Lewis Capaldi - Hold Me While You Wait
Hello! Below you'll find my "Hold Me While You Wait" chords & lyrics chart as well as a tutorial video on how to play the piano accompaniment.
This song by Lewis Capaldi has a beautiful, simple piano part and is very satisfying to play and sing.
Enjoy!
Hold Me While You Wait Piano Tutorial
Here's a piano tutorial video for Hold Me While You Wait:
Hold Me While You Wait Chords & Lyrics
[Intro]
B
B
[Verse 1]
B D#m
I'm waiting up, saving all my precious time
E B
Losing light, I'm missing my same old us
D#m
Before we learned our truth too late
E
Resigned to fate, fading away
[Pre-Chorus]
G#m B
So tell me, can you turn around?
F#
I need someone to tear me down
G#m B
Oh, tell me, can you turn around?
F#
But either way
[Chorus]
B
Hold me while you wait
D#m
I wish that I was good enough
G#m
If only I could wake you up
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
[Verse 2]
B D#m
Tell me more, tell me something I don't know
E
Did we come close to having it all?
G#m B
If you're gonna waste my time
F#
Let's waste it right
B D#m
Tell me more, tell me something I don't know
E
Did we come close to having it all?
G#m B
If you're gonna waste my time
F#
Let's waste it right
[Chorus]
B
And Hold me while you wait
D#m7
I wish that I was good enough
G#m7
If only I could wake you up
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
D#m7
I wish you cared a little more
G#m7
I wish you'd told me this before
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while?
[Bridge]
Emaj7 F#
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
G#m7 B D#m7
Is it true? My faith is shaken, but I still believe
Emaj7 F#
This is you, this is me, this is all we need
G#m7
So won't you stay a while?
[Chorus]
B
And Hold me while you wait
D#m7
I wish that I was good enough
G#m7
If only I could wake you up
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
D#m7
I wish you cared a little more
G#m7
I wish you'd told me this before
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
B
And Hold me while you wait
D#m7
I wish that I was good enough
G#m7
If only I could wake you up
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
D#m7
I wish you cared a little more
G#m7
I wish you'd told me this before
F#
My love, my love, my love, my love
B
Won't you stay a while?
[Outro]
D#m7
Stay a while
G#m7
Stay a while
F#
My love, my love, my love
Won't you stay a while?
This document is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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Hold Me While You Wait Piano Tips
1. Take It Slow: It's counterintuitive, but the quickest way to get comfortable and sound great playing a song is to practice it very slowly at first. Steady rhythm and counting are crucial to sounding like a pro, so let yourself get used to feeling the beat at a slow, easy tempo. Once you can nail "Hold Me While You Wait" slowly, *gradually* speed it up. You'll sound much better than if you jumped in at full speed!
2. Use The Pedal Wisely: Utilize the sustain pedal to connect the chords smoothly, timing your lifts with the arrival of a new chord. For help with sustain pedal timing, check out this video.
3. Simplify if need be: "Hold Me While You Wait" still sounds great even if you simply hold out the chords and ignore most of the rhythm patterns and extra details in the tutorial video. Feel free to keep it simple, especially if you sing while playing. As you get comfortable, you can always add the fancy stuff later.
