Hold On Chords by Tom Waits

[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