Song:  I Held Her In My Arms
Artist:  Violent Femmes
Album:  The Blind Leading The Naked

Transcribed by Wesley Torres 

Intro:
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Verse 1:
A                   D
I'm gnawing on the knowledge
     A            D
That I have been burnt
         A                   D
And I'm learning things that I 
          A        D
Should've already learnt
A          D
Everyone I ever knew
A                D
Was so kind and coy
A             D
I was with a girl
A                              D
But it felt like I was with a boy

Chorus:
A
I can't even remember 
D
  If we were lovers
   A                E
Or if I just wanted to
       A
But I held her in my arms
   D
I held her in my arms
   A
I held her in my arms
               E
But it wasn't you

Verse 2:
A           D
I will not kill
     A                D
The one thing that I love
A                   D
In this world of wreckage
A        D
I look above
A        D
Help me Lord
A              D
Help me understand
A                D
What it means to be a boy
A                D
What it means to be a man

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Solo:
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Outro:
A D A D A D A D E A