?
  Em        G            Bm
  Baby if I told you the right words
              A
  Oooh at the right time, you'd be mine

D  Dsus2 D A7sus4  b c♯ A7sus4/D A7/C♯

I love you                                    w/ g^f♯ d
Is all that you can't say                        f♯^g d
Years gone by and still                          g^f♯ d
Words don't come easily                          f♯^g d
Like I love you, I love you, but you can say

  Refrain  x 2  (2e x: sans Baby initial)

  D  Dsus2 D  Em  G
                     You'd be mine  x 2

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