DG
They hung a sign up in our town
AD
"if you live it up, you won't live it down"
DG
So, she left Monte Rio, son
AD
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
GA
With charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
DG
She went and took that California trip
EmA
Well, the moon was gold, her Hair like wind
EmA
She said don't look back just Come on Jim
[Chorus]
A
Oh you got to
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
You got to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
[Verse]
DG
Well, he gave her a dimestore watch
AD
And a ring made from a spoon
G
Everyone is looking for someone to blame
AD
But you share my bed, you share my name
GA
Well, go ahead and call the cops
DG
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
EmA
She said baby, I still love you
EmA
Sometimes there's nothin left to do
[Chorus]
A
Oh but you got to
DAD
Hold on, hold on
G
Baby gotto to hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you got to
D
Just hold on.
[Verse]
DG
Well, God bless your crooked little heart
AD
St. Louis got the best of me
DG
I miss your broken-china voice
AD
How I wish you were still here with me
GA
Well, you build it up, you wreck it down
DG
You burn your mansion to the ground
EmA
When there's nothing left to keep you here, when
EmA
You're falling behind in this big blue world
[Chorus]
A
Oh you got to
DAD
Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on
[Verse]
DG
Down by the Riverside motel,
AD
It's 10 below and falling
DGAD
By a 99 cent store she closed her eyes and started swaying
GA
But it's so hard to dance that way
DG
When it's cold and there's no music
EmA
Well your old hometown is so far away
EmA
But, inside your head there's a record
A7
That's playing, a song called
[Chorus]
DAD
Hold on, hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right there
D
You gotta hold on
AD
You got to Hold on, Hold on
G
Baby gotto hold on
DA
Take my hand, I'm standing right here
D
You gotta hold on