Hold On

            D                      
            They hung a sign up in 
G
our town
                      A            
            "if you live it up, you
       D
 won't live it down"
            D                   G
            So, she left Monte Rio, 
son
                 A            
            Just like a bullet 
  D
leaves a gun
                 G                 
            With charcoal eyes and 
A
Monroe hips
                         D         
            She went and took that 
    G
California trip
                      Em           
            Well, the moon was 
      A
gold, her Hair like wind
                     Em            
            She said don't look 
       A
back just Come on Jim

[Chorus]

             A
            Oh you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, Hold on
                       G
            You got to hold on
            D                
            Take my hand, I'm 
 A
standing right here
                      D
            You gotta hold on



[Verse]

            D                  
            Well, he gave her a 
  G
dimestore watch
            A                 D
            And a ring made from a 
spoon
            Everyone is looking for 
  G
someone to blame
                    A            
            But you share my bed, 
     D
you share my name
                  G                
            Well, go ahead and call 
A
the cops
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                      D        
            You don't meet nice 
          G
girls in coffee shops
            Em               A
            She said baby, I still 
love you

                Em                 
            Sometimes there's 
  A
nothin left to do

[Chorus]

            A
            Oh but you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, hold on
                          G
            Baby gotto to hold on
            D                
            Take my hand, I'm 
 A
standing right here, you got to
                 D
            Just hold on.

[Verse]
            D                   
            Well, God bless your 
                G
crooked little heart
                A               D
            St. Louis got  the  best
  of me
            D                  G
            I miss your broken-china
 voice

                  A            
            How I wish you were 
       D
still here with me
                      G            
            Well, you build it up, 
            A
you wreck it down
                D                 
            You burn your mansion to
G
 the ground
                         Em     
            When there's nothing 
         A
left to keep you here, when
                   Em              
            You're falling behind 
       A
in this big blue world

[Chorus]

             A
            Oh you got to
            D        A       D
            Hold on, Hold on
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                
            Take my hand, I'm 
 A
standing right here
                      D
            You gotta hold on

[Verse]
              D               G
            Down by the Riverside 
motel,
                 A           
            It's 10 below and 
  D
falling
            D     G                
            By a 99 cent store she 
A                   D
closed her eyes and started swaying
                     G         
            But it's so hard to 
 A
dance that way
                      D       
            When it's cold and 
         G
there's no music
                      Em           
            Well your old hometown 
      A
is so far away
                    Em           
            But, inside your head 
            A
there's a record
                           A7
            That's playing, a song 
called

[Chorus]
            D        A      D
            Hold on, hold on
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                
            Take my hand, I'm 
 A
standing right there
                      D
            You gotta hold on
                                A  
            You got to Hold on, 
     D
Hold on
                       G
            Baby gotto hold on
            D                
            Take my hand, I'm 
 A
standing right here
                      D
            You gotta hold on