Key: E
Introduction:
Em D
Em D
Em
Oh how, at the journey's end, I lie in the heat of the night
Am Em
Feeling the heartache, wondering why,
Am Em
I want a friend, I want a friend to lay down beside me
Am C Am D
I want a friend, I want her now, someone who knows what I mean when I say,
G Em
That I need tender hands to hold me, I need tender hands tonight
Am
Will you lay them on my shoulders
G D
Will you lay them on my eyes
G E Am
And I need tender hands to take me all the way to paradise
C G
And then, when it's over
C D G D
I need tender hands to hold me through the night
Em
Touch me with your velvet mouth, I will give all the love that I have
Am Em
Under the moonlight, reaching your heart
Am Em
Where are you now, where are you now, come out of the shadows
Am C
Where are you now, I want you now
Am D
You know that I cannot always be strong,
G Em
And I need tender hands to hold me, I need tender hands tonight
Am
Will you lay them on my shoulders
G D
Will you lay them on my eyes
G E Am
And I need tender hands to take me all the way to paradise
C G
And then, when it's over
C D G
I need tender hands to hold me through the night
Bb C
A am only a voice in a city of noise, can you hear me this time
Bb C D
I see the storm grow, there's a light in the desert tonight
G Em
And I need tender hands, give me tender hands
G Em
I need tender hands all over, give me tender hands all night
Am
Will you lay them on my shoulders
G D
Will you lay them on my eyes
G E Am
And I need tender hands to take me all the way to paradise
C G
And then, when it's over
C D Em
I have tender hands to hold you through the night
C D G Em
I have tender hands to hold you through the night
D G Em
Give me tender hands
D G
I want your tender hands