Last Revised: 22 October 2013
Arms
Written by Gerry Beckley and Mike Ruekberg, ©2006
Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A Am Am/G Bb/F Gm/E
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F F7 Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7/9 Ab Db
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Fm Fm/Eb C G G7 Cmaj7 Am7 D7/9
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Bb Eb Gm Gm/F
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Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb
You say that they are holding you down
Dm/A Am
Seems quite hard if I'm not around
Am/G Bb/F Gm/E
Still you think that they're in the way
Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb
I always thought that you couldn't swim
Dm/A Am
That's why I was first to jump in
Am/G Bb/F
I never dreamed of causing you harm
Gm/E F
I thought that you knew these arms
F7 Bbmaj7 Gm7 C7/9
Were waiting, reaching out to pull you closer
F F7 Bbmaj7 Gm7
Hold you to me, why'd you run away
C7/9 Ab
Come back to these arms
Db
Come home to these arms
Fm Fm/Eb Db C
Now each hour of the day takes you further away from these arms
Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A Am Am/G Bb/F Gm/E
Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb
So now we are two voices alone
Dm/A Am
With arms too weak to pick up the phone
Am/G Bb/F Gm/E
And every ring just sounds an alarm
G G7
And still these arms are waiting
Cmaj7 Am7 D7/9
Reaching out to hold you closer
G G7 Cmaj7 Am7
Hold you to me why'd you run away
D7/9 Bb
Come back to these arms
Eb
Come home to these arms
Gm Gm/F Eb
Now each hour of the day takes you further away from these arms
Dm Dm/C Dm/Bb Dm/A Am Am/G Bb/F Gm/E Dm
Last Revised: 22 October 2013