A collection of lyrics and chords
for the music of James Grant

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The Hallowing Touch

Lyrics and Chords

D             A7sus             D

These streets are strange

G              A                    D

Like some cradlesong..

G   G min7   Bmin

I cant recall

E min7                                    A7

And yet I’ve known it all along

D      A7sus     D     G      A                    D

I held the hand I wanted to crush

G   G min7   Bmin

Now I understand

E min7                    A7

To live for the rush

D             A7sus             D

O The Hallowing Touch

A7sus             D

Hauling me up

Bmin                         A             Bmin          G

Touching the part of me thats God

D             A7sus             D

In thrall again

D      A7sus   D   G              A                    D

Times I felt, would I be missed?

G         G min7                 Bmin   E min7           A7

But I never had the faith to be an atheist

D      A7sus    D   G      A                    D

Upon my lips the dawn did break

G   G min7     Bmin               E min7           A7

I gave everything that I would take

D             A7sus             D

O The Hallowing Touch

A7sus             D

Hauling me up

Bmin                         A             Bmin          G

Touching the part of me thats God

D             A7sus             D

In thrall again

MID SECTION Chords ; D   A7sus    D  G Gmin  E  Emin   A7sus
D

All the dirt

A7sus

And the dead sex

D                                         A7sus

All the pain and the emptiness

D             A7sus             D

I put to the flame

G   G min7   Bmin

Swept away

E min7                                     A7

I just say my mantra – her name

D             A7sus             D

It burns without

G              A                    D

It burns within

G   G min7                  Bmin

Brighter than the sun

E min7                                     A7

Darker than the lure of sin

A7sus

The lure of sin..

D             A7sus             D

O The Hallowing Touch

A7sus             D

Hauling me up

Bmin                         A             Bmin          G

Touching the part of me that’s God

D             A7sus             D

In thrall again

Lyrics

These streets are strange
Like some cradlesong..
I cant recall
And yet I’ve known it all along?I
held the hand I wanted to crush
Now I understand
To live for the rush

O The Hallowing Touch
Hauling me up
Touching the part of me thats God
In thrall again

Times I felt, would I be missed?
But I never had the faith to be an atheist
Upon my lips the dawn did break
I gave everything that I would take

O The Hallowing Touch
Hauling me up
Touching the part of me thats God
In thrall again

All the dirt
And the dead sex
All the pain and the emptiness
I put to the flame
Swept away?I just say my mantra – her name
It burns without
It burns within
Brighter than the sun
Darker than the lure of sin
The lure of sin..

O The Hallowing Touch
Hauling me up
Touching the part of me thats God
In thrall again

Alternate Tunings

D A F# D A D

( The F# in this tuning is low, so its best to use an A string guage and also a D string guage for where the G would be)

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