Hold On Chords by Tom Waits
- Key: D
- BPM: 150
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
GUITAR
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GUITAR -
UKULELE
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PIANO
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MANDOLIN
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BANJO
HOLD ON CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] D G ■ They hung a sign up in our town A D If you live it up you won't live it down G So she left Monte Rio son A D Just like a bullet leaves a gun G A7 With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips D G She went and took that California trip E7 A Oh the moon was gold her hair like wind Esus4 E7 A Said don't look back just come on Jim A7 Asus4 D Asus4 D Oh you got to hold ■ on hold on ■ G You gotta hold on D A D Take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on [Chorus] G Well he gave her a dimestore watch A D And a ring made from a spoon G Everyone's looking for someone to blame A D When you share my bed you share my name G A7 Well go ahead and call the cops D G You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops [Verse] Em7 G Em7 A ■ ■ She said baby I still love you Em7 Asus4 Sometimes there's nothin' left to do D Asus4 D Oh but you got to hold on hold on G D Babe you gotta hold on and take my hand A7 D I'm standing right here you gotta hold on G Well God bless your crooked little heart A D St Louis got the best of me G I miss your broken China voice A D How I wish you were still here with me [Chorus] G Asus4 A7 Oh you build it up you wreck it down ■ D G Then you burn your mansion to the ground [Verse] Em A Asus4 Oh there's nothing left to keep you here ■ A Em Em7 Em A But when you're falling behind in this big blue world D Asus4 D Oh you've got to hold on hold on ■ G Babe you gotta hold on D A A7 D Take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on G Down by the Riverside motel A D It's ten below and falling G By a ninetynine cent store A D She closed her eyes and started swaying G A But it's so hard to dance that way D G When it's cold and there's no music Em7 A Oh your old hometown's so far away Em7 Asus4 But inside your head there's a record that's playing A D Asus4 D A song called Hold On hold on ■ G Babe you gotta hold on D A7 D Take my hand I'm standing right there you gotta hold on Asus4 D You gotta hold on hold on G Babe you gotta hold on D A7 D Take my hand I'm standing right there you gotta hold on [Chorus] G D You gotta hold on hold on G Babe you gotta hold on D A D And take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on Asus4 D You gotta hold on hold on G Babe you gotta hold on D A A7 D And take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on [Outro] D You gotta hold on D You gotta hold on D You gotta hold on D You gotta hold on D You gotta hold on baby D You gotta hold on girl D You gotta hold on D You gotta hold on
