Hanging On

Intro: C                      G x2

       C                      G
Your mama can't stand the way
    G                  C
you lay around all day
    G
and lean on her to help you on your 
way
    C                    G
You use her credit cards
   G                        C
complain cause it's so hard
   G
to live with all the whiteness 
you've obtained


F            Am        C       
Ooooooh      ooooooh   oooooh  
G         D
oooooh ooooh
F            Am        C       
Ooooooh      ooooooh   oooooh  
G         D
oooooh ooooh


   C                           G
So you pack up all your things
    G                       C
and cut those apron strings
    G
and set out for a drastic change of 
scene
    C                   G
You hump it town to town
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    G                  C
and never let them down
   G
or take the time to ponder what it 
means


F            Am     C            
You climb up to the roof to smoke
 G D
 a few
F            Am        C        
to calm down from your day and 
     G   D
soak? the view
F              Am       C       
and you wonder what the hell 
      G   D
you're gonna do
A          E
to hang on
A          E
to hang on


   A
It isn't any wonder
         E
when the darkness pulls you under
         A
from the weight of all your 
wonderment
          E
the price you have to pay
          A
is you're feeling kind of sickly
       E
it all come to you so quickly
     E
it's hard to get out from under it

F Am C G D x3
G for a few measures


    C                      G
The night it grows so long
    G                C
She put it in a song
   G
suddenly the whole world wants to 
sing
   C                         G
So you move to higher ground
    G                    C
set some deep roots down
G
and try to keep a grip on 
everything.


F         Am     C          G   
Sometimes in the silence of the 
D
night
F               Am     C        
the voice might try to tell you 
     G   D
it's not right
F                 Am       C    
So you close your eyes and try 
        G    D
with all your might