Kenzie Nimmo & Harris Heller - Hold My Breath
Capo 2 Standard Tuning
Based on acoustic version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWg12Qkl5yU
Transcribed by tom@tomnichols.com
I’ve tried to make it easier to learn the timings of the chord changes by aligning the text
with the chords wherever possible
Chords
C G D1 D2 Em Em/F# Em/G D/F# D
e[-----0-----3-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----]
B[-----1-----3-----3-----3-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----]
G[-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----3-----]
D[-----2-----0-----4-----5-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----]
A[-----3-----2-----5-----5-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----]
E[-----x-----3-----x-----x-----0-----2-----3-----2-----x-----]
Intro
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
Verse 1
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
On the side where you once lied pillows help me sleep at night
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
The worst nights I still sleep in your clothes
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
A lonely war, a constant fire, put my heart on the front lines and I'm
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
waiting for a sign you haven't shown
C G D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
And your next move will choose which way I go
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
And losing you would shake all that I know
Chorus
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
so while you decide what you feel is right
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
I’m Saving all the air that I have left and while
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
you decide about you and I
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my...
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my…
C D Em
I'll sit here and just hold my
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h hold my
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h
Verse 2
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
In the summer I can't see you and the way you looked in my rearview
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
After all this time memories won't fade
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
And your voice hasn't left me it's a fuel that keeps my heart from
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
lifting but things can always change
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
and your next move will choose which way I go
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
and losing you would shake all that I know
Chorus
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
and while you decide what you feel is right
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
I’m saving all the air that I have left and while
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
you decide about you and I
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my...
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my…
C D Em
I'll sit here and just hold my
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h hold my
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h hold my
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h
Bridge
C G D/F#
I don't feel I'm asking for to much
Just a word from you would be enough
Final Chorus (start with single notes)
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
so while you decide what you feel is right
C G D1 D1 D2 D1 D2 D1
I’m saving all the air that I have left and while
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
you decide about you and I
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my...
C D Em
I'll sit here and I'll hold my…
C D Em
I'll sit here and just hold my
C G D/F# Em Em/F# Em/G
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h hold my
C G D/F#
b -- r ---- e ----- a t h