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[Verse 1]

A                                F#m
 You can laugh and joke and make fun of your friends
A                            F#m
 Spin in the middle when the troubles begin
D                          E
 Take it nice and easy and always pretend
            D                 E
That you're cool, so cool, so cool

A                                 F#m
 Say I'm alone and I'm wild and I will not be tamed
A                           F#m
 Talk like a jerk or an educated brain
D                           E
 Be an old girl drivin' the young boys insane
     D                              E
Be a joker, a preacher, it does not matter


[Chorus]

A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
D                    E
 Don't need to be no strong hand
D                    E
 Don't need to be no rich hand
D              E                    A
 Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to


[Riff] 

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[Verse 2]

A                              F#m
 Havin' good luck with your financial situation
A                              F#m
 Play the ponies, be president of the United Nations
D                    E
 Go to work and be a Hollywood stud
D                                  E
 Drive your four-wheel drive right into the mud, yeah


[Chorus]

A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
D                    E
 Don't need to be no strong hand
D                    E
 Don't need to be no rich hand
D              E                    A
 Everyone just needs a hand to hold on to


[Bridge]

A              F#m                A
And then those hours when you're alone
            F#m                     A
And there's nobody there except yourself
               F#m                    A
I know it, you wanna pick up the phone
          D
And say, "Talk to me, talk to me,
         E
Somebody please talk to me"  yeah


[Solo]

A  F#m  A F#m
D  E    D E
          oh yeah

[Chorus]

A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
D                    E
 Don't need to be no strong hand
D                    E
 Don't need to be no rich hand

A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
D                    E
 Don't need to be no strong hand
D                    E
 Don't need to be no rich hand

A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
A                 F#m
 Everyone needs a hand to hold on to
D                    E
 Don't need to be no strong hand
D                    E
 Don't need to be no rich hand...