Hold On

INTRO:
D  G   G  D   D  G

VERSE:
           D                      G
Well it's hard to hear yourself think
                         D   G  D
Above the noise on our street
          D
And it’s hard to cool down
           Em                  A  Asus4 A
When your body just generates heat

          D
And it's hard to write songs
          G                         D  A Bm
When you feel like you can't even speak
       Em                            G             A  Asus4  A
But it ain’t hard to tell you're the only thing I need


VERSE:
              D                        G                D  G  D
And I've been on the wrong end of too many a telephone call
  D                                      Em7                  A  Asus4  A
Tryin' to say too much and just endin' up  saying nothing at all
          D                         G                        D  A Bm
‘Til I'm pacin' the floors and I'm bouncin’ my head off the wall
        Em                         G                  A  Asus4 A
And it ain’t hard to tell this'll all be well in the fall


CHORUS:
A               G         D D F#m     Bm  A G  G D     D       A  Asus4 A
If you can just   hold on,       hold on,         hold on with me
   A                G          D D F#m   F#m  Bm   A       G  G        D     A  Asus4 A  A
‘Cause I can only be  so strong       for so long without you  holding on to me


VERSE:
N.C.             D                        G                       D  G D
And I’m singin' yesterday's songs wishin' I could be with you tonight
 D                          Em7                                  A    Asus4 A
And tomorrow my surrogate friends will say “hey man are you all right”
A              D                         G                             D  A Bm
Oh, it’s like everybody's eye's on the prize but they all lost their sight
        Em                         G                         A  Asus4 A
Oh, it ain't hard to tell this is hell and it just ain't my life
 A       D                   G                           D   G  D
And I'm tired of sleepin' alone, and tired of wakin' up here
         D                          Em7       Em        A  Asus4 A
And I'm tired of suppressin' these same unexplainable fears
         D                    G                    D   A  Bm
And I'm tired of believin' I wasted my formative years
Bm          D                        G
But with a hand on your side of the bed
   D                           Bm
I remember the words that you said
            Em7                      G              A  Asus4 A
Oh, and it ain't hard to tell whose voice is in my head


CHORUS:
               G           D D F#m F#m Bm   G D               A Asus4 A
Just tellin' me  to hold on,       hooold on,   and you'll see
 A             G    D    F#m7   F#m  Bm          G           D   A Asus4 A  G
That we can be so strong     for so long if you just keep a hoooooolding oooon


INSTRUMENTAL:
G  D  D  F#m  F#m  Bm  Bm  G  G  D  D  A  Asus4  A  A
G  G  D  D  D  F#  Bm  A  G  G  D  D  A  Asus4  A


OUTRO:
           Em7  Em    A Asus4 A                  D        D   G
Well we're not there yet        but we're goin' hoooooooo-oo-ome
D           Em  Em7 Em    A  Asus4 A        D  D  D  D  E  D    D  D  D  D E  D
  But we're not    there yet        so hold on