Intro:
Em Em Em D
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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