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title: Hold the Fort
key: C
time: 4/4
tempo: 100
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[Verse A]
L1: Ho, my com - rades, see the sig - nal Wav - ing in the sky!
L2: See the might - y host ad - vanc - ing, Sa - tan lead - ing on;
L3: See the glo - rious ban - ner wav - ing! Hear the trum - pet blow!
L4: Fierce and long the bat - tle rag - es, But our help is near;
S: s :-.l :s :m | d' :-.r' :d' :l | s :-.l :s :m | r :- :- :-
A: m :-.f :m :d | m :-.f :m :f | m :-.f :m :d | t, :- :- :-
T: d :-.d :d :s, | s, :-.s, :s, :d | d :-.d :d :s, | s, :- :- :-
B: d, :-.d, :d, :d, | d, :-.d, :d, :d, | d, :-.d, :d, :m, | s, :- :- :-

[Verse B]
L1: Re - in - force - ments now ap - pear - ing, Vic - to - ry is nigh.
L2: Might - y men a - round us fall - ing, Cour - age al - most gone!
L3: In our Lead - er's name we tri - umph O - ver ev - 'ry foe.
L4: On - ward comes our great Com - mand - er— Cheer, my com - rades, cheer!
S: s :-.l :s :m | d' :-.r' :d' :l | t :-.d' :t :l | s :- :- :-
A: m :-.f :m :d | m :-.f :m :m | r :-.m :r :fe | r :- :- :-
T: d :-.d :d :s, | s, :-.s, :s, :s, | s, :-.s, :s, :d | t, :- :- :-
B: d, :-.d, :d, :d, | d, :-.d, :d, :de, | r, :-.r, :r, :r, | s, :- :- :-

[Refrain A]
L: “Hold the fort, for I am com - ing,” Je - sus sig - nals still;
S: d' :-.d' :d' :-.d' | d' :s :m :s | l :-.l :l :d' | t :- :- :-
A: m :-.m :m :-.m | m :m :d :m | f :-.f :f :f | _r :- :f :-_
T: s, :-.s, :s, :-.s, | s, :d :s, :d | d :-.d :d :l, | s, :- :- :-
B: d, :-.d, :d, :-.d, | d, :d, :d, :d, | f, :-.f, :f, :f, | s, :- :- :-

[Refrain B]
L: Wave the an - swer back to heav - en, “By Thy grace we will.”
S: d' :-.d' :d' :d' | r' :d' :t :l | s :s :l :-.t | d' :- :- :-
A: m :-.m :m :m | f :f :s :f | m :m :f :-.f | m :- :- :-
T: s, :-.s, :s, :ta, | l, :l, :ta, :d | d :d :l, :-.s, | s, :- :- :-
B: d, :-.d, :d, :d, | f, :f, :f, :f, | s, :s, :s, :-.s, | d, :- :- :-