Chords for Foy Vance - The Strong Hand (Official Audio)

[D#] _ [B] _ January in the air is cold Been a while since I heard my [D#m] mother's tone
Yet I know when I need [G#] her most _ She lends [C#] me a [B] shoulder
[D#m] Carries my grief like head [C#] and sand [D#m] Even through the times I wouldn't [B] let her
end Now I'll [F#] never make the same mistake [C#] ever again
_ [G#m] Sometimes it takes a small hand Of a kind-hearted [F#] mother to make her leave
And day-to-day [G] you can find the [G#m] strength somewhere
_ [F#] [B] To withstand more than [F#] he can without [C#] her care
[F#] _ _ [G#m] Lately [F#] I've been calling home [C#] Speaking [D#m] to my brothers on [B] the phone
And we [F#] laugh as we're looking back [D#m]
Over [C#] our [B] shoulder
[F#] Laughing by [C#] games that we played to [D#m] win And how we [C#] wouldn't let each [B] other end
I won't [F#] ever make the same mistakes [C#] ever again
[G#m] Sometimes it takes a small hand Of a [B] kind-hearted brother [F#] to make him leave
And day-to-day you [G] can find the [G#m] strength somewhere
_ [F#] [B] To withstand more than [F#] he can without [C#] his care
[F#] _ [B] It's [F#] hard to think there was a time when [C#] I believed I
[D#m]
[C#] Would never see [B] a future Now [F#] I can't see anything [C#] clearer _
[F#] So [B] _ tonight [F#] I'm coming [C#] home Can't bear to think of [D#m] you [B] lying there alone
Stroke your [C#] hair and I'll kiss your back [D#m] Then right up over your [B] shoulder
[F#] Dive into your world like it's [C#] gonna end [D#m] Like I may [C#] never get the [B] chance again
Everybody [F#] needs somebody on whom [C#] they can depend
[G#m] Sometimes it takes a small hand Of a kind-hearted woman [F#] to make her leave
And dig down [D#] deep find the [G#m] strength somewhere
_ [F#] [B] To withstand more than [F#] he can without [C#] her [D#m] care
[G#m] Sometimes it takes a little planning And a whole lot of understanding [F#] to make her weep
And dig down [G] deep find the [G#m] strength somewhere
_ [F#] [B] To withstand more than he [F#] can without [C#] her care
[F#] _
[B] Sometimes it takes a small hand
_ Sometimes it takes a small hand _ _
Sometimes it takes a small hand
Sometimes _ _ it takes a small hand
Sometimes _ _ it takes a small hand _ _
Sometimes it takes a small hand
_ _ [A#]
[B] Sometimes it takes a [N] strong hand. _ _
Sometimes it takes a strong hand. _ _ _ _