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Tom Waits - Hold On Chords

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Hold On Chords

(ver. 1)
Tom Waits
[INTRO]
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D

[VERSE 1]
D                   G
They hung a sign up in our town
        A                     D
"If you live it up, you won't live it down"
D                 G
So she left Monte Rio, son
     A             D           
Just like a bullet leaves a gun
         G                 A
With her charcoal eyes and Monroe hips
             D             G
She went and took that California trip
         Em                 A
Well the moon was gold, her hair like wind
         Em                    A
She said don't look back, just come on Jim


[CHORUS]
              D        A        D           G   
Oh you got to hold on, hold on, --you gotta hold on
D                 A                              D                      
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

[VERSE 2]
D                  G
Well he gave her a dime store watch
A               D
And a ring made from a spoon
D                      G
Everyone's looking for someone to blame
       A                D
If you share my bed you share my name
     G            A
Well go ahead and call the cops
          D                  G          
You don't meet nice girls in coffee shops
Em              A     
She said baby I still love you
    Em                    A       
Sometimes there's nothing left to do


[CHORUS]

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


[VERSE 3]

      D             G   
Well god bless your crooked little heart
A                 D
St. Louis got the best of me
D                  G
I miss your broken china voice
      A                   D          
How I wish you were still here with me
         G               A
Well you build it up and wreck it down
         D                 G            
Then you burn your mansion to the ground
           Em              A       
Oh there's nothing left to keep you here
                Em                     A
But when you're falling behind in this big blue world


[CHORUS]

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


[VERSE 4]

D                 G
Down by the Riverside Motel
     A            D
It's 10 below and falling
D     G
By a 99 cent store
    A                   D         
She closed her eyes and started swaying
    G              A
But it' so hard to dance that way
          D                   G          
When it's cold and there's no music
          Em                 A
Well your old home town's so far away
      Em                       A                   
But inside your head there's a record that's playing


[CHORUS]

              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on

              D        A       D           G
A song called Hold On, hold on, baby gotta hold on
D                 A                              D
Take my hand, I'm standing right here, you gotta hold on


[OUTRO]

D                 
You got to hold on
D                 
You got to hold on
D                 
You got to hold on
D                 
You got to hold on
D                 
You got to hold on baby
D
You got to hold on girl
D                 
You got to hold on
D                 
You got to hold on

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E--0--    E--2--    E--7--    E--9--    E--3--
D--0--    D--0--    D--5--    D--7--    D--2--
A--0--    A--0--    A--5--    A--7--    A--2--
D--0--    D--0--    D--5--    D--7--    D--2--
            
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