Biography:
Strange Advance was a Canadian band from the 1980s whose music was a fusion of progressive rock and new wave. The band's signature sound combined highly synthesized melody, driving rhythm, and space opera themes. Strange Advance was made up of Drew Arnott (keyboards, percussion, vocals) and Darryl Kromm (lead vocals, guitars), who met in Vancouver and founded the group in 1980. Paul Iverson would play bass in the band leading up to the second album.
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[Intro]
C Am G F Bm F# D
C Am C Am
[drums]
C Am G F
C Am G F
I'd love to hold you
[Lyric 1]
C
In the prison of the dancing light
Am
In the city walking through the night
G
You know the spirit in your eyes will fade
F
If your heart doesn't show the way
C
And if your heart's sinking down to your knees
Am
You're not wild or young or free
G
You can leave the world outside
F
But what about me
[Chorus]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
[Lyric 2]
C
If I could change one thing for you
Am
Tell me what would you want me to do
G
The only thing to me that's clear
F
It's so cold when you're not here
C
It's the age of our own desent
Am
When the passion and the money's spent
G
It beats down like a velvet glove
F
But what about love?
[Chorus]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
[Instrumental]
D F# Bm Am
D F# Bm Am
C Am C G F
[Outro]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G
Everytime I see you babe
F
I want to hold you again
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G
It's so hard to be apart
F
I wanna hold you again
C Am G F
C
Hold you...
Am G
Hold you...
F
Ooo ooo ooo...
C Am G F
[repeat to fade]
C Am G F Bm F# D
C Am C Am
[drums]
C Am G F
C Am G F
I'd love to hold you
[Lyric 1]
C
In the prison of the dancing light
Am
In the city walking through the night
G
You know the spirit in your eyes will fade
F
If your heart doesn't show the way
C
And if your heart's sinking down to your knees
Am
You're not wild or young or free
G
You can leave the world outside
F
But what about me
[Chorus]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
[Lyric 2]
C
If I could change one thing for you
Am
Tell me what would you want me to do
G
The only thing to me that's clear
F
It's so cold when you're not here
C
It's the age of our own desent
Am
When the passion and the money's spent
G
It beats down like a velvet glove
F
But what about love?
[Chorus]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G F
I need to know you
[Instrumental]
D F# Bm Am
D F# Bm Am
C Am C G F
[Outro]
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G
Everytime I see you babe
F
I want to hold you again
C Am
I'd love to hold you
G
It's so hard to be apart
F
I wanna hold you again
C Am G F
C
Hold you...
Am G
Hold you...
F
Ooo ooo ooo...
C Am G F
[repeat to fade]
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