Hold On Chords by Tom Waits

[Intro]
A7 E7 C Em D G D G
■  ■  ■ ■  ■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
A7 D G A7 G D
■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■


[Chorus]

[Intro]
                           G   
They hung a sign up in our town
   A7                       D           
If you live it up you won't live it down
                  G      
So she left Monte Rio son


[Verse]
A7                 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
       Em7                             
Oh the moon was gold her hair like wind
A7   Em7                  A       A7 
Said don't look back just come on Jim
G  A7     A      D       A7     
Oh ■  you got to hold on hold on
    D       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
Asus4           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                     A    A7
Well go ahead and call the cops ■ 
    D               G                    
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops


[Verse]
Em7             A     Asus4   
She said baby I still love you
Em7                       Asus4     
Sometimes there's nothin' left to do
A7 A D                      A      
Oh ■ but you got to hold on hold on
D              G           D           
Babe you gotta hold on and take my hand
             A                    D      
I'm standing right here you gotta hold on


[Chorus]
                            G           
Well God bless your crooked little heart


[Verse]
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
   G               A                
Oh you build it up you wreck it down
     D             G                    
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
Em7                        Asus4    A   
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here
                Em7               Asus4    A         
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world
                 D       A    A7
Oh you've got to hold on hold on
     D           G      
Babe ■ you gotta hold on
D                         A                    D      
Take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on
            G              
Down by the Riverside motel
Asus4    D         G      
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
Gmaj7         Em7               Asus4 A7  
■     Oh your old hometown's so far   away
Asus4                          A7            D      
But inside your head there's a record that's playing
       A           D  A      
A song called Hold On hold on
         G            
Babe you gotta hold on
             D            Asus4                      D 
Take my hand I'm standing right there you gotta hold on
                  A      
You gotta hold on hold on
         D     G      
Babe you gotta hold on


[Chorus]
             D   A                                   D 
Take my hand I'm standing right there you gotta hold on
                  Asus4  
You gotta hold on hold on
         D     G      
Babe you gotta hold on
                     D        A                    D      
And take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on
          D              
You gotta hold on hold on
               D      
Babe you gotta hold on


[Outro]
                                                   D      
And take my hand I'm standing right here you gotta hold on
    D            
You gotta hold on
D        
You gotta